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[Cthulhu]

I don't think it's a tornado hitting fire.  I think it's a vortex forming from the crazy air-currents created around the fire.

[kuro_suna]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_whirl

[IronyOwl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_whirl

They are usually 30-200 ft tall

However, some can be over 0.6 miles tall, contain winds over 100 mph

WHAT.

[Cthulhu]

An extreme example is the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in Japan which ignited a large city-sized firestorm and produced a gigantic fire whirl that killed 38,000 in fifteen minutes in the Hifukusho-Ato region of Tokyo.

I AM MOLOCH, GOD OF FIRE, HERE TO CRUSH THE NATION OF JAPAN

[Urist Imiknorris]

An extreme example is the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in Japan which ignited a large city-sized firestorm and produced a gigantic fire whirl that killed 38,000 in fifteen minutes in the Hifukusho-Ato region of Tokyo.

I AM MOLOCH, GOD OF FIRE, HERE TO CRUSH THE NATION OF JAPAN

Sigged.

[Duke 2.0]

 Japanese buildings were actually matchsticks waiting to be lit up. I remember one account I cannot verify about how a woman knocked over a stove and caused a fire that took out like 40,000 homes.

 In the middle of a storm.

[HmH]

However, some can be over 0.6 miles tall, contain winds over 100 mph

WHAT.

That.

[RedWarrior0]

Has anyone thought of the real solution? I mean, couldn't we just boil away the Gulf of Mexico with microwaves then harvest the oil by hand?

[Duke 2.0]

Has anyone thought of the real solution? I mean, couldn't we just boil away the Gulf of Mexico with microwaves then harvest the oil by hand?

We would need to construct a wall along the Caribbean to keep the Atlantic from pouring in.

[Fossaman]

Has anyone thought of the real solution? I mean, couldn't we just boil away the Gulf of Mexico with microwaves then harvest the oil by hand?

We would need to construct a wall along the Caribbean to keep the Atlantic from pouring in.

I see no problem with this. I mean, we've all tried this in DF, right? I betcha the real world runs on a processor that can handle all of that fluid movement without slowing down to 1 FPS, too.

[Vester]

The day we take architecture advice from a fossa is the day the world becomes a better place.

[zchris13]

That would be engineering, not architecture.  There is a very distinct difference: Architects draw good looking lines on paper.  Engineers scratch their heads trying to make reality conform to the crazed architect's misguided view of how things work.

Or stare at the space where a bridge is going to be, if you believe Dwarf Fortress. And who doesn't?

[Grakelin]

Actually, architects are still needed to stand next to the bridge and stare at it before the mason can arrive.

[alway]

Uh oh... http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/16/4291557-models-indicate-gulf-spill-may-be-in-major-current
Seems some models are showing the oil slick is either in or about to enter a big current headed for Florida. Bye bye Florida.
And if I'm understanding these atlantic current maps right, next stop for that current is the gulf stream itself, followed by the entire east coast. 

[zchris13]

It would probably skip the east coast and head straight for Europe; the gulf stream is a ways off shore.