Google Earth: best source of mapping on oil spill crisis and forecast ... by gimleteye

Here is a link to a Google Earth site that has many overlays and images of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis, including a forecast track. The spill, about 23 days and counting, could massively expand if BP is unable to stop the blowout. It will take up to three months to drill a reliever well; a process like performing vascular surgery with industrial equipment by remote control.

Another worthwhile article: "... this Deepwater Horizon thing is an example where a worst-case analysis would have been useful. If they had done a worst case analysis they’d have to consider, well, ‘What if our blowout preventer didn’t work? And what if it happened during a bout of bad weather when the spill might reach the shore?’” Instead, BP officials admitted they were stunned by the disaster, and they and the government have largely improvised their response."