The first hurricane of the 2010 season, Alex, is expected to come ashore somewhere around the Texas/Mexico border, with most predictions favoring the southerly side.
With everyone holding their collective breaths, not because of the storm, but because of its potential to make the tragic oil spill clean-up even worse, it looks like it will thankfully stay hundreds of miles from the spill zone. That’s not saying it won’t interfere with the cleanup, since it will bring rough seas to the area.
The waves could go as high as 10 to 12 feet (maybe more) and that would cause officials to send the oil skimming ships back to the shoreline, further delaying clean-up efforts. The winds will undoubtedly affect those working to clean up the tar balls along the beach. What an ugly start to a predicted above-normal season.
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