NASA has released these new satellite photos of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
Here’s a better view from NOLA.com:
Nothing seems to be going right in this disaster. In the above photo, an oil containment boom is virtually worthless as the waves are washing over it. See more photos.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins