The Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe

A short entry - AP Photographer Charlie Riedel just filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana's East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.

Caught in the oil - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Robyn says:

I have no words to express how angry I get to read this and see these pictures.... The bigwigs of BP really need to be taken to task for not doing something about this catastrophe right now!

Do you know that 60 000 barrels of oil a day are spewing into the ocean?  Do you know that there is still 50 million barrels left in the reservoir that will fill the ocean if they do not get the broken pipe capped?

Remember the Exxon Valdez spill some years ago that was regarded as the worst environmental disaster to date.  What we are dealing with now is the equivalent of having an Exxon Valdez spill every 4 days!

This is totally unacceptable yet the world seems helpless to do anything about it.  What is the solution?  No one knows.  BP are trying haphazardly to cap the well but time and time again they fail.  The rig exploded and sank 2 months ago and still, oil is gushing at a rate of knots out of the pipe.

Go to www.ifitwasmyhome.com to see how big the oil slick is and how it would look if it fitted over your province.

I know it won't make any difference but I just don't want to support our local BP anymore...I'm going to find out from Agri Mark where they get their petrol and if it isn't BP, I'll be getting my petrol from them from now on.

And who is going to help these birds? Does anyone know of any groups helping them?  They desperately need it.