Weather forecasters have declared that the tropical storm, Alex, which was expected to slam the Gulf of Mexico, is not directing towards the Gulf oil spill.  After this declaration, the crew working to control the spill can continue the work; however, the direction of rapid storms can never be determined.

The process of dealing with the oil spills are very troublesome in the normal weather, in case of a storm, things can only get complicated  as the task becomes next to impossible.

Any system with the speedy winds of over 46 mph can make BP to stop the operations for minimum of two weeks; this can also defer the digging of relief wells. Alex is the first tropical storm of this hurricane season in Atlantic.

The weather officials are closely observing the course of the Alex. Approximately, 39,000 people and over 6,000 boats are working in the operation of controlling oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This operation will have to be put to halt, in case of the storm reaching the Gulf.

Also, the workers will have to unplug the two systems that have been controlling the million gallons of oil in a day. These systems capture nearly 1.2 million gallons of oil in a day.