Worries That Tropical Storm Alex Could Effect Oil Spill Clean Up in Gulf

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MIAMI -- Tropical storm Alex formed in the Western Caribbean Saturday, and forecasters said it was unclear if it would hit the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center

in Miami said early Saturday that the storm has maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph. Most storm prediction models show Alex traveling over the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico over the weekend, but they no longer have it going across the oil spill once it reaches the Gulf, hurricane forecaster Jack Bevens said.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the coast of Belize and the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, which separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico.

It's too early to tell if the storm will hit the northeastern part of the Gulf, where the spill has spread over the past 10 weeks, Bevens said. While the current forecast track has the storm shifting away from the spill, Bevens noted that could change.

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JMC Ministries Response

The topic of "what if a hurricane or tropical Storm should hit the Gulf During this Oil Spill" has been frequently talked about on our JMC LIVE show and in conversation with friends in recent weeks since the Oil Spill happened.

We can only pray that some how some way that a hurricane or Tropical Storm does not hit the Gulf washing the oil farther into land and causing more damage than ever before. Then in turn halting all work to clean up the oil. This would be terrible and we would be at the mercy of Mother Nature.

It is dark times our Country is in, but through the Light of Jesus Christ we can see the light at the end of this dark tunnel.