Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has reached epic proportions, now that BP's TOP KILL procedure has been declared a failure. BP's oversight and negligence in preventing this kind of a fallout has resulted in an ecological catastrophe of gargantuan dimensions, exposing the precious wetlands, coastal areas and all its inhabitants to untold dangers. Fishermen are contemplating suicide because their entire livelihood has been wiped out for God knows how long. Marine life and birds are dying in huge numbers with a million gallons of oil spilling into the ocean each day, a disaster unprecedented in human history, even bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, experts say.

The Obama administration is facing a severe backlash for not having done enough so far, with political pundits aiming their barbs at the White House. All this political wrangling and mudslinging is not going to help. Instead of commisserating with the vain hand wringing and cries of despair from the people, BP must realize it is solely responsible for this fiasco and take further action to plug the leak right away and do whatever it takes to clean up the spill. The magnitude of this environmental disaster is so huge that it's going to take decades to recover from, a daunting prospect that sends shivers up the spine.

Yet life goes on in other parts of America and the rest of the world, as it always does. Several twitter feeds were oohing and aahing about Michelle Obama donning dots, which prompted me to post the following tweet: "Shallowness in society has reached an all-time high. People, focus on the Gulf oil spill now, not on Michelle Obama's dotted summer dress!" My heart goes out to all those affected by this catastrophe, not just humans, but all creatures of the marine and avian kind, and the vegetation of these coastal areas. Man, in his greed and stupidity, has time and again wrecked the fragile ecosystems of the world. It's high time we focused on alternate sources of energy to make this planet safer and viable to live in, for our children and the generations to come!