Thank God crude has higher specifc gravity than lighter hydrocarbons.
A small storm won’t be as devastating as hurricane wind velocity, agitation area and vacuum effect in lifting heavy crude particles.
We will get oil on the coast whether the storm is
large or small,,,
The larger the storm the more the chance of water spouts,,,
IIRC : Just a few days after the blowout a small storm
came through and washer oil over the booms,,,
Once the oil gets into that marsh there is no way to
clean it up...