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Oil recovery operations would be suspended for two weeks if Tropical Storm Alex forces a work stoppage, said Adm. Thad Allen, the government's response manager.

Emergency action would need to be taken five days in advance of gale-force winds near the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, Allen said Saturday.

Alex was not on track Saturday to directly pass over the oil-affected areas, though Allen cautioned that " the weather is unpredictable, and we could have a sudden last-minute change."

Alex -- the first named storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season -- formed in the Caribbean on Saturday. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was about 250 miles away from Chetumal, Mexico. It was moving toward Belize and over the Yucatan Peninsula.

"The greatest nightmare with this storm approaching is that it takes this oil on the surface of the Gulf and blows it over the barrier islands into the bays and the estuaries," Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, told CNN. "And that is where you really get the enormous destruction, because it's just very difficult to clean up those pristine bays."

Alex is heading is west-northwest direction and was not predicted to directly pass over the massive oil slick caused by the ruptured BP undersea well, though its path could change.

A tropical storm in the Gulf not only has the potential to disrupt BP efforts to collect gushing oil and drill relief wells. It would also complicate efforts to clean up miles of coastline. High winds and seas could distribute the oil over a wider area while storm surges could wash more oil ashore, according to a fact sheet prepared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Meteorologist Karen Maginnis says the "preferred scenario" actually would be for it to head to northern Florida. That's because the oil spill has been gradually rotating counterclockwise. If the storm heads to the east of it, it would send the oil farther out to sea. If the storm heads more directly towards the central Gulf and Louisiana, it might push the oil toward Florida.

Of course, forecasting where oil spills are headed is not easy.

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Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
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BP should be kicked out of the country

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Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
signing off