
4:52 pm on Tuesday April 27, 2010
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Gulf oil spill same size as Savannah to Charleston to St. George (updated)
Image by NASA The oil spill as of Sunday, April 25.
Update April 27: Poor turnout today for a meeting in North Charleston about drilling off the coast of South Carolina.
First reporting: The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is still growing as fears of damage to the regions marine and coastal sea life grow (read: oysters, shrimp, crabs.)
As of late Monday it had grown to cover an area some 80 miles by 42 miles. That's a geographic size roughly equivalent to the coastline from Savannah to Charleston and inland to St. George.
It's a reality that will surely shape the debate about drilling off South Carolina's coast for any limited oil resources.
File this one under: For future reference.