Google has published a very simple but extremely helpful Crisis Response Site following the oil spill disaster in Gulf of Mexico. Whatever your involvement or interest level in the ongoing catastrophe in the Gulf, this site will be useful to you.
An explosion in April on a deepwater oil rig run by BP (British Petroleum) killed 11 workers and injuried 17 more. First reports said that automatic systems had kicked in to stop the flow of oil from the well 5,000 feet deep under the "Deepwater Horizon" platform. Those early reports turned out to be false and the gushing well unleashed extensive damage to the ecosystem and wildlife off the coasts of four states.
The Google crisis response site is a public service site (no ads)
similar to those that Google provided following the devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. The site includes visual information from several sources overlayed on Google Maps plus helpful links to more news and to relief organizations so that you can find some things that you can do to help out.
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