Not to downplay it, but those pictures are all of like 3 or 4 birds. - Edit 1
Before modification by BlackAdder at 04/06/2010 03:58:13 PM
And apparently what the Coast Guard has been trying to keep reporters away from. One wonders how much in political donations that's cost BP.
Still a tragedy of course and I'm sure more are affected. But perhaps the bigger tragedy still is the censorship of people trying to find out about this and (presumably) even helping those creatures.