Oil, Oil, Everywhere And Not A Drop Is Clean

Have you heard enough about the oil spill yet? Too bad, because there's a good chance you're going to hear a lot more. There's a fair chance that the oil spill from BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform which exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico could go on a while longer. How much oil has spewed into the gulf so far? Well estimates range from two cups to millions of gallons. So if this thing continues to belch oil and at a rate of a teaspoon a day to a thousand gallon a day or maybe a hundred thousand gallons a day, or maybe, oh, you know what I mean. Well, they admit, now, that it could keep belching oil until August. But if the Hurricane season is bad, maybe a whole lot longer. I don't see anybody smiling about that, except maybe Saudi Arabia and a few other suppliers and maybe a terrorist or two. What does this mean in terms of damage to coastal lands and marine life? Very likely the largest oil disaster in world history in that respect. If it continues through August or beyond, it'll surely effect the east coast eventually. That means sea and wildlife, especially migratory and shorebirds. in the eastern U.S. will be devastated.The hospitality and fishing industries of every eastern state bordering salt water will be destroyed. So, why don't we start cleaning it up? Well, they're trying. Are there problems with doing that? Of course. This isn't exactly like an oil tanker tipping over on the interstate and spilling a couple of thousand gallons onto the road. It's big. How Big? Well, do you remember the Exxon Valdez thing up in Alaska? That was years ago, right? Well they're still finding oil from that and this is multiple times bigger than that, and it's going to funnel into the Gulf Current that will spread it up the East Coast and eventually on to Europe. If wishes could help, then I wish it wasn't happening, but it is happening. If' it's a bad dream, then we won't be waking up for years and when we do, life might be a whole lot different then it is now.