Gulf oil leak wouldn't fill Superdome
WASHINGTON — Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the Gulf oil spill?
A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective. Viewing it through some lenses, it isn't that huge. The Mississippi River pours as much water into the Gulf of Mexico in 38 seconds as the BP leak has released in oil in two months. On a more human scale, the spill seems more daunting. Take the average-size living room. The amount of oil spilled would fill 9,200 of them. Since the BP oil rig exploded April 20, about 126.3 million gallons of oil have gushed into the Gulf. That calculation is based on the higher end of the government's range of barrels leaked per day and oil company BP's calculations for the amount of oil siphoned off as of Monday morning. Using the more optimistic end of calculations, the total spill figure is just shy of 68 million gallons. For this by-the-numbers exercise, The Associated Press is using the higher figure.
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