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

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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.

由于飓风季节已经开始,人们不禁要问,如果强飓风从墨西哥湾漏油处附近经过或从该处直接穿过,会有什么后果。

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

杰夫•马斯特斯:飓风强劲的风力将显著增加油污的扩散。

That’s meteorologist Jeff Masters of the popular website .

这位是气象学家杰夫•马斯特斯,他来自人气网站。

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•马斯特斯:具体来说,我认为经历这样一个风暴后,油污将途经过北海湾的绝大多数海岸,可能直达德克萨斯州;向南方向,油污沿佛罗里达西海岸扩散,很可能穿过佛罗里达群岛,到达佛罗里达东海岸的大西洋这边。

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.

马斯特斯说,海湾泄露石油遭遇飓风既有好处也有坏处。好处是飓风能驱散成片的水面浮油。

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•马斯特斯:飓风会显著稀释浮油,因为有强风及浪涛的作用。目前总体而言,我认为飓风来临会是件好事,如果你所在的海岸已经被油污占据,飓风将把海岸清理干净。

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.

但是驻留在岩石滩和沼泽地的油污会躲过飓风的影响。至于坏消息,在飓风作用下,油污会污染一些新地方。

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•马斯特斯:油污将沿墨西哥湾沿岸扩散,污染大部分的海岸。除这种扩散作用外,油污还会在内陆沼泽地区及居民区淤积。

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