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- Firecane abstract "Firecane refers to a hypothetical confluence of meteorological and man-made disasters, whereby a hurricane crossing an oil-laden expanse of water generates lightning which ignites the flammable fossil fuel, creating a vortex of fire. A fearful imagining born of recent cataclysms in the Gulf of Mexico, the term has gained currency in New Orleans, the city inundated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and which in 2010 was near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The likelihood of such an occurrence has been dismissed by meteorologist Dr. Jeff Masters of the Weather Underground commercial weather service, who contends that wave action and rain water would quickly douse a fire set by a lightning strike on fresh oil. Lightning strikes from thunderstorms may cause isolated fires, as happened on a drill ship near the spill.Another proposed scenario is that oil from the spill would be carried by hurricane winds and deposited over land, where hot weather could subsequently kindle flammable materials that have been strewn over a dry wooded landscape. In addition to being spread by rain and wind, there is concern that oil will be moved inland by a storm surge.Absent apocalyptic visions of a firestorm, the Deepwater Horizon spill, coupled with the onset of the 2010 hurricane season, generated speculation as to the possibility of increased ecological damage in the event of a powerful tropical storm in the region. Since such an event has not occurred, there is uncertainty as to whether a hurricane would exacerbate the effects of the spill, or as to how the presence of massive volumes of oil would alter the course of a major storm.".
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- Firecane wikiPageExternalLink ''Will.
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- Firecane wikiPageExternalLink p8dnvtb?rel=msn.
- Firecane wikiPageExternalLink story.php?storyId=127036434.
- Firecane wikiPageExternalLink 2253834.
- Firecane wikiPageExternalLink comment.html?entrynum=1492.
- Firecane wikiPageID "27853126".
- Firecane wikiPageRevisionID "598037307".
- Firecane hasPhotoCollection Firecane.
- Firecane subject Category:Fire.
- Firecane subject Category:Hazards.
- Firecane subject Category:Storm.
- Firecane subject Category:Tropical_cyclone_meteorology.
- Firecane type CausalAgent100007347.
- Firecane type Danger114541044.
- Firecane type Hazard114541852.
- Firecane type Hazards.
- Firecane type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Firecane comment "Firecane refers to a hypothetical confluence of meteorological and man-made disasters, whereby a hurricane crossing an oil-laden expanse of water generates lightning which ignites the flammable fossil fuel, creating a vortex of fire. A fearful imagining born of recent cataclysms in the Gulf of Mexico, the term has gained currency in New Orleans, the city inundated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and which in 2010 was near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.".
- Firecane label "Firecane".
- Firecane sameAs m.0cc5q_4.
- Firecane sameAs Q5451766.
- Firecane sameAs Q5451766.
- Firecane sameAs Firecane.
- Firecane wasDerivedFrom Firecane?oldid=598037307.
- Firecane isPrimaryTopicOf Firecane.