Oil Spills

I was reading an article in the Oregonian this morning regarding the 1999 oil spill in Oregon.

So, if there has been WELL over one hundred MILLION gallons of oil spilled in the Gulf......

On February 4th 1999, The New Carissa leaked 70,000 gallons of oil into Coos Bay, Oregon. This area happens to be the site of the richest oyster beds in the state. Oyster workers, such as the Clausens, were doing well, and in 1997 they raked in over 1 million in profit. Unfortunately, they lost 3.5 million oysters just in their 700 acre oyster beds...in the first few weeks alone.

Alright, so the Gulf BP spill is like the New Carissa spilling over one thousand five hundred times. (I did the math, so I could be wrong). That would be like over 5 billion oysters DEAD.

OH AND in another article... the gulf spill could be leaking as much as 4.2 million gallons...per DAY. (This is the worst case scenario..but let's be real).

This is so depressing, it seriously makes me not want to have children.