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A hurricane passing over the oil spill, while not posing any threat to the shore, would probably be the best thing that could happen at this point. The churning waves, and the high winds would disperse the oil into a larger area (diluting the concentration of oil) while at the same time helping to accelerate the biodegrading of the oil naturally.
are you sure? curious if thats hypothesis or something that has been proven.
I heard a scientist on NPR discuss something interesting to the effect that while the oil will hurt the shores and devastate wet lands it may not be as great a risk on the bottom of the deep ocean
he said that at the bottom of the deep ocean, by the floor, that there are carbon eating microbes that have evolved into feeding on raw carbon deposits like oil
so nature does have some defense but seemingly not against holes in the crust that are made to release huge volumes of pressurized oil