What have they done to fix the oil spill?

Answer 1

While BP tries yet another plan to stop the oil spilling into the gulf, locals are coming up with their own methods to contain and clean up the oil. In the weeks since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, locals have sprung into action.

Along the Gulf Coast, hair stylists have collected hair to be used in booms to collect the oil. Many stylists have even donated their time giving free haircuts to people willing to donate their locks to the clean up effort. Officials now say that hair will not be used because it has been shown ineffective in other spills. Hair salons have been asked to stop accepting donations of hair.

Meanwhile, school children perform countless experiments in coastal classrooms looking for a solution to the growing problem. My children are collecting bottles of Dawn dish soap to donate to the local clean up effort, but it remains to be seen if these donations will be accepted.

It is nearly impossible for residents to sit by and do nothing as the oil moves ashore. Hundreds of people have volunteered time to attend classes designed to teach safe clean up methods. Day after day residents walk along the beach and look for a way to restore the damage done or protect from the damage headed our way.

Currently, BP continues to ignore the EPA order to stop using toxic dispersant. BP, a company that clearly did not plan or prepare for the occurrence of a spill, will attempt again to "top off" the spill this time with mud and concrete. Even BP officials doubt this will work. So here we sit, waiting for a company that has proven itself inefficient and unprepared to come up with a solution to the disaster they created.