As of today June 1st the oil spill near New Orleans and The Gulf of Mexico is still spreading and we haven't been able to find way to stop it yet. Could it be, that there is a disaster in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico we can't see? Independent scientist and officials say there is a disaster we can't see, evidence shown that there is about two massive underwater plumes of what appear to be oil, each hundreds of feet deep and stretching for miles. The chief of BP says that there is no evidence of the huge amounts of oil suspended undersea, but this also the same chief who for weeks denied the amount of oil spewing into the gulf.
There has been a 24 hour camera to watch the daily accident of the oil on sea floor and images of dying birds covered by oil. About 20 million gallons of oil and possibly 43 million gallons that have spilled since the accident in April. But there is yet to be a camera to watch over the rest of the Gulf of Mexico that covers 600,000 square miles and reaches about 14,000 feet at deepest point.
Many of the species that live in the Gulf of Mexico are in there annul spawning seasons. Eggs that are covered by oil would not be able to hatch, but those that survive would quickly die due to lack of plankton.
Our best hope to stop this awful accident is to drill a relief well diagonally into the gushing well but doing this would take up until late August. This processes is also a trial-and-error and could take up to weeks but it will eventually work.
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