7 miles east of the rig blowout is a massive plume of oil escaping and creating a layer of oil nearly 400 ft thick and the footprint is now bigger than Maryland and Delaware. They believe this plume is spilling 120,000 barrels per day. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_on_re_us/oil_spill_mysteries_of_the_deep This is in addition to the 1,000 barrel per day in the live feed below. If they cannot stop this leak, it would take 11 years to deplete this reservoir. This is taking oxygen out of the Gulf of Mexico and if it continues to shorelines, it will ruin the fishing industry and recreation destination for millions of Americans. Couple this with an active hurricane season, the Navy may be called upon to detonate a bomb to close up the well bore. The water temperature are up in the Gulf which is fuel for hurricane activity.