oh no, 5,800 square miles of ocean oil drill spill

[ensho]

http://blog.skytruth.org/2009/09/timor-sea-drilling-spill-covers-5800.html


SkyTruth just downloaded and processed a MODIS satellite image from NASA that was taken on September 3, 2009. It shows the area in the Timor Sea affected by oil slicks and sheen from the Montara / West Atlas blowout and oil spill that began on August 21 is now over 5,800 square miles in size. That's more than double what it was just four days earlier, on August 30. And it's as big as Connecticut and Rhode Island put together:

Heads up, Jakarta: the northern parts of this slick complex now appear to extend into Indonesia's Exclusive Economic Zone.

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UPDATE 9/10/09: The West Triton drill rig is expected to arrive on the scene today, and will be set up to begin drilling a relief well, a procedure expected to take four weeks. An Australian official reported yesterday that there had "been a reduction in the number and size of slick patches being observed."
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[liberal N proud]

1. And the oil companies along with some republican law makers want

more drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

This should be used to demonstrate why that would be a bad idea.