Originally Posted by Robbie

It got me thinking...

Also yesterday on CNN they were talking about a BIGGER spill that took place in the Gulf of Mexico.

It happened in 1979 off the coast of Mexico. Well, I was 18 years old then. And I had never even HEARD of that spill! And I asked my Mom about it (she still lives in Fla. near Tampa where my whole family is), and she had never heard of it either!

I guess back in 1979 before 24 hour news organizations...that the oil company did the best they could (that oil well spewed into the ocean for TEN STRAIGHT MONTHS before they could stop it) and nature did the rest. And the general public never even noticed it.

I'm kinda wondering if the media knew all of this but didn't report it because the story of ecological DISASTER was so much better for ratings. I know it had me glued to the television and I was sure this was going to destroy the ocean.