Oil Spill Update

Crews have been unsuccessful in trying to stop the leak so far. Specialists have also increased their estimated leakage to 5,000 barrels per day from their previous estimate of 1,000. President Obama flew down to visit and witness what he called "a massive and potentially unprecedented environmen[tal] disaster." Obama pledged to send down National Guard troops down to help with the clean up and containment effort.

Obama has already passed on the blame to BP and has assured Americans that although the government is sparing no expense in the clean up effort BP will ultimately have to foot the bill. If it takes two months to build a new well then it could end up costing billions of dollars. Also, after two months of oil leaking into the ocean it could cause a great amount of damage to the ecosystems. Hopefully the National Guard troops will be able to stop the leak or at least contain it as best as possible in order to preserve nature.