This application lets you place a representation of the spill anywhere on the planet. TR, if you use this in a report, please feel free to credit me. Or send a candygram.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Perspective
Via James Fallows, a fairly jaw-dropping look at the geographical magnitude of the oil spill in the gulf. If you overlay the spill's expanse as of May 13 on Washington, DC, it would stretch from just north of Baltimore to south of Fredericksburg, and as far west as Loudoun County. That would make my commute suck more than it already does. Here's how it would look in San Francisco.
This application lets you place a representation of the spill anywhere on the planet. TR, if you use this in a report, please feel free to credit me. Or send a candygram.
This application lets you place a representation of the spill anywhere on the planet. TR, if you use this in a report, please feel free to credit me. Or send a candygram.
We doing a podcast today or what?
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