An oily diaster

It's been exactly one month since the oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

The inept BP company has finally succeeded in inserting a tube into the larger pipe, capturing about 210,000 gallons of oil a day. Still, an unnamed amount of oil is still escaping in the ocean, to a grand total of 6 millions gallons since April 20th.
It has reached the shores of Louisiana, is predicted to reach the Florida keys in seven days and has entered the current that will bring the oil to the Atlantic ocean. It's been said that U.S. officials have contacted Cuba to prepare for the oil reaching their shores too. Who else can this affect?

This is a huge catastrophe and will have consequences that I can't begin to imagine right now. Even if they completely stopped the oil today the repercussions would be extraordinary.

All we can do, is watch, wait and pray.

National/World: Spilled oil reaches La. shore, edges into key current