I can't imagine the technology to operate drilling and extraction at 200 feet, much less 5,600 feet.
It is amazing. I know it has to be stopped, but the jerk laying claim to the operation keeps me from being too disappointed that the last effort didn't work, as long as the next one does.
If we can't stop it, how long can this leak go on at this pace? Can it crap up the whole gulf and east coast?
Worst case is that the relief wells kill it in a couple of months.
Well, there was a real big one in the Gulf when I was a kid. Mexican oil company. Several million barrels (3?, 5?, I just can't recall) into the Gulf from that one. It seems that went on for nearly a year. I also think I remember news back then about a lot of baby sea turtles needed saving from that one. Memories from kid-hood are not that clear. Maybe others can more clearly recall fallout and damage from that huge spill.