Would someone intentionally create an ecological disaster to force a large scale transfer of population from the gulf region?
Just sayin'
“My imagination is running on overdrive at the moment.”
It sure is.
They could intentionally create an ecological disaster if it seemed to be the means to an end such as government control of the oil or energy industry; creating huge numbers of people newly dependent on government for all basic needs; thinking that at some point, a successful “rescue” of some sort could put them in a good light; creating a situation that would require martial law to maintain order, and on it goes.... your imagination seems fine to me.
And what do you propose would be the reason behind creating an enforced evacuation of the gulf states?