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Scientists say oil spill could make it up Atlantic coast
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
Scientists are increasingly worried that spilled oil from the Gulf of Mexico may get sucked into the Gulf Stream and make its way up the Atlantic coast to Virginia and North Carolina, perhaps within two or three weeks. ..."We are concerned, definitely concerned," said Harvey Seim, a marine science professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He and other scientists have been briefing emergency management coordinators along the Atlantic coast for several days.
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Gulf Stream has swept goo to N.C. coast in the past
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It would take a rare combination of currents, winds and timing to wash leaking oil from the Gulf of Mexico ashore anywhere above South Florida, scientists say. ...The Outer Banks would likely form a protective shield around the rich nursery grounds of North Carolina's Pamlico and Albemarle sounds, said Richard Luettich, director of UNC's Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City. The barrier islands are broken only by narrow inlets. Still, Luettich added, "The thing people don't realize is just how long this oil is going to be around, maybe a year or more. We may be dealing with this next fall, we could be dealing with this next spring."
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