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Mexico. powerful currents could carry this mess up the east coast. and that is where we start this hour, a huge disaster that is threatening to get bigger. we ve had a scientist who knows the currents to explain it to us. joe joins us from the accu weather studios in pennsylvania. we see this graphic down in florida of what is called the loop, and those currents and the winds will determine whether the east coast could now be hit with this oil? well, yeah, the winds are going to be diminishing. they ll they ve been strong southerly the past couple of days. they ve backed off. there is a front in the air yacht next couple of days. it s keeping most of the oil up in the northern part of the gulf of mexico. i don t think the wind is quite strong enough to get it to that loop current. what this is, this is warm weather that comes out of the caribbean into the gulf. it s a counterclockwise current. ....

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