il Hits Home, Spreading Arc of Frustration

In the last week, the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico has revealed itself to an angry and desperate public, smearing tourist beaches, washing onto the shorelines of sleepy coastal communities and oozing into marshy bays that fishermen have worked for generations. It showed its face through the use of killing off some of the state birds, brown pelicans, in its early stage. More than a month has passed since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig blew up, spewing immeasurable quantities of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and frustrating all efforts to contain it. The billowing plume of undersea oil and water has thwarted the industry’s well-control efforts and driven government officials to impotent rage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/science/earth/25spill.html?hp

By: Chase Pavlick