Active hurricane season could stir up oil spill, lawsuits

Hurricane season starts Tuesday with predictions for many calamities and one swirling dilemma - what if a storm surge swamps homes and businesses in the Gulf of Mexico region with oil-laden water from the spill? This hurricane season, from Tuesday through Nov. 30, will be "one of the more active on record," said Jane Lubchenco, an undersecretary at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.