Found out about this website that allows you to see how bad the Gulf Oil Disaster really is. It uses a city you know as the epicentre of the spill, and then shows you how far it would have gone had it happened there. I wish I could show you the map directly, but the site loads in less than a second. It's really worth a look
IfItWasMyHome.com - Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster That's kinda terrifying. To put it into perspective for non-UK residents, to drive from Harrogate to St Albans would take a minimum of three and a half hours. Come on BP, you're really letting the side down here. What the fuck is going on?