But while huge numbers may be escaping the UK for foreign shores over the coming weeks, the outlook for tourism within the UK is looking rosy too.
Just before you cross Boley's city line, you'll see a rather disconcerting road sign: "Hitchhikers May Be Escaped Inmates".
There are also a few reports of a small population in northern Argentina along the Rio Uruguay in Misiones (Ridgely and Tudor 1989), but these may be escaped caged birds (Hilty 2011).
In particular, there is a fear that methane – which is a far more dangerous greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide – may be escaping from wells and adding to the warming of the atmosphere.
While that is only a fraction of the 19,000 barrels that may be escaping from the well every day, BP hoped that the rate of flow from the cap could be significantly increased.
In another new finding, Tokyo Electric Power Company, which runs the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station, said late Monday that it had detected higher levels of plutonium in soil samples taken from within the compound a week ago, raising fears of yet another dangerous element that may be escaping the crippled reactors.
"The major takeaway is that high-energy light may be escaping the Green Peas, just as it may have escaped from the first galaxies," Jaskot told The Huffington Post in an email.
The county fire marshal, Laurie Christensen, said the benzene vapors may be escaping from gaps in the foam that firefighters have been spraying to try to prevent flare-ups at the site.
This month, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized new rules to reduce ozone and, for the first time, required so-called fenceline testing near oil refineries to track pollutants such as benzene that may be escaping — a task that requires sensitive monitoring equipment.
