Live web cams from the drill site: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/bp-live-oil-spill-cam.html
73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Thu, 3/6/10, Edward R Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Edward R Cole <[email protected]> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: BP Spill > To: "Clint Bradford" <[email protected]>, "AMSAT BB" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 3 June, 2010, 21:05 > At 10:23 AM 6/3/2010, Clint Bradford > wrote: > >Two visuals that really put the depth and breadth of > the Gulf oil > >disaster in perspective for me - > > > >A widget that converts "barrels" into gallons as it > maintains a > >running total of the spill - http://tinyurl.com/bp-widget > > > >And a site where you can "overlay" onto Google maps the > size of the > >spill - http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ > > > >Clint "Off Topic Again" Bradford, K6LCS > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sent via [email protected]. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > We in Alaska, who experienced the Exxon-Valdez Spill (many, > like me, > worked on the cleanup), are sympathetic. I am, > however amused, when > with media statements like "there is 100-miles of shoreline > > impacted". Exxon-Valdez spill contaminated 1100 miles > of Alaska > shoreline from Cordova to beyond Kodiak Island. > > In time, the impact of the Gulf spill will easily eclipse > that of the > AK spill. Alaska shore is almost entirely wilderness, > while the Gulf > and Atlantic coasts are mostly inhabited - fishing or > resort > industries. Much more impact. > > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 > ====================================== > BP40IQ 500 KHz - > 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com > EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 > DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] > ====================================== > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
