Almost a month ago I posted a link to this site that lets you view the oil spill as if it were on top of your home town. I think this is a great way to get a sense of how it actually is and what an impact it might have. Today I found some more links that might help you get a grasp of what’s really happening out there.
Spilling 25,000 barrels of oil in Unreal 3 Engine
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This ginormous barrel tower is made up of only 25,000 barrels, less than half of the estimated 60,000 barrels spewing out EVERY DAY (source) It probably would not be possible for the game engine to even handle the amount of barrels that have come out since the beginning of the spill. If he tried to load them all, the guy’s computer would run out of memory, overheat the graphics card, freeze, bsod, . . . (you get the idea, the numbers are just too big).
The Oil Spill Viewed From Space
