So the gulf oil rig Deep Horizon is down, now what?

As predicted here the Deep Horizon is now under water and crews and authorities are now looking at a huge mess to clean up. To BP's credit they have taken responsibility and are heading the cleanup effort. For now it doesn't look like any more oil is spilling out of the well, or the platform. But the 1x5 mile slick that is currently present is a big enough mess to deal with at the moment. Hopefully the rig or the well itself will not add to it.

The families of the 11 still missing are I'm sure still holding out hope for their loved ones but at this time it looks like they may not be found. They may have perished on board and went down with the rig. It amazes me that when this thing was still burning when 2 law suites were already filed claiming negligence against BP. As if that couldn't wait a few days until their loved ones were possibly found, or we knew more about the accident.

Then we have Abe Powell, the head of an environmental group called Get Oil Out. They have been around ever since a 1969 platform accident off the California coast. This particular accident was pretty bad and spoiled miles of coastline. It was really the event that brought the environmental movement to the forefront.

Now Abe is quoted as saying, "When oil companies say drilling is safe now and we won't allow any accidents ... we know that's not true."

Yea Abe your right, they allowed this to happen. They sat in their board room and said, "hey the Deep Horizon is going to blow up soon, that well is worth billions maybe we should fix it. Nah, it'll be a pretty fire, instead of making billions off the well, lets spend billions cleaning up the mess from the explosion. At least the pretty sight of the fire on the ocean will be worth it."

I mean how insane is that comment, do you really think they "allowed" this to happen. As far as being safe, I'm sure it's a hell of a lot safer than it was 41 years ago. But lets be honest, nothing is full proof. Hey Abe, elevators are safe, and so are stairs, but you know what? People still fall down stairs and break their necks. I wonder if there is anyone we can file suite against that is allowing that to happen.