Watching the Gulf Gusher

The Gulf Gusher has called attention to the devastating impact on our seas when drilling for oil goes wrong - or goes on where it should not have. We are watching the devastation from Nova Scotia, many miles but only a current's drift away. What kind of impact will this have on us all?

For a clearer idea of the impact of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, this post on the RiverDaughter blog is a good place to start. I wish I could say that the information is something we can read and forget about, but there is a very good chance that the damaging oil will spread up the East Coast of North America with the currents, and down into the Caribbean. Even if the gushing were stopped now. And the longer the hole in the ocean floor gushes oil, the worse and more widespread the damage will be.

Let us hope the Gulf Gusher can be shut down. In the meantime the only thing left is to do what we can to help all those creatures, plants, lands and people affected.