gaia_mia: Nightmare Scene of Oil Unfolding in Wetlands Crude oil spread through fragile US marshlands, a month after a drilling rig blast released a devastating spill that now threatens Florida, Cuba and even beyond. http://www.alternet.org/environment/146949/nightmare_scene_of_oil_unfolding_in_wetlands_/

Rader warned it was "inevitable" that the cocktail of oil and chemical dispersants would eventually make it to Florida, washing up on beaches on the southeastern US coast.Cuba's southwestern coast, home to major coral and mangrove systems, as well as a nursery area that supports much of western Caribbean marine wildlife, is also at threat.