NO I am not joking; leastwise I don’t find it amusing.

It’s so surreal… like a sci-fi movie. The earth is threatened by a huge hole in its crust, leaking crude oil like a highly pressurized volcano and threatening to kill all life in the oceans. The solution? The military detonate a nuclear bomb in an attempt to melt the cap rock and seal the leak.

But this is no science fiction. As reported on May 14th, Barack Obama sends nuclear experts to tackle BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil leak:

http://just-me-in-t.blogspot.com/2010/05/nuclear-option-to-stop-gulf-oil-leak.html

“Underwater Oil Plumes Alarm Scientists,” Frank James, NPR.

“Spill’s Ills Could Be Felt Under The Water,” Jeffrey Ball, Wall Street Journal.

“Oil Leak: What Does the Discovery of Oil Plumes Mean?” Kristi Oloffson, Time Magazine blog.

“Gulf oil spill: Slick is nearing the swift-moving Loop Current,” David Fleshler and William E. Gibson, South Florida Sun-Sentinel via the Los Angeles Times.