But seriously, let's get our education on.

Alright people, level with me..So they fucked up. Diamond saw is broken. The giant ass shears are too jagged, so the cap will need to be modified. Fail. The oil is spreading. 37% of the gulf is off limits to fishing. Shrimp, oysters, blue fin tuna, a third of their habitat is in jeopardy. And it will hit Florida TODAY.

The marshes are silent. There are no birds, no bugs...nothing. There's nothing they can even do about it. The oil has been there for several weeks, and everything is just dieing off.

No matter what BP says they're doing to clean it up, more and more of it is spewing into the ocean, and into the gulf, making it's way to the coast lines.

New areas are threatened every single day, every single hour for that matter. There is no plan of action right now...there is nothing that is set and in motion to try and finally put an end to this catastrophe.
Some of the fishermen that have begun attempting to clean this up on their own, due to BP's lack of assistance, are getting sick from the oil fumes. BP CEOs have tried to say it's not from the oil...maybe something they ate. Wow. Really?

As far as discontinuing off shore drilling, this won't happen quite yet. Not all off shore drilling sites are in as bad of shape as the BP site was. We just need to have them well inspected and make sure everything is in good shape, and safe. If not, fix them and make them better.

Last time I checked, the estimated rate at which oil is invading the gulf it was 1.1 million gallons a day. That translates to 26,500 barrels a day. We are currently on DAY 45. That's half way to the amount of the Ixtoc oil spill, and that lasted months.

This may not directly effect any of you right now, but it will. Currently, it has effected my family already. They live in Florida, which is not a very wealthy state. They rely hugely on their tourism which is already taken a giant hit. Reservations for many hotels along the Gulf coast have been and are continuing to be cancelled.

This will end up being a trickle down affect. It may be a dog eat dog world when it comes to certain things, but not when it comes to the sustainability of the resources we all consume and require to live. if anyone has any questions or garbage claims you'd like me to refute or if there's anything I've left out...let me know. I'm just so frazzled right now with the idea of people's misconceptions and theories that this has no bearing on the rest of the world other than those along the gulf coast.