Gulf Oil Spill and It Affects by Elizabeth Biemba

In the past few days there has been talk about the oil spill at the Gulf of Mexico. An oil leak began last Saturday day after an oil rig that a pipe had been connected to exploded and sank into the Gulf about fifty miles southeast of Venice, LA. It is estimated that 210,000 gallons of oil are entering the ocean every day.



This oil spill affects thousands of lives of that region who depend on the fishing industry in which President Obama called the "heartbeat of the region's economic lives." 

My question is if this gets worse, God forbid, how are they going to survive? I think the government should start thinking about that problem right now before the situation gets worse and people should start demanding action for their job loss.

My other problem, which is closer to my heart, are the millions of plant and animal species that are affected/going to be affected by this. These are defenseless creatures that are going to die or starve to death because of this pollution.



Measures have been implemented to try and stop the oil from spreading by crowding these animals together and protecting the shore line. This is the worst time of year for a spill of this magnitude, when over 400 species come to breed and migrate.The biggest species are the whales, if any oil gets into their filtering structure within their mouth it could cause death.

Unfortunately, this problem is far from over, all anyone can hope for now is that the oil spill is contained before more damage is done to all these creatures and those  in danger of growing extinct.