Re: Transocean DEEPWATER HORIZON RIg on fire
I fortunately don't have access to a tv right now, but would expect nothing less from cnn.
I got a bird's eye look at it today and there certainly is a massive cleanup effort underway (containment booms, skimmers, dispersal agent applicators [both via boat and air], etc.). Unfortunately it has been very windy the past few days which further hampers any cleanup efforts. I saw a lotta whales, dolphins, turtles, and birds today, but nothing in trouble.
Oh and ps: my comment about hoping it landfalls on a sandy tourist beach is purely practical and biological. We can keep people from swimming in it...and clean sand. We can't tell all the rookeries of brown pelicans to pick up their nests or flightless young and move...nor clean the heavily vegetated deltaic wetlands.