On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 10:31:42AM -0700, Jackie Myers wrote: > For some perspective.... > > "The Gulf of Mexico spill is a calamity with enormous costs. [...] Correction: this is not a spill. A spill is what happens when a container of fixed size is breached and empties part or all of its contents, as in: Exxon Valdez. This is a flow. That is a significantly different entity, and that difference needs to factored into all discussions about it. I find it instructive to carefully parse the language used by BP's professional spokeliars in this regard. And speaking of the Valdez, this event has already surpassed it; please see the entry for May 1st here: http://blog.skytruth.org/ See also this excellent (animated) graphic, showing the changing shape and extent of the affected area: http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html ---Rsk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu May 06 2010 - 05:20:06 PDT
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