SkyTruth estimates spill rate at 850,000 gallons 20,000 barrels per day --4 Times more than the 'Unified Command' statements
~This, and other radar images that SkyTruth is getting, confirm what we've seen on the NASA/MODIS images so far, and support our conservative calculations showing that in the first week of this spill at least 6 million gallons have entered the Gulf.
That's a spill rate of at least 850,000 gallons
(20,000 barrels)(5,950,000 pounds) of oil per day.
~Update~At Press Conference Live Now:
Coast Guard backs BP Lie on flow rate. Direct question regarding this SkyTruth data and BP Lied, obfuscated and Bull Shitted. Federals are covering for BP.
They are not acknowledging this new Spill Estimate.
The Coast Guard Admiral Mary Landry should be Relieved of Duty for supporting emotionally BP and "the Response" over solid Data to the contrary.
There is a difference between "getting it wrong" and Lying With The Enemy.
Our reporter on the ground, Georgianne Nienaber, just filed this quote of the day, from the Secretary of Homeland Security and Head of UNIFIED COMMAND, Janet Napolitano: "There is reason now to know more than we knew originally...." Uuuhhm OK, Yogi!
WTFing What? HUH? This is NOT Encouraging.

But hey, don't just take our word for it...


Halliburton May Be Culprit In BP Oil Rig Explosion
~Though the investigation into the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon site is still in its early stages, drilling experts agree that blame probably lies with flaws in the "cementing" process -- that is, plugging holes in the pipeline seal by pumping cement into it from the rig. Halliburton was in charge of cementing for Deepwater Horizon.
"The initial likely cause of gas coming to the surface had something to do with the cement," said Robert MacKenzie, managing director of energy and natural resources at FBR Capital Markets and a former cementing engineer in the oil industry.
The problem could have been a faulty cement plug at the bottom of the well, he said. Another possibility would be that cement between the pipe and well walls didn't harden properly and allowed gas to pass through it.

Port of New Orleans Update On BP Oil Spill Affect Upon State

New Orleans officials monitoring BP Oil Spill, air quality in the city, Mitch Landrieu says
~"Just because this oil spill isn't physically touching New Orleans right now, it's going to have a devastating impact, potentially, if it turns out to be as bad as some people are predicting it is,"
said Landrieu, who continues to serve as Louisiana's lieutenant governor until he takes steps into the top job at City Hall.
"We are all in sync and have been spending most of our waking hours worrying about this," Landrieu said, adding that he spent most of his time Thursday at a joint operating center in Robert.

Unfavorable winds set to push Gulf of Mexico oil spill into Louisiana~Wunderblog

Heavy winds and high tides hamper BP Oil Spill fight

U.S. Gulf States Mobilize for Wrongly named "Valdez-Like" Oil Spill ~Bloomberg
~Editilla Crowtellas~Every Spill Expert that we have heard from maintains that this is NOT A SPILL and NOT AT ALL LIKE THE EXXON VALDEZ, to wit: Tankers Hold Only So Much, yet this is the Gift that Just Keeps On Giving! The operative description we have been hearing the most is: River of Oil.

Oil Man River,
Dat Oil Man River
He mus'know pumpin'
But don't say nuthin',
He jes'keeps flowin'
He keeps on flowin' along.

Everything's fine until the black swan lands at your end of the pool~Your Right Hand Thief

In case you were wondering how bad it can still get
~Library Chronicles

Gulf Oil Spill, or An Order of Magnitude~Nola Notes