picture from nytimes.com
I will be traveling to Louisiana next week, so with the state in the front of my mind, here are some fun facts about the oil spill.
Quick Facts:
Oil Rig is larger than a football field
It is Leased and operated by British Petroleum (BP)
It sank (yes it sank) 50 miles off coast of Louisiana
The leak is coming from 3 different locations
You can smell the oil from the coasts of Florida to Louisiana
The Coast Guard is doing controlled burns (like in a forest) to get rid of the oil
It may take up to 3 months to stop the leak (common way to stop a leak like this is to drill another hole and change the flow of oil)
BP will be required by law to pay for the clean up (including the government's cost of overseeing the clean up.
The oil is leaking at a rate of 5000 barrells a day (1 barrell = 42 gallons)
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