Impact Florida? The impact on florida is nothing to how badly this is going to demolish the entire ecosystem of the Gulf. And the fact that not a single fucking engineer from any of these companies has pre-thought out a scenario to deal with something like this? Insane.
If they don't get it stopped soon, the Gulf will die. And if the gulf dies, the repercussions will be enormous.
And who here thinks for even a moment that stuffing old golf balls and tires in the hole makes sense. Not me. Why they don't make a giant drill bit with super sized threads, drill it into the hole and use it as a locked stopper I don't know.
I disagree. The Gulf is horribly overfished, as is the rest of the ocean. This is PREVENTING fishing. Yes, it will be back for air breathing sea creatures and birds, but it *could* be very good for other creatures. And the Gulf won't die, don't be such an alarmist. Look at Lake Erie, or Lake Pontchartrain (right before Katrina). These ecosystems bounce back and pretty quickly too.