Since the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster erupted back in April, many of us have sat helpless, watching the crude ooze its slow-motion destruction across the Gulf waters and coastline. We may have seen the satellite images put out by NASA showing how the spill is progressing and heard countless times about how much money BP is forking over for recovery. And we’ve read many reports about how the oil is killing wildlife, threatening the fishing industry and ruining cultural cuisine.
But for those of us who do not live in the Gulf area, the implications of such a disaster are still many hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
Well, thanks to the Internet, Google Maps and 29-year-old software developer, Andy Lintner of Royal Oak, Mich., we can have a touch of reality.
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