Just how big is the oil spill?

[IrishTex]

If you could super impose the size of the oil spill on a Texas Map here is what you would

see (http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/)

[Old Tiger]

BP needs sanctions put on them by the government and limit their access to our country.

[Farmersfan]

I am thinking I heard a report that the Government said BP would have about 29 Billion clean up costs at this time.........

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
I am thinking I heard a report that the Government said BP would have about 29 Billion clean up costs at this time.........


http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/06/03/27802.htm

[PPSTATEBOUND]

Originally posted by Old Tiger
BP needs sanctions put on them by the government and limit their access to our country.

LOL....the Obama Administrations deep well inspectors are the ones needing sanctions it was them who gave this well a huge smiley face on its latest inspections= fail AGAIN for the admin at the helm.:confused:

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/06/03/27802.htm

I am having trouble with the government trying to stop dividend payments to BP shareholders...they are already taking a bath on the stock value.

Besides that, wonder if senators are even thinking about lost revenue?! Dividends are taxed after all!!!

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Reds fan
I am having trouble with the government trying to stop dividend payments to BP shareholders...they are already taking a bath on the stock value.

Besides that, wonder if senators are even thinking about lost revenue?! Dividends are taxed after all!!!




I agree! Unless BP ends up asking for help or declaring Bankruptcy because of the extreme cost. If the Government or taxpayers have to bail them out then wouldn't the dividend payment be equivilent to a corp paying a huge bonus to a CEO while the company is losing money? A dividend is a profit distributiion! If there isn't any profit-there shouldn't be a distribution! Spending profit now with full knowledge of this upcoming expense is irresponsible and I'm glad someone is stepping up and speaking out. For all the good it will do. BP is secrectly thinking they will be given a bailout if things get too bad. And they probably will!!!

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by Old Tiger
BP needs sanctions put on them by the government and limit their access to our country.

Think about this statement one more time.
Would you honestly post that again?

Don't forget who took charge of this spill last week.:nerd:

[IrishTex]

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/6569/slide_6569_96638_large.jpg
An oil covered seabird sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the coast of Louisiana, June 3.

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A laughing gull coated in heavy oil wallows in the surf June 4, 2010 on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident is coming ashore in large volumes across southern Louisiana coastal areas. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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An oiled Brown pelican is rescued from Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Friday, June 4, 2010. The bird was impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

[IrishTex]

Projected path of the oil spill....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE-1G_476nA&feature=player_embedded

[sinfan75]

Sure is strange that the Federal Government didn't step in to help with this spill until it was already on shore. Makes you wonder what they're up to. I've already been hearin about banning drilling in the Gulf. Sinton paper had a nice editorial on the spill and why companies are drilling in 5000' of water instead of 100' of water. And why 2 trillion barrels of oil in the U.S. that can be drilled or mined on land (which is safer and cheaper than offshore drilling) can't be touched because of environmental reguations imposed by the government over the last 40years.

[IrishTex]

With the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico showing no signs of abating and every effort to stop it seemingly failing, all eyes are turning towards the health of the Gulf of Mexico.

No one seems to be able to pinpoint exactly how much oil is spewing from the broken well at the bottom of the ocean. But suffice it to say, it's a gusher.

An estimate from a government-led team in May put the leak at between 504,000 gallons to 798,000 gallons a day. Just looking at the numbers is astounding. But exactly how much is that? What does half a million gallons of oil look like? We crunched the numbers and found out for you.

Let's go with the high end of that estimate and extrapolate the numbers for roughly a month and a half. That averages to a little over 34 million gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico every day. Still too hard to comprehend? Let's break it down into something we can all understand: swimming pools and tanker trucks.

http://i.imwx.com/web/multimedia/images/content/oil_spil_swimming_pool.JPG
Estimated oil spilled per day would fill 52 swimming pools




http://i.imwx.com/web/multimedia/images/content/oil_spill_tanker_truck.JPG
Estimated oil spilled per day would fill 3,813 tanker trucks


Oil Spill and Wildlife

As the oil begins to impact land more, we're now getting a clear view of how it's affecting the delicate wildlife.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA have confirmed that at least one dead dolphin and one dead sea turtle have visible signs of oil damage.

So far, 29 dead dolphins and 227 dead sea turtles have been collected within the oil spill area. Most of them have not been tested for exposure to oil.

“The deaths of dolphins and sea turtles are particularly tragic, because we know we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg with those that have been washed up onshore and tested,” says Dr. Doug Inkley with the National Wildlife Federation.

http://i.imwx.com/web/multimedia/images/ss/resize-ap-oil-covered-pelican.jpg

BP's efforts to stop the spill are now focusing on using submersible robots to try to control the gusher. The robots will try to break away the broken riser pipe and put a cap over the well's opening.

BP is also drilling two relief wells being drilled diagonally into the gushing well. However, it could be August before those relief wells are complete.

Source: The Weather Channel (http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/oil-spill-size_2010-06-02?page=2)