BP Oil Spill
Next, we’ve got NASA satellite imagery showing the oil spread over a period of the last month. it’s sad, because it demonstrates that essentially the entire Gulf of Mexico is nearly coated with oil, and we are still months away from being able to stop the leak. I guess this is going to be about the worst disaster of all time and I wonder how long it will take to recover, and how much sea life is going to die as a result.
Now we can move on to under water video showing the actual ruptures from which all of the oil is pumping.
June 4, 2010
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I’m not sure about you guys, but even though I see some media coverage, I’m not seeing a whole lot of discussion about the true environmental impact of this spill. What is it really likely to do to the Planet? To us? To our food supply? etc?
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hey guys,
I am from the UK and I find it hard to believe that type of thing is still happening these days.
BP have to be made to for it, and the cost will be felt by the British motorist
again.
If your are interested over there in the US we are already paying about £1.21 per litre. thanks to our high fuel taxes.
shouldn’t EVERYBODY BE going bananas? this is the worst thing that could happen to our sea creatures, and mangroves :(
The corperate owned medai has backed off on coverage and discussion of the event,typical response,keep the little people in the dark and divert their attention to important issues that our sponsers approve of! The traitors wouldn’t cover the 2000 coup or the chemtrail applications either.
Happy Motoring
Hello,
I think there is something rotten in this whole business! all American and British Technology van not plug a hole in the ground?!!! I think this is something deliberate, someone or lots of somones are gaining something from this tragedy and do not want to plug the hole.
So now we have to go to Al Jazeera TV to get the truth? THings have just gone too far. Nice article.
yeah yeah,according to the americans i meet worldwide, everything always seems to be huge,better,vast, substantial, great, big, striking, large, tall, remarkable, conspicuous, notable, enormous, respectable, immense, stupendous, gigantic, colossal, enormously, immensely……and as we can see now even ther oilspils are, shame on you!
I am sorry to know about the oil tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico. I hope that this will be solved immediately. And the effects to the environment at least can be minimized. It will become our responsibilities.
This tragedy is surreal. The eco-system is ruined. The food will be tainted indefinitely, despite all optimism. The toxic sludge will be ingested by every marine life in the gulf and then ingested by humans at some point down the road. I won’t be eating any Gulf Coast seafood for the rest of my life, I promise you that much. They say the Perisan Gulf spill was 4 times this one and now 15 years later fish and marine life and beaches are still oil ridden.
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The New York Times is tracking the size of the spill over time using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the US Coast Guard and Skytruth.By June 4, the oil spill had fouled 125 miles of Louisiana’s coast, had washed up along Mississippi and Alabama barrier islands, and was found for the first time on a Florida barrier island, at Pensacola Beach, with part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.On June 9, oil sludge began entering the Intracoastal Waterway through Perdido Pass after floating booms across the opening of the pass failed to stop the oil.
I can’t believe that with all of the brilliant people in this world that we cannot come to a resolution in a much faster time frame. I have read news reports from ABC news that the Saudis and numerous other countries have offered to aid in the process and we have declined their offer. They need more equipment and supplies. Why wouldn’t we take other countries up on their offer to assist? That baffles me. The news article I read said that 13 countries have offered assistance and none of the offers have been accepted by the US government. I don’t think enough people are outraged by this DISASTER!
Brian
Well, this is a disaster for the whole world and not only for the Mexico and US. Still mankind shouldn’t let such thing happen in the future otherwise we will have no planet to live on.
The crude oil is toxic!! Workers cleaning the oily Gulf beaches need to know the danger. Don’t become BP’s Collateral Damaged, like Exxon’s Collateral Damaged.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/exxon-valdez-oil-risks-spur-warning-for-gulf-cleanup-crews-93258964.html
My name is Merle Savage, a female general foreman during the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS) beach cleanup in 1989. I am one of the 11,000+ cleanup workers from the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS), who is suffering from health issues from that toxic cleanup, without compensation from Exxon.
Dr. Riki Ott visited me in 2007 to explain about the toxic spraying on the beaches. She also informed me that Exxon’s medical records and the reports that surfaced in litigation by sick workers in 1994, had been sealed from the public, making it impossible to hold Exxon responsible for their actions.
http://www.rikiott.com
Exxon developed the toxic spraying; OSHA, the Coast Guard, and the state of Alaska authorized the procedure. Beach crews breathed in crude oil that splashed off the rocks and into the air — the toxic exposure turned into chronic breathing conditions and central nervous system problems, neurological impairment, chronic respiratory disease, leukemia, lymphoma, brain tumors, liver damage, and blood disease.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5632208859935499100
My web site is devoted to searching for EVOS cleanup workers who were exposed to the toxic spraying, and are suffering from the same illnesses that I have. There is an on going Longshoreman’s claim for workers with medical problems from the oil cleanup. Our summer employment turned into a death sentence for many — and a life of unending medical conditions for the rest of Exxon’s Collateral Damaged.
http://www.silenceinthesound.com/stories.shtml
Long term, I’m not sure how much damage there will be. As flip and callous as Heyward’s answer, “it’s a big ocean” was, he was correct. The Gulf of Mexico is estimated to be about 634 quadrillion gallons, 6.34 E17. So far, even the highest estimates are only 51.5 million gallons spilled. If you could get even dispersal of the oil you wouldn’t even notice it in the water. Where it causes a problem is when it clumps and concentrates. Even where concentrated it is still very dilute as compared to other spills like the Exxon Valdez that occur in much smaller confined areas. Some areas will be hit very hard, but I think overall most places will be ok.
I cant see any of the photos, all I get is an x in a little box in the upper corner!! (going back to the topic) this oil spill is very sad and is going to kill many marine animals! I wonder if we will see any increase in the price of Seafood from the gulf coast!!! The effects of the spill will be seen and felt for many years to come……It is very sad to see!!! let see how this all works out in the end!!!