How Much Oil Is on the Gulf Coast? | Shocking Interactive Map
source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/27/us/20100527-oil-landfall.html?ref=us
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The map shows the amount of oil on the coastline as reported each day by the federal government based on information from air and ground surveys. The amount of oil on portions of the coastline often changes from day to day because of many factors, including recent visits by cleanup teams or tides washing in new oil.
For the first month of the spill, the oil stayed mostly in the gulf. But in the last week of May, waves of oil began washing into Louisiana’s fragile wetlands and beaches. In June, oil landings began to be reported more frequently in the states to the east. Survey areas for Louisiana were first released on May 24 and for Mississippi, Alabama and Florida beginning on June 12. Survey data were not available for some days.
By ERIN AIGNER, JOE BURGESS, SHAN CARTER, JOANNE NURSE, HAEYOUN PARK, AMY SCHOENFELD and ARCHIE TSE || The New York Times
Sources: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Park Service; state and local officials
For the first month of the spill, the oil stayed mostly in the gulf. But in the last week of May, waves of oil began washing into Louisiana’s fragile wetlands and beaches. In June, oil landings began to be reported more frequently in the states to the east. Survey areas for Louisiana were first released on May 24 and for Mississippi, Alabama and Florida beginning on June 12. Survey data were not available for some days.
By ERIN AIGNER, JOE BURGESS, SHAN CARTER, JOANNE NURSE, HAEYOUN PARK, AMY SCHOENFELD and ARCHIE TSE || The New York Times
Sources: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Park Service; state and local officials
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EthicalVegan
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Oh, good, as I thought so, too. Now I've got to figure out how to let the Current masses know about "BP Catastrophe," because I'm hoping that everyone will pitch in and submit updates, whatever... even when it's no longer headline news. Although, as people such as you and I feel, the worst hasn't even begun yet.
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samantha420:
It HAS to be that it's corporate-owned media. And damn them ALL!
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That is the best one I have seen yet! I have been relying on the google crisis map, which I feel is not quite as accurate.
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EthicalVegan
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Please take the time to click on the photo above so that you can see how widespread the oil "spill" is.
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EthicalVegan
