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On the recordMay 13, 2010
if this gusher continues--and we hope and pray that by some miracle there is going to be some capping at the seabed of this well that is spewing at least 5,000 barrels of oil a day--but if this thing continues and it doesn't stop until they get the relief well, which is another 3 months--one coming from one side, one coming from the other side, another 3 months--it is going to cover up the gulf coast. Then, as soon as the winds shift from the north coming south, it is going to take that big spill about 90 miles to the south where the loop current is, which is a current that comes up the west side of the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan Peninsula, into the northern Gulf of Mexico, and because of the rotation of the Earth, it causes it to come around to the east and then flows south. That loop current comes right around the Florida Keys and becomes the gulf stream.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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The speaker is addressing the environmental impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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