Could it rain oil? The EPA says it has no data or evidence that the oil and dispersant have entered the water cycle, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Read more about this here. It certainly looks like it’s raining water that has oil in it, based on what is on the ground.

Oil in the ocean does evaporate, unlike most oil we are used to seeing on land. The other bad news concerning the oil well today is that the remains of the blowout preventor are leaning over very badly and looks like they might break off, reportedly, and the ROV bumped the cap and it was removed. So for many hours, the  oil was gushing like a geyser, completely unrestrained.  Now, BP says the cap is back on.   BP then announced it would capture a huge amount of the oil starting soon, but at this point I think they are just saying that in order to stave off the threats they are receiving.

BP is also, according to several reports, burning sea turtles alive. This is according to CREDO, and the bonus of going to that link is that you can sign a petition asking them to stop. There is also a story about it on Raw Story.    BP employees are not allowing the people who are there to save the turtles to do their jobs.

“A rare and endangered species of sea turtle is being burned alive in BP’s controlled burns of the oil swirling around the Gulf of Mexico, and a boat captain tasked with saving them says the company has blocked rescue efforts.

Mike Ellis, a boat captain involved in a three-week effort to rescue as many sea turtles from unfolding disaster as possible, says BP effectively shut down the operation by preventing boats from coming out to rescue the turtles.

“They ran us out of there and then they shut us down, they would not let us get back in there,” Ellis said in an interview with conservation biologist Catherine Craig.

Part of BP’s efforts to contain the oil spill are controlled burns. Fire-resistant booms are used to corral an area of oil, then the area within the boom is lit on fire, burning off the oil and whatever marine life may have been inside.

“Once the turtles get in there they can’t get out,” Ellis said.”

Most of the turtles being trapped like this and dying from the oil so far are Kemps Ridleys turtles, the rarest turtles in the area, and an endangered species. This is an interview with boat captain Mike Ellis who was trying to save some of the turtles.

More to read, get sad, below — and then your Congress people and tell them to stop this oil madness.  This cannot ever happen again.

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