This morning’s bad news comes via reports that the rate of the leak may be four or five times greater than the initially estimated 5,000 barrels a day, and may be much, much higher (84,000 barrels a day?).
For a little (disturbing) hands-on exercise, here’s a widget that’ll let you choose your own numbers and find the total spill volume. For reference, the Exxon Valdez leaked about 11 million gallons into Alaska’s Prince William Sound before it was stopped.