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Anyone given any thought to the rain that we've had all day and recently that comes directly from the Gulf of Mexico? I have been wondering if this stuff they are spraying from the planes as well as the toxins from the oil itself could be in our rains. Water evaporates from the ocean, and it rains....the rains happen to be here right now. And what about a hurricane? What will that do to the dispersment of that toxic soup when the rains come over land, and possibly our way?
I didn't think oil evaporates either, but what I meant and didn't state clearly I guess, was the toxins that come from the oil, but mostly from that stuff they are spraying to disperse the oil. The EPA has apparently asked BP to cut down or stop spraying it all together, but now they're spraying it directly at the source of the leak.
I guess it must have seemed like a stupid question, but I don't think it is. I'm not imagining oil pellets floating up to the sky.
The Russians, the biggest oil producers in the world, think the rain will be toxic for the entire eastern 1/2 of the USA. I guess that would include Charlotte. Whether it's true or not is anyone's guess, but it seems clear enough that there have already been big efforts to conceal the true damage and the corporate controlled media here in the USA simply does not push that hard.
This news has been circulating in the international press. Here is a link. I did not check into the reputation of the paper, but it's one of the few that is in English.
"Russian scientists believe BP is pumping millions of gallons of Corexit 9500, a chemical dispersal agent, under the Gulf of Mexico waters to hide the full extent of the leak, now estimated to be over 2.9 million gallons a day.
Experts say Corexit 9500 is a solvent four times more toxic than oil.
The agent, scientists believe, has a 2.61ppm toxicity level, and when mixed with the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, its molecules will be able to “phase transition.”
This transition involves the change of the liquid into a gaseous state, which can be absorbed by clouds. The gas will then be released as “toxic rain” leading to “unimaginable environmental catastrophe” destroying all life forms from the “bottom of the evolutionary chart to the top,” the report said. "
As I said, I don't know if the source is accurate or not, but the EPA did tell BP to stop using this crap, yet they are still doing so. Why isn't the government, for all of it's hyperbole of "it's in charge" actually stop them? Unfortunately, a lot of our weather here in Charlotte does seem to originate from the gulf. We do get some protection from the mountains, but I do see a reason to be concerned.
The rain we have had in the past week has not "come from the Gulf coast." We are getting storms the past few days that are popping up over the Carolinas. While some gulf moisture is likely coming in, the dispersants are likely just to be in the water there. They won't evaporate into the air with the gulf moisture. Even if they did, they would be greatly dilluted by the time it rained again.
It can evaporate. It depends on the chemical composition of the oil but I've read that the type of oil in the gulf could have an evaporation rate of 40% (or more). That's a good thing for the beaches and clean up effort, bad for the air quality of affected areas but probably not going to affect us here. EPA is monitoring air quality as related to oil evaporation and the dispersant...not sure how far out from the gulf. My understanding is that the dispersant may interfere with the evaporation process...I'm not sure why they want to concentrate on using the toxic dispersant instead of building berms to protect the beaches and marshes while letting evaporation take care of 40% of the oil and making the rest easier to clean up, but I'm no expert. *shrug*
The gas will then be released as “toxic rain” leading to “unimaginable environmental catastrophe” destroying all life forms from the “bottom of the evolutionary chart to the top,”
Sounds a little grim, not sure I buy it.
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Sounds a little grim, not sure I buy it.
