Re: [Phys-l] Entrainment of oil in Hurricane?

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

There's the "lighter" fractions of the oil -- but they're likely already in the atmosphere being ROCs that contribute to morbidity and premature death.

I wonder if the dilution in the atmosphere is sufficient, so not noticed.  Sniffing at the gulf's beaches will tell.

bc

p.s. a recent TV claimed only the heaviest fractions were reaching the beaches, asphaltum only a road paver could love.


On 2010, Jun 24, , at 18:16, Brian Whatcott wrote:

> Water-spouts happen, no doubt. And if such a spout traversed a slick, 
> then the slick would surely be sucked up. But I had imagined that the 
> major avenue for water transport is via evaporation - something that oil 
> is not so good at.