Oil spill.

Allen: Oil collection rate from ruptured Gulf well increasing -- CNN

This pretty much sums up what has been taking place in the last 60 days in the Gulf. As of now they are estimating that the offshore well in the gulf could be leaking as much as 60,000 barrels a day. By midnight Thursday Adm. Allen said within the 24 hour period they had collected 24,000 barrels of oil and officials anticipate by July they should be able to collect a total of 80,000 barrels of oil per day. The two relief wells that are being drilled, viewed as the solution to the disaster in the gulf, is ahead of schedule. BP CEO Tony Hayward testified on Thursday at Capitol Hill but was extremely vague when it came to answering questions saying that he would he elaborate more later once investigations had been conducted. All in all both sides are pointing a lot of fingers at each other and not focusing on the urgency of the situation and what needs to be done now not later.

So could this tragedy have been prevented? Should we stop offshore drilling? What or who is to blame for this catastrophe?

These questions in my opinion can and should be figured out later. We need to work together. Devastating news about the spill seems to get worse everyday. They now know that along with the oil leaking methane gas is also leaking posing even more of a threat to oceanic life. Our government should focus on statistics and all that stuff later we need to clean up and take action worry; about numbers and all that jargon later. We need to take care of the people's whose lives have been dramatically altered by the spill. Let's worry about the energy plan and all that later; offshore drilling for now has been suspended and we need to focus on what is right in front of us. We can only take on so many things at once regarding this event and we need to take care of the most important and put off what can wait. Both sides need to come together for the greater good of the country and I bet they would be surprised at what could be accomplished.

The following link provides live footage of the oil leak and pictures.