deepwater horizon 2

on april 20, 2010 the macondo well explodes, killing eleven.

5.2 million barrels one CEO one senior government official much finger pointing and many dire predictions later, we get this. essentially, the 1.2 million barrels we successfully siphon skim or burn are in the landfills or in the air. 4 million barrels are missing, hopefully due to gulf microbe action.

two glaring conclusions:

1. we know infinitely less about stuff than we imagine.

2. we must stop managing disasters by rhetoric and drama.