BP well is dead, but Gulf challenges live on

This week I read an article about the challenges the Gulf is still facing after the BP oil well leak.
The highlights of the article are :

• BP purchased the rights to explore that area for oil in 2008
• named the well Macondo
• April 20th the explosion on the rig killed 11 men instantly and started the disaster
•  in the three months before a temporary cap as much as 172 million gallons of oil and millions of cubic feet of natural gas spewed into Gulf waters. Some 50 million gallons of oil was burned or skimmed
• people of the Gulf area are still dealing with the after affects

The oil well, Macado, was purchased by BP in 2008. April 20th started one of the biggest disasters this country has seen in a while. It took months to kill the well, and much damage has been caused.

I feel bad for all the people still dealing with this spill even after the well has been killed. They will continue to deal with it as a large amount of oil escaped the well. I think that this just goes to show what can happen when people make careless and unthought out choices.