[avacado]

"H/T to poster at the Oil Drum....not sure what impact this has on GOM weather...hurricanes."

Less wind shear in the upper atmosphere over the Caribbean out across the Atlantic to Africa. Less wind shear means hurricanes can form more easily and not be destroyed by opposing upper atmosphere winds.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

There have been some thoughts that a good hurricane would clean up some of the oil spill in the marshes...