The oil slick has now entered the loop current that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida Keys and up the east coast of the U.S., Jarvis said.
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To keep the thousands of oil field workers from clogging the one artery to the oil sands, 500 buses run in a continuous loop from Fort McMurray to the oil fields.
In the short run, there appears to be little risk the Loop Current will carry the oil around South Florida and up the East Coast, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said.