The website If It Was My Home has an interactive map that superimposes the current size of the BP oil disaster over your home. This lets you visualize the grand scale of the spill against a geographic reference that you can relate to. It’s updated daily.
My map shows the spill as of July 6, 2010 as if it had occurred in New York City:
From Springfield, MA all the way to Cleveland, OH — that’s shocking! It makes a big difference visualizing the disaster in this fashion, rather than trying to imagine some vast swath of ocean. What would the enviromental impact be on land if some toxin permeated such a vast area? Is the ocean any different?
Size of BP Oil Spill Compared to Your Home
The website If It Was My Home has an interactive map that superimposes the current size of the BP oil disaster over your home. This lets you visualize the grand scale of the spill against a geographic reference that you can relate to. It’s updated daily.
My map shows the spill as of July 6, 2010 as if it had occurred in New York City:
From Springfield, MA all the way to Cleveland, OH — that’s shocking! It makes a big difference visualizing the disaster in this fashion, rather than trying to imagine some vast swath of ocean. What would the enviromental impact be on land if some toxin permeated such a vast area? Is the ocean any different?