Say goodby to the Gulf Coast

One fire-fighting expert told the BBC the [leaking oil well beneath the Gulf of Mexico] might become the "biggest oil spill in the world".

"Probably the only thing comparable to this is the Kuwait fires [following the Gulf War in 1991]," Mike Miller, head of Canadian oil well fire-fighting company Safety Boss, told BBC World Service.

"The Exxon Valdez [tanker disaster off Alaska in 1989] is going to pale [into insignificance] in comparison to this as it goes on."

link: UNDERNEWS: OIL SPILL UPDATE