Gonna have to spend the next few days trying to save Louisiana. Hurricane Alex just caused oil products to devastate some Miss/Ala/Panhandle beaches. Right now a tropical thunderstorm system will begin churning up the area in 36 hours moving waves due north from the oil spill area. Then a third system comes up from east of the Yucatan and it causes major problems for the spill area. We are talking 10 to 12 foot seas with waves directed right into Lousianna from the spill site. SE to NW moving waves. Here is a map showing them at their most intense. Note - This is a prediction. Combined NOAA and SurferToday.com map.
Map is for 111 hours from midnight PST. So that would be 3 PM PST on Wednesday. 1 PM PST Wednesday in Louisiana. These waves will be much stronger then the Alex waves because this weaker system goes right over the spill site. We are talking massive devastation for oil into Louisiana, more extensive damage for Miss/Ala and the Western end of the Florida Panhandle. We need to have this area completely skimmed by Tuesday, which is not possible considering the assets we have employed and the rough seas that the inbetween tropical thunderstorm system will cause. So from Wednesday late morning to evening, Louisiana will have 10-12 foot waves driving oil products up into the Mississippi Delta and Bayou.