As oil, tar balls and dead wildlife wash up on the coast of Louisiana from a leaking well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, another threat looms on the horizon -- hurricane season, which officially starts June 1.
“It is a very difficult reality for people to fathom right now,” said Courtney Howell, 32, the executive director of Bayou Grace Community Services in Chauvin, Louisiana. “They know how big this threat is, but trying to think about that on top of a hurricane is too much to bear.”
Forecasters are calling for 14 to 18 storms with sustained winds of at least 39 miles (62 kilometers) per hour to form in the Atlantic before Nov. 30. Sitting in the Gulf is the slick created by the April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, leased by BP Plc from Transocean Ltd. Source
“It is a very difficult reality for people to fathom right now,” said Courtney Howell, 32, the executive director of Bayou Grace Community Services in Chauvin, Louisiana. “They know how big this threat is, but trying to think about that on top of a hurricane is too much to bear.”
Forecasters are calling for 14 to 18 storms with sustained winds of at least 39 miles (62 kilometers) per hour to form in the Atlantic before Nov. 30. Sitting in the Gulf is the slick created by the April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, leased by BP Plc from Transocean Ltd. Source
