The Unfortunately Inevitable Follow-Up Photo Thread To My 'Drill Baby Drill' Photo Thread

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Tue May-11-10 07:37 AM
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The Unfortunately Inevitable Follow-Up Photo Thread To My 'Drill Baby Drill' Photo Thread

Edited on Tue May-11-10 07:39 AM by Hissyspit

Due to the new images that are coming in of the devastation that BP, Halliburton and TransOcean executives have caused and Dick Cheney enabled in the Gulf of Mexico, it is now unfortunately necessary for me to update my original 'Drill Baby Drill' post and diary, even as those now prepare to try and cover their asses and shift blame in testimony to Congress today. These images help to keep in mind the reality, scope and details of the catastrophe as context for their testimony.

Images of the damage to bird and sea life are found toward the end of the essay. Do not scroll down if you don't want to see them. Caption material from MSNBC farther down deliniates the threat to the porpoise population.

“They have horribly underestimated the likelihood of a spill and therefore horribly underestimated the consequences of something going wrong,” said Robert G. Bea, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies offshore drilling. “So what we have now is some equivalent of a fire drill with paper towels and buckets for cleanup.”

Oil is seen covering the water's surface while looking down from the bridge on the Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Monday, May 10, 2010.« Read less (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A memory box containing artifacts from the life of Blair Manuel, 56, of Gonzalez, La., is carried from St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Eunice, La., Friday, May 7, 2010, following a memorial service. Manuel was among the 11 who died when an oil rig exploded April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico.« Read less (AP Photo/Opelousas Daily World, Freddie Herpin)

A demonstrator holds a drawing of birds covered in oil during a rally in New Orleans, Louisiana May 8, 2010 to demand the cleaning of coasts as oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico. BP Plc engineers positioned a four-story metal chamber above a gushing, ruptured oil well on the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday in an unprecedented effort to contain a possibly catastrophic spill. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

A boy stands next to demonstrators during a rally in New Orleans, Louisiana May 8, 2010 to demand the cleaning of coasts as oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico. BP Plc engineers positioned a four-story metal chamber above a gushing, ruptured oil well on the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday in an unprecedented effort to contain a possibly catastrophic spill. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

A sign on a fishing camp in Hopedale, La., along a bayou leading to the Gulf of Mexico, expresses unfriendly sentiment towards BP PLC Monday, May 3, 2010. All commercial and recreational fishing in the Gulf has been shut down due to the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.« Read less (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Oil, scooped up with a bucket from the Gulf of Mexico off the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin, is seen in the hands of an AP reporter at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana Monday, May 10, 2010.« Read less (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Oil and water, scooped up with a bucket from the Gulf of Mexico off the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin, is seen on the hands of an Associated Press reporter at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, off the coast of Louisiana Monday, May 10, 2010.« Read less (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A man hold a plastic bag with oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill south of Freemason Island, Louisiana May 7, 2010. BP Plc engineers using undersea robots maneuvered a massive metal chamber to fit over a gushing ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday in their best chance yet to contain a leak that threatens an environmental catastrophe on U.S. shores. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

A hard hat covered in oil is held after being found in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., Monday, May 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A charred fire boom collects oil in the Gulf of Mexico, May 6, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the "in situ burn" to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. Picture taken May 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg-US Navy/Handout)

Oil booms are seen washed on to a beach as high winds and waves push the booms ashore on May 9, in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. After a huge dome failed to cap the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, BP weighed Monday several options: a smaller "top hat" device that won't clog with ice, a "junk shot" to plug it with debris, or even a whole new valve. (AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)

Oil washes ashore with the waves onto New Harbor Island, La., Thursday, May 6, 2010. Oil giant BP PLC's oil rig exploded April 20, in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers. It sank two days later, and oil is still pouring into the Gulf. (Alex Brandon/AP)

An aerial vew of the northern Chandeleur barrier islands shows sheens of oil reaching land, Thursday, May 6 in the Gulf of Mexico. (David Quinn/AP)

A band of oil from the BP oil spill off the coast of Louisiana floats in the water near Freemason Island May 7, 2010. (Reuters/Rick Wilking)

Orange colored chemical dispersant is seen in the water as it is used to help with the massive oil spill off the coast of Louisiana on May 5. BP restarted… Read more » (AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station, Ohio, drops oil-dispersing chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico, in this photograph taken on May 9, 2010 and released on May 10. BP Plc said on Monday it will make another attempt at containing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, this time with a much smaller funnel than it tried before, as a massive slick threatened Louisiana shores west of the Mississippi Delta. REUTERS/Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/U.S. Air ForceHandout

Orange colored chemical dispersant is seen in the water as it is used to help with the massive oil spill off the coast of Louisiana on May 5. BP restarted Monday operations to stream dispersants directly into the main Gulf of Mexico oil leak despite fears the chemicals could themselves be harmful to the environment. (Reuters/Sean Gardner)

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A pod of Bottle Nose dolphins swim off the research vessel Pelican in the oil spill area on May 6 in the Gulf of Mexico. Bottlenose dolphins are one of nine species of dolphin along the Gulf Coast. As many as 5,000 dolphins are in the Gulf area between the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts and the sunken oil rig, many giving birth right now. "It's very bad timing," says Dr. Moby Solangi, head of the nonprofit Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Miss. "We're going to have a lot of babies here. We're looking at a colossal tragedy."

A pod of Bottle Nose dolphins swim under the oily water of Chandeleur Sound, La., Thursday, May 6, 2010. Oil giant BP PLC's oil rig exploded April 20, in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers. It sank two days later, and oil is still pouring into the gulf.« Read less (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A hammerhead shark swims in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River on the coast of Louisiana, Thursday, May 6, 2010. Oil has spread 40 miles west-southwest of the Mississippi River and 25 miles southeast of Port Fourchon, La. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A dead fish is seen on the beach in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. It is unknown how the fish died. Days after failing to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill with a giant dome, BP said Monday it will make a second attempt this week using a smaller version dubbed the "top hat.« Read less "(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)

A dead sea turtle lies on a beach in Waveland, Miss., on May 5. Federal officials are investigating if shrimpers and other fishermen are responsible for recent turtle deaths by not using turtle safety devices on their nets. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A Portuguese Man-o-War is seen in clumps of oil in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La., Monday, May 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A dead jellyfish floats amidst oil in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River on the coast of Louisiana, Thursday, May 6, 2010. Oil has spread 40 miles west-southwest of the Mississippi River and 25 miles southeast of Port Fourchon, La

An oiled brown pelican which was captured on a barrier island off the fragile Louisiana coast on Tuesday, May 4, is cleaned at a triage center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana.« Read less (AFP/File/Mira Oberman)

A pelican sits in an oil slick that stretches as far as the eye can see at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig collapse in the Gulf of Mexico, Thursday, May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

An oil stained cattle egret is seen on the deck of the supply vessel Joe Griffin, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A cattle egret, right, stained from oil stands with other, slightly stained egrets, on the deck of the Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 9, 2010

An oil soaked bird struggles against the oil slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)