BP Disaster Day 63: Oil Flow to Hit Atlantic on Day 80

June 22, 2010 (LPAC)— A computer-generated oil flow map from the National Center for Atmospheric Research shows the oil slick from the BP-caused disaster expanding in the Gulf of Mexico and extending down the Florida Gulf Coast throughout the month.

According to their model, on or about day 80, or whenever the oil finally hits the southern tip of the state, it is picked up by the swift ocean currents, which speed it up the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., in a thin band maybe 100 miles offshore, reaching Virginia Beach within a week. From there, the leading edge of the oil heads east, where it soon (within another week) swirls into an immense pool in the North Atlantic, while at the same time the near-shore stream slowly increases in density and approaches the shores of the U.S. states of Georgia, South and North Carolina.