CarrieAnne

Oh, it makes me so sick too...all that wildlife. AND up here in Wisconsin, you hardly hear anything about it. I think the price of seafood AND gas are going to go WAY up, and we CANT bring back the wildlife! Or the jobs the fisherman , ect are losing!

Moonpi

What does anyone expect from an industry that price-fixed gas at over $4 a gallon a few years back, cried poverty, then made the highest profits in the history of the world?

They would rather pay lawyers than damages. While all the scapegoating, lying, and finger-pointing goes on, this is already killing what is left of Florida Gulf tourism and fishing, and it could wipe out the coral reefs off the keys. They are irreplaceable.

erstan947

Wed. There is to be a memorial for the 11 men who lost their lives in this disaster in Jackson, MS. Please keep their families in your prayers. We no bodies closier is very difficult.

BellaBoo

It's tragic. The government could have shut the drilling down if it failed any safety regulation, but chose not to before the leak. Too much re election money for the majority party is at stake. BP will pay all damages, the towns will have a big bank balance and that's it.

nursie76

I feel such sorrow for what is happening to our earth, the people who were lost, those losing their livelihood, the wildlife and nature that is being devastated. I don't see an end in sight. I agree that it seems incomprehensible that BP or someone didn't consider that this could happen and have a plan B. All I can do is pray about the situation, and I am.

mickey

No the tragedy is that they have signed the permission papers for 8 more of these deep-water wells and that is just the ones they have signed since the explosion. No telling how many were signed before this happened.

Sugarpumpkin

Watched a 60 minutes on this this weekend and the sad thing is it could have been prevented!
There was a problem with a seal (it's a rubber seal and the week before one of the guys noticed chunks of rubber in the fluid coming up) and one of the two control boxes wasn't working and BP decided to go ahead anyway..

QBeth

There's been continuing debates up here, in New England, about off-shore drilling (Grand Banks area, I think) and, whether a wind farm should be allowed off the Massachusets coast. Gee, hard decision, huh?! Sign me up for wind power!

Melinda in Tulsa

Personally, Our government needs to hit them very hard with the only thing these greedy @%#$& understand. A BILLION DOLLAR A DAY FINE, plus clean up, compensation to the victims who have lost their lively hoodand anything else even remotely related. I hate the oil companies with a passion.

hokieappmom

I'll be heading that way in two weeks and will try to remember to let you know how it is. My husband and I fish a lot ourselves, and practically live off of fish and seafood. But then we fresh water fish at home too.