You want to make sure you have your units straight. I've heard all sorts of wildly varying reports on how much oil is pouring into the Gulf. Some reports say "barrels" and some reports say "gallons."

So you might want to be clear on what units you're talking about.

Some folks want to make it sound like a piddliig amount, others want to make it sound like it's a cataclysm of galactic proportions. Each for their own reasons. So. . . .

Me? No axe to grind. I'm just waiting for something definitive.

Don Firth