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Can you imagine what it must be like for all those wildcats working for BP out in the middle of all this with evaporating crude oil volatiles filling the air from a surface area that expands outwards in all directions even beyond the horizon and with OSHA kept off the premises? I mean we're probably not talking about ppm but rather ppt (or maybe even pph) - far, far above what could be considered safe! If not wearing chemical respirators and complete skin protection to keep these vapours from soaking in through their skin and into their bloodstreams to poison these guys its only a matter of time before the results will be such that BP will no longer be able to hide it and their hermetically sealed box explodes open with the whole world observering.

Speaking of crude oil volatiles filling the air over such a large area, I wonder if NASA or ESA have considered IR satellite imaging of this region to look for infrared signatures that may determine what kind of environmental impact this is creating in terms of greenhouse gasses being released?