Oil spill in Gulf of mexico

An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that people thought was manageable about a month ago ,now experts found it as an enviromental disaster.The leakang was 5,000 feet down.There were attempts to stop the leak at it's source but was a failure.1,000 barrels or 42,000 gallons a day cotinued to spill.It is being reported as the largest oil spill in the American History.The rig caught on fire, how it happened is still unexplained.11 out of 26 people died in the explosion.The rig sank after the explosion.The oil spill is now slight bigger than the state of Verginia.It is hard to say how much water is contaminated.It has become a threat to endangered species too.There is a posibility of setting the oil on fire because it is better to have smoke for the species than oil as reported by Spokesperson Rachael Maddow as on April 23rd.The have sent robots to seal off the leakage, but it might take 3 months to drill a diversion well that leads to a storage facility.