Fucking hell.

[LeftyFingerPop]

CNN showing video now of a location 850 feet deep where the oil is a thick sludge. Dead eels. Disoriented fish. Scientists on surface have to wear gas masks.

[Ian David]

1. Found a mass grave of a dozen 2-4 foot long fish covered in oil.

Found a mass grave of a dozen 2-4 foot long fish covered in oil.
http://twitter.com/michaelwhitney/status/14785439957

More:
http://twitter.com/michaelwhitney

[robinblue]

2. Most have said that we can not see the worst of it.

[phantom power]

4. To the best of my understanding, what we have seen on the coast and surface is the least of it.

[kirby]

3. Amazing...

I didn't realize scientist had to wear gas masks at 850 ft.

[Raster]

5. I'm thinking that the poster probably meant that scientists on the surface have to wear gas masks.

And perhaps you thought that also.

[kirby]

6. Yeah, just it just conjured an odd vision n/t

[Raster]

10. Yes. A gas mask at 850 feet would be odd, and inappropriate.

However, it is horrifying that a human MUST wear a gas mask close to or in the oil slick. I believe the actual levels of toxicity are being withheld and marginalized. Essentially there is a cloud of death permeating the Gulf. Anything living that comes in contact with the steadily increasing cloud will die.

[kirby]

16. Toxicity

I believe I read that the toxicity of the dispersant they are using is about 4 times more toxic than the oil itself. Of course dilution helps and you get a lot of dilution in an ocean.

[LeftyFingerPop]

11. I edited the OP, just for you.

[dgibby]

18. They're respirators,

and CNN reporters had to wear them, along with Hazmat suits, because the air quality is so poor.

The locals who are working for BP are now complaining of symptoms of hypoxia. The hydrocarbons in the air are going to cause major, permanent lung damage. No one should be out there without Hazmat gear.

A lot more people are going to die before this is over, and it doesn't have to be that way.

[dgibby]

19. They were in a boat in an area where the water is 850ft deep.

They were on the surface, not 850ft deep. They needed respirators because of the dangerous levels of hydrocarbons in the air.

[Kitty Herder]

7. This is depressing as hell.

Everyday there is some new horror. :cry:

[CountAllVotes]

9. it is making me physically ill

seriously, lots of pain everywhere as our Mother Earth is being raped. :hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

13. I'm sorry.

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

12. I'm sorry.

:hug:

[CountAllVotes]

8. the commentator didn't have good things to say

about BP nor Chief Executive Tony Hayward's visit to the gulf. Infuriating, sad, sick, DISASTER at best. :( :( :(

[Catherina]

14. Oh! n/t

:(

[Uncle Joe]

15. What a catastrophe.

:(

Thanks for the thread, LeftyFingerPop.

[dgibby]

17. To make matters even worse,

that area is full of dolphins.

[LeftyFingerPop]

20. I'm not kidding, if you don't have TV, this is an absolute fucking mess...

12 miles east of the mouth of the Mississippi. It is like mud.

[felinetta]

21. BP, Halliburton, Trans-Ocean, MMS, Dick Cheney et al. You must be so proud.