"Bobert, this thread is certainly worth having but the name calling and other insults are not."

Correct.
Bobert - we in the UK have had many tragedies of this kind. The North Sea (the stretch of water between the UK and Belgium/Holland/Denmark/Scandianavia) is one of the most dangerous seas in the world and is full of oil- and gas-rigs. A number have been lost in deadful accidents. Google 'Piper Alpha' - just one of them, where 170 or so men perished.
We've had a number of huge spills too, from tankers wrecked on the British coastline in some of the most beautiful and wild-life-rich areas. Google 'Sea Empress' or 'The Braer Disaster'.
We know what a 'tragedy' is.
The US has our sympathy.