Yea and there were plenty of idiots here on FR (and still are) still parroting these idiotic claims. Was suprised to see so many Chicken Littles here on FR.
Thing that got me was people seemed to just react - react - react.
Without asking serious questions like “What is the total volume of water in the gulf?” or looking at the history of large oil spills and other environmental disasters.
Heck, I live almost exactly 70 miles due north of one the the largest environmental disasters in the last 10,000 years. But now the trees, the fish, the squirrels and all other lifeforms are coming back. Mt. St. Helens.
If they can’t kill off all the bed bugs in the hotels in NYC, no dam way are they going to kill off all the shrimp in the gulf!!