by M. L. Kiser

Created on: July 16, 2010

We’ve heard about a lot of oil spills over the years, so it wasn’t really much of a surprise for some of us to hear about the April 20th Deepwater Horizon explosion that sent oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico at a horrendous rate.  To call it a, “Spill” is a gross misnomer; it is a gusher and a disgrace. 

With upwards of 5 million gallons of oil spewing into the waters of the gulf, and travelling more than 500 miles a day, it is clear that with time, it will make it to all waterways that are connected to the gulf and given that all oceans, rivers, lakes, streams, tributaries and creeks that are naturally formed are connected across the world; this oil and the clean up toxins will probably make it across the entire world, eventually.  That’s a frightening thought and despite the fact that much of it will eventually become diluted by the waters, there is still potential danger from eating seafood that is contaminated by these toxins, for years to come.

After 3 months of the huge and continuous gush of oil into the ocean, BP has yet to complete its relief wells in order to stop their terrifying gusher.  With many people out of work as a result, seafood restaurants, hotels, motels, fisheries, seafood processing plants and more closing down as a result of the gusher, many people may wonder what the long-term effects of this careless and unnecessary disaster may do to the people, marine life and environment.

Obviously, the jobless rate is going to be up for a while longer; it already was and now with the fisheries and other businesses in major vacations spots, out of work, the unemployment and jobless rates are going to continue growing.

Vacations at the beach are definitely out of the question for several weeks to come and given that BP cannot be 100% certain that their plans will result in stopping the gusher, there is potential for these resort areas to be closed for quite a while.

Even though Mother Nature has a way of taking care of her own and eliminating the oil and dispersant residue, it doesn’t take the proverbial, “mental heavy weight”, to figure out that many species of marine life, such as North Atlantic Blue fin Tuna, various species of whales, dolphins, seals, manatees, sea turtles, fish, shellfish, oysters, shrimp, the Blue Crab, pelicans and other birds and more are dying, rapidly, the oil burning them alive and there is the possibility that many who are on the brink of extinction

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