1. Winds are helping crews keep oil off shore
2. "Chemicals" are being added to the water which appear to keep the oil from surfacing (What these chemicals are doing to the ocean remains to be seen)
3. The effect on wildlife seems to be taken are larger role - more fishing waters have been closed causing damage to the already fragile economy of the gulf coast who is still recovering from Katrina
4. Estimted 210,000 gallons of oil released each day...
To see USAToday Article on the spill:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-03-oil-well_N.htm
To see a map of the progression of the oil spill click here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/oil-spill-map.htm
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