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15 “We’ll see dead bodies soon” E. Dugan, “Oil Spill Creates Huge Undersea ‘Dead Zones,’ ” Independent, May 30, 2010; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oil-spill-creates-huge-undersea-dead-zones-1987039.html.
16 Could affect rice and sugarcane R. School and Chris Adams, “Gulf’s Future Looks Grim,” Sun News, May 31, 2010; http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/05/31/1505058/gulfs-future-looks-grim.html.
17 Hurricane effects J. Masters, “What Would a Hurricane Do to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?” Weather Underground, May 26, 2010; http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1492.
18 The Christian Science Monitor asks P. Jonsson, “Gulf Oil Spill: Could ‘Toxic Storm’ Make Beach Towns Uninhabitable?,” Christian Science Monitor, June 26, 2010; http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0626/Gulf-oil-spill-Could-toxic-storm-make-beach-towns-uninhabitable.
19 “Once it’s in the Loop Current” C. Burdeau and Harry R. Weber, “Deep Beneath the Gulf, Oil May Be Wreaking Havoc,” Associated Press, May 6, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10558496.
20 Senator Bill Nelson quoted “Disaster of a New Dimension Looms in Gulf of Mexico Spill,” Agence France-Presse, May 9, 2010; http://www.grist.org/article/2010-05-09-disaster-of-a-new-dimension-looms-in-gulf-of-mexico-spill.
21 “The threat to the deep-sea habitat” C. Burdeau and Harry R. Weber, “Deep Beneath the Gulf, Oil May Be Wreaking Havoc,” Associated Press, May 6, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10558496.
22 The Web begins amplifying T. Aym, “How BP Gulf Disaster May Have Triggered a ‘World-Killing’ Event,” Helium.com; http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event. See also T. Aym, “Why BP Is Readying a ‘Super Weapon’ to Avert Escalating Gulf Nightmare,” Helium.com; http://www.helium.com/items/1889648-bp-preparing-super-weapon-to-avert-escalating-gulf-nightmare.
23 Fears not materializing, things not so bad J. M. Broder and Tom Zeller Jr., “Bad. But an Apocalypse?” New York Times, May 4, 2010; http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E7DF113FF937A35756C0A9669D8B63.
24 Leak could reach 60,000 barrels J. M. Broder et al., “Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits,” New York Times, May 5, 2010; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/us/05spill.html.
25 Louisiana’s coastal wetlands have lost 2,300 square miles C. Burdeau and Harry R. Weber, “Deep Beneath the Gulf, Oil May Be Wreaking Havoc,” Associated Press, May 6, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10558496.
26 “It’s the last thing in the world” B. Farrington, “Gulf Spill Gives Gov. Crist Pause over Drilling,” Associated Press, April 28, 2010; http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10488587.
27 “The president is frustrated” H. J. Hebert and Harry R. Weber, “Political Patience Wanes as Gulf Oil Spill Grows,” Associated Press, May 12, 2010; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/12/national/
main6475125.shtml.
28 In 2009 the Interior Department exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling J. Eilperin, “U.S. Exempted BP Rigs from Impact Analysis; Prior Reviews Concluded That a Large Oil Spill in the Area Was Unlikely,” Washington Post, May 5, 2010; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404118.html.
29 “Boosterism breeds complacency” D. Usborne, “US Oil Regulator ‘Gave in to BP’ over Rig Safety,” Independent, May 7, 2010; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-oil-regulator-gave-in-to-bp-over-rig-safety-1965611.html.
30 Salazar’s “very, very rare event” “Gulf Oil Spill: Interior Secretary Says Spill ‘Very, Very Rare Event,’ ” Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2010; http://bit.ly/buSoSo.
31 39 rig blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico R. Gold and Ben Casselman, “Drilling Process Attracts Scrutiny in Rig Explosion,” Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2010; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487035725045752145
93564769072.html.
32 Sarah Palin N. Allen, “Foreign Oil Firms Not to Be Trusted, Says Sarah Palin,” Daily Telegraph, May 7, 2010; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/northamerica/usa/7686978/Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-slick-Sarah-Palin-fuels-anti-British-sentiment.html.