Remember when the Deepwater Horizon story was just 'oil spill in the Gulf'?

I was working on a fishing boat out of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and the real story wasn't the initial explosion. It was the 87 days of failed 'top kills' and 'junk shots' they didn't show on TV, while the oil kept coming. We watched the whole cleanup theater happen from the water, knowing it was barely touching the sides. Anyone else from the Gulf Coast remember how different the reality felt from the nightly news updates?

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hall.jenny10d ago

The news coverage helped us understand the scale of the disaster, though.

the_faith10d ago

Yeah, the news made it feel far away. It was a mess on the ground though, right @hall.jenny? Did you see much of it yourself?

ramirez.vera10d ago

What cleanup theater did you see from the water?