Years to recover

Now you see it; now you don't,  but it is there.

What has it been now over one hundred days? And two weeks since the well was capped? And now the oil from the BP Gulf busted well, is breaking up on the surface, and some people are singing tunes, like everything will be alright with the world. Some people must think America is a child?

Now you see it; now you don't, so it is all gone away? No way.

The Washington Post reports, Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that the oil is now much less visible on the surface and present only in microscopic, dilute droplets further down. She said that was a sign that the gulf ecosystem is resilient and processing the hydrocarbons. But she said that .doesn't mean the situation is benign, because it is not."

In a MSNBC report, the public is reminded that yes, " a lot of the oil is deteriorating. But the oil also is degrading in the sense of making things worse." See the video.

The Post also reports that, James H. Cowan Jr., a professor at Louisiana State University, "research has shown concentrations of oil still floating miles from the wellhead. Professor Cowan said the oil, "is going to be with us for a while. I'm worried about some habitats being exposed chronically to low concentrations of toxins. . . . If the water's contaminated, the animals are going to be contaminated."

Yes, indeed, America is only beginning to deal with the fallout from BP`s Deepwater Horizon disaster. It will be years before the environment recovers,

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