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Jeff Masters on what might happen when a hurricane meets the Gulf oil spill

EarthSky

Now that hurricane season has begun, people are asking what will happen if a major hurricane passes close to or directly through the Gulf oil spill.

由于颶風(fēng)季節(jié)已經(jīng)開始，人們不禁要問，如果強颶風(fēng)從墨西哥灣漏油處附近經(jīng)過或從該處直接穿過，會有什么后果。

Jeff Masters: Well, the transport of the oil is going to be significantly increased by the strong winds of a hurricane.

杰夫?馬斯特斯：颶風(fēng)強勁的風(fēng)力將顯著增加油污的擴散。

That’s meteorologist Jeff Masters of the popular website .

這位是氣象學(xué)家杰夫?馬斯特斯，他來自人氣網(wǎng)站。

Jeff Masters: In particular, I think the oil will go along most of the northern Gulf coast if you do have such a storm, perhaps all the way to Texas and southward along the western Florida coast, potentially down through the keys and around the Atlantic side of the east coast of Florida.

杰夫?馬斯特斯：具體來說，我認為經(jīng)歷這樣一個風(fēng)暴后，油污將途經(jīng)過北海灣的絕大多數(shù)海岸，可能直達德克薩斯州；向南方向，油污沿佛羅里達西海岸擴散，很可能穿過佛羅里達群島，到達佛羅里達東海岸的大西洋這邊。

Masters said there’s good news and bad news about hurricanes and the Gulf oil spill. The good news is a hurricane can break up patches of oil slick.

馬斯特斯說，海灣泄露石油遭遇颶風(fēng)既有好處也有壞處。好處是颶風(fēng)能驅(qū)散成片的水面浮油。

Jeff Masters: A hurricane is going to dilute the oil to a large degree, because you do have such strong winds and wave action. Now, I think in general, the hurricane will be a good thing, as far as if you’ve already got oil on your coast; it’s going to tend to clean it off.

杰夫?馬斯特斯：颶風(fēng)會顯著稀釋浮油，因為有強風(fēng)及浪濤的作用。目前總體而言，我認為颶風(fēng)來臨會是件好事，如果你所在的海岸已經(jīng)被油污占據(jù)，颶風(fēng)將把海岸清理干凈。

Rocky beaches and marshland, though, will have more places where oil can hide from a hurricane, said Masters. And for the bad news, a hurricane might spread oil to new places.

但是駐留在巖石灘和沼澤地的油污會躲過颶風(fēng)的影響。至于壞消息，在颶風(fēng)作用下，油污會污染一些新地方。

Jeff Masters: you’re going to see oil get over a large portion of the shore, along a good portion of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. And in addition to that transport, you’ll see the oil get deposited inland in marshes and potentially residential areas.

杰夫?馬斯特斯：油污將沿墨西哥灣沿岸擴散，污染大部分的海岸。除這種擴散作用外，油污還會在內(nèi)陸沼澤地區(qū)及居民區(qū)淤積。

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