Gulf of Mexico Methane bubble

A threat of a huge methane bubble that might burst, well there needs to be more than a report from some crackpot for me to take something like that serious. I don't live right on the water, just a few miles inland, but this scaremongering tactic does not have me packing my bags. I have not heard of anyone who is moving/evacuating from this area because of the spill. Now it may come to some leaving to find work if they are unemployed for an extended period or become unemployed because of decrease in tourism that is a real problem now.

But Mississippi is not even had oil on beaches at all... yet, just a little on the barrier islands. We are back up in kind of a pocket and the current is taking it all towards Florida. But of course no tourist want to come here, thinking there might be oil in the water. But I know it will get here it's just a matter of time.

But for us and most people I think there is no consideration of leaving the coast now or ever. Not saying that it can't possibly ever come to that, but I can't imagine it. Even if it gets as bad here (Mississippi) as it is in Louisiana, it would not effect us directly, as our family does not work in the seafood industry, we are rarely out on the beaches or do more than just driving by the coastal waters. The oil smell is only right in the area of the oil in the water or on the beach. So anyway I just can't see this developing into something that would cause evacuations. All of these worst case scenario are just scaremongering and I'm not buying into it.

Kathy

[QUOTE=lisa's garden;4492104]They have had a higher concentration of methane in the oil from that well than other oil wells and scientists think that there could be a large 'lake' of methane under the seabed. This is under a great deal of pressure and if they are correct about the size of the deposit, there could be a natural disaster waiting to happen (if the bubble bursts, floor collapses, tsunami would be huge).

I don't think many scientists would want to go around warning about things like this without some reason. It would not be good for their reputation. So to completely discount the possibility could be dangerous. Hopefully they are incorrect, but I seriously doubt that they would do this for publicity.[/QUOTE]

Of course they would. How else do you think they get funding? May I refer you to the global warming/cooling hype? Scientists on both sides, and their benefactors (Gore, etc) are making billions off a natural cycle of events.

For many of the the "reason" is they often have written books on their wild theories, and getting face time on the air is free advertising

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I foresee the ocean floor weakening and allowing lava to flow into the methane. This in turn will turn the ocean into a pressure cooker and precook all the ocean fish. Sushi lovers beware -there will be no more sushi.