Asphalt Volcanoes

[drhoz]

Regarding current Fun Times In The Gulf, it's certainly true that Deepwater Horizon has a long way to go before it's even close to the scale of Ixtoc 1 and other oil spills around the world, but that didn't stop me yelling "GODDAMN ****ING ****!" when I had a look at this website, which takes the current size of the oil slick and plots it over

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[henriekeg]

That map site you linked to is especially nice if you live in the Netherlands like me :/

[drhoz]

urg. So I see. :(

thank you for your links

[wolfdancer]

much love!

Re: thank you for your links

[drhoz]

no worries - I try to be informative :) Hopefully these ones are especially so - I'd never heard of the Ixtoc 1 spill before today!

[leahtaur]

Drhoz, you're so cool. ;) I love having some science in the morning.

[drhoz]

you're welcome :)

[malicious_pengy]

Posted that map tool to my facebook.

So far I got a: o___O

[drhoz]

Turns out DH HAS now surpassed Ixtoc. And they couldn't stop Ixtoc for 10 months....

[white9_fox]

If I didn't realize this was talking about oil, I would have thought they were in a bakeshop with that researcher's quote XD

"light sweet crud" indeed.

[white9_fox]

Oh, and his name is Valentine! Perfect, it's heart-shaped oil cookies :D

[drhoz]

*grins*