We all know that a gallon is the size of two half gallons of milk.

[LeftyFingerPop]

http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/article/florida-sets-up-oil-spill-information-line1/886757/May-13-2010_10-48-am/

Go to this site, look at the "gallon counter". I believe that this counter is based on the estimate of 5,000 bbls or apx. 210,000 gallons per day.

Watch the counter for a few minutes.

While you are watching it, imagine the oil coming out of the pipe in the video.

It is very easy to picture that the 210,000 gallons per day is grossly understated. I can certainly believe that the true amount is probably 10X to 20X this.

[Xipe Totec]

1. We will see, now that they've inserted the "probe"

Whether they are collecting all of the oil, and how much there is.

[trof]

4. 6" tube in an 18" pipe.

A soda straw in a garden hose.
:-(

[Xipe Totec]

8. Totally unsatisfactory. Size does matter

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[LeftyFingerPop]

3. Why don't you go drink 4 quarts of Quaker State?

:D

[Xipe Totec]

5. Yellow flag - unecessary roughness

10 yard penalty.

[taterguy]

10. Unnecessary roughness is a 15 yard penalty

5 yard illegal procedure penalty on you for not spelling unnecessary correctly!

[Xipe Totec]

11. You just bought another 15 yards

5 yards for the illegal procedure, and an extra ten for illegal use of a spell checker.

[taterguy]

12. Who the fuck says I used a spell checker?

I now how to spell unecessary!

[Xipe Totec]

13. Just because it's embedded in your brain is no excuse

You can't check spelling without a spell checker.

[Posteritatis]

6. Nuh-uh, it's the size of four quarter gallons of oil! (nt)

[pokerfan]

9. and five fifths = 0.99 gallons!

+ + + + =

[rug]

7. Buzzkill, man.

[FarCenter]

14. 210,000 gallons would be a cube about 10 yards on a side

1 cubic yards = 201.974026 US gallons

So 210,000 gallons is about a thousand cubic yards, i.e. a cube about 10 yards or 36 feet on a side.