I spent the better part of an hour trying to install a gallons of oil spilled counter on my blog, to no avail. I might need to hit up one of my techies to make it happen.
In the meantime I'm passing along the URL for the gadet. It's pretty sweet.
This data needs to be in our faces all the time. I'd like to see the gushing oil on a constant feed on television. Can you imagine how furious people would be if 'oil cam' pre-empted American Idol? Imagine the outrage.
Instead of the gadget install, I'm going to treat you to a few photos I obtained from a family friend. Consider this win-win. I get to practice uploading pictures, and you get to see some photos that probably aren't widely available in the public domain.
These photos call from a a friend I'll call Skeeter, an engineer in the oil industry. He's based out of Texas. He did 4 tours on Deep Water Horizon. He considered it a top of the line rig.
Gnarly. The 60 Minutes episode which focused on the experience of one of the last guys to make it out is pretty gripping. I recommend it.
And to put it in perspective, in the 10 minutes it took me to create this post, 6500 gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico.
Fuck BP.
ReplyDeleteFuck the US for getting so cozy with those bastards.
Only 6500? We're going to be watching this horror show until August when they finally finish the relief pipeline. It's so horrifying.
ReplyDeleteWe've just killed a way of life for so many species for a generation at minimum - and I'm including the human race!!