Oil Spill Victims

There are many unknowns about the oil spill crisis. No one knows how long it will last. No one can say what the Gulf Coast will be like in six months, a year or five years. No one knows when life will return to normal—or even if it ever will.

But one thing is very clear. The oil spill is having a dramatic financial impact on people along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Is in impacting you? Is the oil spill costing you money? Perhaps you can’t work your normal job. Or maybe your hours have been cut by your employer.

The oil spill might be impacting you financially in other ways. Maybe you fear your property value will drop. Or perhaps you have rental property but are having a hard time finding people who want to rent.

If you are suffering financially because of the oil spill, call the Keahey Law Firm at once. We need to see what we can do to help you. As always, we never collect a penny unless we get a settlement for you. The telephone call and the consultation is completely free.

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Now that the cap is on the well, does anyone know how much oil has been spilled?

The Deepwater Horizon Unified Command has estimated that between 1.5 million and 2.5 million gallons were leaking into the Gulf every day.

That would mean that between 93.5 million and 184.3 million gallons of oil had spilled into the Gulf of Mexico by late last week.

Here are some more numbers from Unified Command:

Approximately 1.82 million gallons of total dispersant had been applied - 1.07 million on the surface and 749,000 under the sea.
348 controlled burns had been conducted.
As of Wednesday, there was approximately 572 miles of Gulf Coast shoreline oiled, 328 miles in Louisiana, 108 miles in Mississippi, 67 miles in Alabama and 69 miles on Florida.
More than 6800 vessels were responding, oncluding skimmers, tugs, barges, and recovery vessals to assist in conatainment and cleanup efforts. There were also dozens of aircraft and remotely operated vehicles in use, plus multiple mobile offshore drilling units.
More than 3.21 million feet of containment boom and 6.6 million feet of sorbent boom had been deployed to contain the spill - and approximately 875,000 feet of containment boom and 2.65 million feet of sorbent boom were available.
More than 31.8 million gallons of an oil-water mix had been recovered.
Approximately 83,927 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters remained closed to fishing in order to balance economic and public health concerns. More than 65% remained open.

- Mobile Press Register, July 18, 2010