{"id":1718,"date":"2010-05-11T08:44:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2010-05-11T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T14:44:10","slug":"see-the-size-of-the-gulf-oil-spill-superimposed-on-major-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1718","title":{"rendered":"See the size of the gulf oil spill superimposed on major cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to see something absolutely stunning <em>and<\/em> horrifying?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/2010\/05\/08\/compare-size-gulf-oil-spill-city\/\">This blog shows the size of the BP gulf oil spill in real-time.<\/a> You can choose any city to center the oil spill to frame the size and give some perspective on how colossal it is.<\/p>\n<p>This is the oil spill superimposed on top of Newark, NJ as the &#8220;center&#8221; as of today (05\/11\/10).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/2010\/05\/08\/compare-size-gulf-oil-spill-city\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Oil Spill as of 051110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1208\/4598792202_43862e7d40.jpg?resize=500%2C386\" alt=\"Oil Spill as of 051110\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil Spill as of 051110<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is beyond &#8220;bad&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to see something absolutely stunning and horrifying? 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