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21. ThisstoryismainlyaboutHurricaneKatrina

andtheExxonValdezdisaster.

2. TheoilrigthatexplodedintheGuloMexicobelongstoBP.

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Itcanbeinerredthat,atfrst,itlookedlikethespillwouldberelativelyeasytocontain.

4. Thefve-billiondollarbilltocleanupthespillisaworst-caseestimate.

5. LouisianahasullyrecoveredromtheeectsoHurricaneKatrina.

6. Whatdoyouthinkhithard(underlined)means?

7. Beorethisdisaster,thegovernoroLouisianaandPresidentObamadisagreedonmostthings.

8. Whatdoyouthinkthephrasalverbheadointhelastsentencemeans?

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1 TheoilspillintheGuloMexicocouldturnouttobeObamasKatrinaandBPsExxonValdez.AlreadyObamaisbeingcriticizedbysomeontherightornothavingbeenonthesceneonthesamedayothe

oilrigexplosion,thoughWhiteHousesourcesarequicktopointoutthatinitially,noonehadanyidea

thatthespillwouldgrowtosuchproportions.AsorBP,ithassaidinitsdeensethatitdoesntrunthe

oilrig,thatitsimplybuystheoilromtherigoperator.Allthishasledmanytowonderwhowillendup

coveringtheestimatedfve-billiondollarsitwilltaketocleanupthespill.Andthatpricetagassumes

thingsdontgetanyworse.Theworst-casescenariosindicatethattheentireGulcoast,romFlorida

toTexas,couldbeawashinblacksludgeieortstocontainthespillatthesourcearentsuccessul.

ItsvirtuallyguaranteedthatLouisiana,whichhasyettoullyrecoverromHurricaneKatrinaandis

stillheavilydependentonseaoodcaughtintheGulormuchoitseconomy,willbehithardbythis

disaster.TheRepublicangovernoroLouisianaandlongtimeObamacritic,BobbyJindal,has,orthe

timebeingatleast,putasidehisdierenceswithPresidentObamaastheytrytocomeupwithaspeedy

solutioninaneorttoheadoapotentialenvironmentalcatastrophe.

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