BP Oil Spill vs. The World
Jun
11
2010
As the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico grows ever more catastrophic, it can be hard to truly grasp the scope of this disaster amidst all the rapidly changing numbers and apocalyptic predictions. It wasn’t until I visited If It Was My Home – Visualizing the BP Oil Spill (http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/) that I could get my head around the mind-blowing size of the spill.
Warning: this may be you.
For example, this is the size of the spill compared to my current residence on the island of Oahu in Hawaii:
Try to imagine that entire area covered in an oily sludge….
...like this poor guy here.
I’ve included more screenshots comparing the oil spill to other places around the world.
Be sure to visit http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com to track the spread of the spill.
Mooresville, my old home in North Carolina
My home in the Caribbean: Roatan, Honduras
New York's never been slimier. The same can't be said for New Jersey.
The slipperiest thing to hit the Windy City since Ron Blagovich
That's 13 million people covered in oil.
The fish and chips are extra oily today.
Problems with oil in the Middle East? No way...
And you thought the last World Cup had a slimey ending...
Surf's up
2 Responses to “BP Oil Spill vs. The World”
“There is so much oil now in the Gulf of Mexico, and you can thank the folks of British Petroleum for this, so much oil in the Gulf, you can now park on it.” –David Letterman
This is definitely a serious issue that should be acted upon. I hope government officials will support in funding the projects to be taken in cleaning the gulf.