“This is an extremely serious spill,” Capt. Brian Penoyer, US Coast Guard

[NightWatcher]

1. I'm so sick of oil spills in the Gulf

I worked the big one a couple years back and it was enough to make you completely sick of the oil industry. I'm off the water for good now due to health reasons but it's so depressing trying to clean up the messes and take care of the animals that pay the ultimate price for living on the same planet as us.

The view from shore is dotted with oil and gas rigs as far as the eye can see in some places. Traffic from the oil industry, supply boats and head boats taking crews and supplies out to the rigs, and the waste that comes from the boats makes certain parts of the Gulf downright ugly. The Mississippi is a highway on the water and is such a mess. The Texas part of the Gulf is not much better. It's a race to use the resources and leave the last guy there holding the bag for the cleanup.