This might be "it"

I'm sure you've all heard or read at least a little bit of the ongoing oil spill disaster in the gulf of Mexico.  What you probably haven't heard is that this might very well be "it."

This might be the incident that kicks us from our current slow collapse trajectory into a fast collapse scenario.

Somewhere on this blog I stated that I've made two "doom" predictions which never came to fruition, and that I wouldn't do that ever again.  And I won't now.  What I will do is issue a strong warning:  this might be it, so you should really get your ass in gear.

So let's think about this for a moment:

The first spill rate estimations were 1000 gallons a day.  (Even me, and my doom loving ways, didn't pay much attention to this story for the first few days).

Then it went to 1000 barrels a day (42,000 gallons).

For a few days they were saying about 5,000 barrels a day.

Now I just read the actual rate is closer to 25,000 barrels a day - and the "whisper number" is 100,000 BARRELS a day.

Uhhh, are you seeing the pattern here??  This has been going on for ten days so far.  Apparently if it goes truly worst case scenario this formation could dump as much as 163,000 barrels of oil per day into the gulf until the reservoir is empty, and no one knows exactly how much oil is in there!  

My gut feeling is that the gulf of Mexico is done for if the flow isn't stopped within a week.  The area is already in a world of hurt if the flow stops right now.

So, how is our national economy as fragile as it is, supposed to deal with several states economies being absolutely ruined?

Have you pondered the upcoming hurricane season?  Just imagine what destruction that could cause.  I wonder how far inland it would be raining petroleum?  I wonder how effective a defoliant petroleum is?  I wonder how poisonous it would be to people and (food) animals alike?

What if this thing doesn't stop until it runs dry?

What happens to the environment/weather if this makes its way up the east coast and/or out into the Atlantic?
What happens to the national economy in THAT case?

Already there is talk about the gulf coast refineries having to shut down.  I wonder how expensive gasoline would get if that happens?  I wonder just how quickly the shortages would hit?  Do you think our economy can absorb $4/gal gas again?  What about 5/6/7/8/9 dollars a gallon?

I have more questions than answers here folks, but please pay close attention to this one, and please start start prepping in earnest.  This one might be beyond human capabilities to contain, and the only answer I have to that situation is "you better have some preps."

Good luck.