Two visuals that really put the depth and breadth of the Gulf oil disaster in perspective for me -
A widget that converts "barrels" into gallons as it maintains a running total of the spill - http://tinyurl.com/bp-widget
And a site where you can "overlay" onto Google maps the size of the spill - http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/
Clint "Off Topic Again" Bradford, K6LCS
At 10:23 AM 6/3/2010, Clint Bradford wrote:
Two visuals that really put the depth and breadth of the Gulf oil disaster in perspective for me -
A widget that converts "barrels" into gallons as it maintains a running total of the spill - http://tinyurl.com/bp-widget
And a site where you can "overlay" onto Google maps the size of the spill - http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/
Clint "Off Topic Again" Bradford, K6LCS
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We in Alaska, who experienced the Exxon-Valdez Spill (many, like me, worked on the cleanup), are sympathetic. I am, however amused, when with media statements like "there is 100-miles of shoreline impacted". Exxon-Valdez spill contaminated 1100 miles of Alaska shoreline from Cordova to beyond Kodiak Island.
In time, the impact of the Gulf spill will easily eclipse that of the AK spill. Alaska shore is almost entirely wilderness, while the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are mostly inhabited - fishing or resort industries. Much more impact.
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================
Live web cams from the drill site:
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/bp-live-oil-spill-cam.html
73 Trevor M5AKA
--- On Thu, 3/6/10, Edward R Cole kl7uw@acsalaska.net wrote:
From: Edward R Cole kl7uw@acsalaska.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: BP Spill To: "Clint Bradford" clintbradford@mac.com, "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Thursday, 3 June, 2010, 21:05 At 10:23 AM 6/3/2010, Clint Bradford wrote:
Two visuals that really put the depth and breadth of
the Gulf oil
disaster in perspective for me -
A widget that converts "barrels" into gallons as it
maintains a
running total of the spill - http://tinyurl.com/bp-widget
And a site where you can "overlay" onto Google maps the
size of the
spill - http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/
Clint "Off Topic Again" Bradford, K6LCS
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We in Alaska, who experienced the Exxon-Valdez Spill (many, like me, worked on the cleanup), are sympathetic. I am, however amused, when with media statements like "there is 100-miles of shoreline
impacted". Exxon-Valdez spill contaminated 1100 miles of Alaska shoreline from Cordova to beyond Kodiak Island.
In time, the impact of the Gulf spill will easily eclipse that of the AK spill. Alaska shore is almost entirely wilderness, while the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are mostly inhabited - fishing or resort industries. Much more impact.
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================
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