The BP oil disaster continues. BP cannot stop the oil spill. The story of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the story of one failure after another. There was the explosion that killed several crew members working on the rig. The bodies of several of the crew members will never be found. Then BP played down the amount of oil that was spilling into the gulf. Then there was the 100 ton containment box that was lowered down 5,000 feet to set over the well head. The box was to capture the oil and deposit it in a tanker waiting on the ocean surface. That failed. Now BP is lowering another, much lighter box down to do the same thing.
In the mean time at least two relief wells are being drilled to lessen pressure on the main well. But the relief wells will not be ready for at least two more months.
And all this time 200,000 gallons of crude a day spill into the waters off Louisiana. The oil slick slowly moves to shore destroying the livelihoods of a 250,000 or more people from Texas to Florida.
Scientist are warning that if the oil gets into the Gulf Stream it will travel up the East Coast of the United States causing more chaos.
Still, there is no end in sight.
