Breaking News: Due To Public Outcry, Coast Guard Rescinds Ban On Reporters At Oil Spill

Looks like the reporters will be allowed full access, instead of being kept 65 meters from oil booms. As long as they have proper credentials. Way to go, Americans. I am proud of us for speaking up.

Kid Screaming For Mom To Get The Oil Off Of Her. FL Beach Video.

Children swimming with oil. I feel ill all the way from here.

Female Dolphin Washes Ashore With The Oil, Later Dies

I am sick about this. It is just awful. They scraped the oil off of this juvenile female while her podmates squealed in the distance. She died in transport. :-(

"It Is Literally Raining Oil"-Time To Evacuate The Gulf?

Oh, my. This looks bad. Apparently oil is mixing with rain due to the dispersant. It disperses the oil in small particles that evaporate up into the clouds. Gosh, we don't even need to wait for a hurricane to devastate the gulf. The rain/chemical process is doing the job. I cry for our country. :-(
My heart goes out to all affected by this tragedy.

A looming environmental and population displacement disaster is brewing in the Gulf. The oil dispersant used by BP, Corexit 9500, is seen by FEMA sources as mixing with evaporated water from the Gulf and absorbed by rain clouds producing toxic precipitation that threatens to continue killling marine and land animals, plant life, and humans within a 200-mile radius of the Deepwater Horizon disaster site in the Gulf....
Plans are being put in place for the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mandeville, Hammond, Houma, Belle Chase, Chalmette, Slidell, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pensacola, Hattiesburg, Mobile, Bay Minette, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Crestview, and Pascagoula.
The toxic rain from the Gulf is expected to poison fresh water reservoirs and lakes, streams, and rivers, which will also have a disastrous impact on agriculture and livestock, as well as drinking water, in the affected region.

http://oilprice.com/Environment/Oil-Spills/Government-Insiders-Get-Ready-for-the-Gulf-Dead-Zone.html

Obama Watches A Ballgame During Worst Oil Disaster In American History

He's there right now. I saw this picture on Twitpic posted by @MLB which I assume is Major League Baseball.

How does he fit work in between ballgames and rounds of golf!

Edited to add the dying wildlife picture, from sustainablilityninja.