The BP oil spill has been going on for more than two months now, and the earliest possible time that the oil might stop spilling into the Gulf is August. And even that is highly unlikely. The area contaminated by oil is growing by the day, killing wildlife, and has even reached Florida beaches. However, on top of this, there are a few disastrous effects of the spill that BP, and most newspapers aren’t mentioning. From an article on SFGate:
BP Will Kill Us All Scenario #1: Everyone knows that, early on in the spill, BP was thoughtful enough to pump millions of gallons of a horrible chemical dispersant called Corexit 9500 into the gusher, a violently toxic compound so notoriously lethal it’s been banned for years by the European union. Obama & Co finally caught on to BP’s tactic and told them to knock it off. Too late. Russian scientists tell us Corexit’s deadly compounds are now breaking up and evaporating into North American rainclouds, which will shortly begin raining down complete toxic hell on us all.
BP Will Kill Us All Scenario #2: Apparently, deep in the ocean floor, just beneath the gushing oil, lives a massive bubble of methane gas the size of… oh, let’s just say Texas. This is the drama: All our mucking around on the ocean floor could trigger a methane explosion so gargantuan, it will cause a tsunami. Not just any tsunami, mind you, but a “supersonic tsunami” so ultra-awesomely massive it will effortlessly wipe out the much of the gulf coast states, killing millions and completely destabilizing the nation.