Deep Horizon Oil Spill following Hurricane Alex

Even though Hurricane Alex was over 750 miles away, it had a substantial impact on the weather, the wind, and the wave action in the Deep Horizon Oil Spill-affected area of the Gulf.  I pulled up a map of the oil spill on Intellicast around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon (see pic) and noticed that the spill has moved onto the beaches of all four affected states.  On the Louisiana side, the spill has moved beyond Grand Isle toward Cocodrie.  Workers are doing everything they can to prevent the spill from going into Lake Bourne between New Orleans and the Mississippi coastline, then Lake Pontchartrain, the very large lake north of New Orleans.  They are doing everything they can to minimize impact to the Barataria Estuary on the other side of New Orleans.  The challenge has been the wave action and the storm surge of over six feet that Alex brought...as far away as it is.  If we have a hurricane season like 2005 or 2008, heaven help us.