Spreading the Stealth

I wonder if anyone has calculated how long it is going to take this fiasco oil spill to contaminate the entire world. All it will take is for the continually pumping oil to get through the Panama Canal and it will begin to creep up and down the Pacific Coast and to travel across the ocean. There is nothing but a few small land masses to prevent it from heading out to sea in the Atlantic, not to mention up that coast as it goes. And to project on that image, what happens to human life and to animal life if all the salt water becomes contaminated, killing all the sea life?

I'm quite certain I'm not the only human being who has had these thoughts and is taking the time to extrapolate out the impact of this colossal disaster should the sludge continue to spread.


It's not just seafood that will be adversely impacted, let's think about all that this touches...

• sea birds
• saltwater animals and mammals
• oceanfront residential properties
• tourism impacting beach visits, including beachfront hotels, spas and restaurants
• ocean-based careers like fishermen
• boating (including personal watercraft like Skidoo's)
• recreational salt-water fishing
• coastal waterparks like Sea World
• cruises
• camping on the coast
• bicycling on the coast
• snorkeling
• deep sea diving
• photography
• surfing
• parasailing
• windsurfing

Oh, and then there is the question of whether the oil film on the ocean will prevent or at least impact evaporation which would inevitably cause climate change although again, no one knows exactly how.

So, are you freaking out yet? I'm also wondering if the rest of the oil rigs have been shut down and if not, why the hell not? If we can't prevent and/or fix the disasters once they've started, we have no business putting ourselves in the position to keep creating them.