I started the day by reading through a news report off Internet about the size and scale of the oil spill by a British Petroleum leased-rig named Deep-water Horizon off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In that story, the reporter mentioned that the spill has now earned the distinction of being the worst oil spill in the history of the US and that it has already surpassed the damage wrecked by the Exxon Valdez tanker in 1989 that spilled out 11 million gallons of oil off Prince William Sound in Alaska.

Tapang, G. (2010, July 8). Oil spills, units and scale. The Manila Times, p. A4.