IN ANY EVENT, EXPERTS SAY
THAT IF ANY OF THE OIL FROM THE
SPILL SITE REACHES THE KEYS,
IT WILL BE WEATHERED AND IN
THE FORM OF TAR BALLS AND NOT
THE THICK AQUEOUS OIL COMING
ASHORE IN LOUISIANA
KWTN Team Report
As millions of gallons of oil began to gush into the Gulf of
Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded
on April 20, there were concerns— and even dire predictions—
that some of that oil would reach the Gulf Loop Current and be
carried right to the Florida Keys.
The Loop Current is a clockwise current that normally
carries water from the Yucatan Channel north into the Gulf of
Mexico, then back down south off Florida’s west coast, past the
Dry Tortugas and into the Gulf Stream.
That still might happen. But if it doesn’t, we may be able
to thank Eddy Franklin.
Eddy Franklin is the nickname for a large clockwise eddy
in the Gulf that has apparently pinched off the northern end of
the Loop Current, according to Billy Causey, superintendent of
the southeast region for the National Marine Sanctuaries.
Thus, Causey says, there is no clear path for spilled oil
from the Deepwater Horizon site to enter the Loop Current.
The spill site is in the northern Gulf of Mexico, about 500 miles
northwest of Key West.
PAGE ONE COMMENTARY: KWPD Crackdown on Scofflaw Bicyclists
June 25, 2010 — kwtnHundreds of Warnings
and a Few Tickets—So Far
CHIEF LEE: WE HAVE BEEN
FOCUSING ON EDUCATING
BICYCLISTS— BUT THAT PERIOD
IS ENDING. A TICKET FOR
RUNNING A STOP SIGN OR A RED
LIGHT ON A BICYCLE IS $231
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
If you drive a car or a truck
in Old Town Key West, you are
probably aware of the “scofflaw
bicyclist” problem. Lots of people
ride bicycles in Key West.
And that’s a good thing. But
many (not all) bicyclists here
routinely run red lights and stop
signs and pedal the wrong way
down one-way streets. These
scofflaws not only endanger
themselves, they also endanger
others around them.
Just two weeks ago, a 53-
year-old man was killed when
he abruptly veered his bicycle
off the sidewalk on North Roosevelt
Boulevard and onto the
road without checking to see
if there was any on-coming
traffic. Unfortunately for the
scofflaw bicyclist, there was
some on-coming traffic—a big
tractor trailer rig. The bicyclist
ran into the side of the truck.
He was pronounced dead at
the scene.
Last year, an elderly man
rode his bike through a stop sign
on 11th Street and out into traffic
on Flagler Avenue. He died on
the way to the hospital.
Read the rest of this entry »