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Deep-ocean research submersible of the US Navy
BP Gulf Oil Spill Impact Update: "Everything is Dead"
BP is challenging the US government on how much oil spilled in the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The US government calculated 206 million gallons were spilled. BP says it was actually just half that amount, which would save BP $3 billion in fines. While the fine may be based on the spillage amount, the impact was, is, and will continue to be catastrophic to the ecosystem.
Alvin, the deep-ocean research submersible of the US Navy, has been diving 5,000 feet to the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to assess and observe the impact of the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The observations as a result of 6 months of research are disturbing:
"A world shellacked by it" (the oil 5,000 feet below on the ocean floor)
"5,000 feet down what should look like a forest is a desert"
"A mile below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, there is little sign of life."
"Everything is dead"
"They were shocked by 80 square miles of devastation"
"Oily residue cakes the sea floor"
"Take a long, long time to turn over - years to decades"
The size of the impact area is still undetermined. The duration of this impact is also unknown. Even the total amount of oil spilled is still being calculated.
(ABC News) Exclusive: Submarine Dive Finds Oil, Dead Sea Life at Bottom of Gulf of Mexico, Though Region is Healing, Damage From BP Spill Persists on Ocean Floor, Scientists Say.
Alvin, the deep-ocean research submersible of the US Navy, has been diving 5,000 feet to the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to assess and observe the impact of the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The observations as a result of 6 months of research are disturbing:
"A world shellacked by it" (the oil 5,000 feet below on the ocean floor)
"5,000 feet down what should look like a forest is a desert"
"A mile below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, there is little sign of life."
"Everything is dead"
"They were shocked by 80 square miles of devastation"
"Oily residue cakes the sea floor"
"Take a long, long time to turn over - years to decades"
The size of the impact area is still undetermined. The duration of this impact is also unknown. Even the total amount of oil spilled is still being calculated.
(ABC News) Exclusive: Submarine Dive Finds Oil, Dead Sea Life at Bottom of Gulf of Mexico, Though Region is Healing, Damage From BP Spill Persists on Ocean Floor, Scientists Say.
Everyone should encourage the Occupy Wall Street movement to get involve to help disabled claimants in the BP oil spill litigation. Because, as of now, only the interests of well-financed claimants are being represented by the attorneys that are tasked with representing all claimants:
ReplyDeleteThe Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans With Disabilities Act, and prior Supreme Court cases, require that the new fund set up to compensate Plaintiff Steering Committee attorneys, that withhold 6% of settlements, as ordered by Judge Barbier, http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/OilSpill/OilSpill.htm BE JUSTIFICATION for these attorneys to provide extended representation to disabled claimants---Even if these attorneys obtain settlement agreements for their primary clients. Please bring this to the attention of others. And don't make the mistake of assuming that all disabled claimants only have small value claims.