I found a typo!

cap is on the leaking Deepwatrer Horizon pipe

Great photo. At least they do have a policy, right?

Rachel I am hoping and yes even praying that you are not only down there to report on the disaster but to light a fire under someones ASS To come up with a more effective way to suck up the oil disaster I can not believe we have allowed this to get so far out of hand this is ludicrous

For this country to just stand by and watch this oil spill spew out of control is in itself criminal If we saw someone squirting blood out of an artery would we just stand by and watch or at best offer a sponge to sop it up This is INSAIN

Why are we calling this a spill?  You spill milk or a cup of coffee. This is more like a gush. An oil gush.

ppl spill 2 drops and BP spill the entire Gulf! take dat bloody sign down and shove it up their ass!

Rachel, I am forever appreciative of what you are doing for New Orleans and the State of Louisiana. It just seems like for the first month and a half of this atrocity everyone seemed to drag their feet and sit back from a distance, playing politics, and talk about how bad this oil spill is without actually doing anything. Everyone, except you, that is. But now that Florida’s white sandy beaches and other tourist hot spots for America’s plastic people with their “somebody else’s problem” attitudes have been threatened people are raising hell and getting things done. F@CK FLORIDA! There are still thousands of refugees scattered across the country from Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it left behind in New Orleans waiting on help and giving up hope on ever getting back to their beloved city, and that has been half a decade ago! I was there this weekend and there were still houses with the “X” marks spray painted on them, “One Dead In Attic”.

I can already see people itching to abandon Louisiana again! Suddenly Florida is the hot topic in the news and it seems that the media, once again, has all but forgotten about Louisiana. I am not sure which siren song of Louisiana that you have heard, Rachel, as there are many, but I am very happy that you have heard my beloved state’s call and deeply appreciative of the bright light you continue to shine on us. A million thanks!

Thank you Rachel for everything you are doing to help the people, wildlife and environment of the Gulf region. Like many people I am grateful for the clean up efforts currently in place; however, like many I don't believe enough is being done. In an article in Audubon magazine, Melanie Driscoll, director of bird conversation for the Louisiana program, said that she can only use local volunteers because they don't have housing and a food set up for others. The government and BP should pay for room and board and food for college students (and others who are available) to go to the Gulf region to help with the clean up. College students need jobs and local Gulf hotels and restaurants need business. I know it would be a major organizational effort but that is not beyond our capabilities. Keep up the good work. You are making a difference!

I turned this into a "demotivator":

http://diy2.despair.com/spage/50757713.html

Rachael, Interesting that last nite your show did the typical job of bashing corporations and reporting on, but not bashing, the fact that government was also at fault here. Flipping over to Hannity showed his bias of bashing government and reporting on, but not bashing, corporations. Boy, if there ever was one night with two shows showing their real colors, this was it. Wonder who had the biggest ratings? Oh, sorry. You and Ed and Chris and (what's his name again, you know that other guy who is always mad, always smirking, always blaming, ahhh, come on you know him but I can't remember his name!), are not after ratings. According to your recent commercials you all do about your own shows you are just after the facts and after expanding our knowledge of the subject matter. And this is all done fairly, is the implication of your commercials. Really?!? But then I guess Hannity would do the same. You and your coworkers named above are in the exact same category of all the "righties" that you make so much fun of. And they are all doing the same towards you all, and are in the same biased category on the other side. The least all of you could do is say, yes we are biased towards our viewpoints, yes we do present our side as strongly as we can and yes we are commentators with a viewpoint, not newscasters. Now that would be honest. And may the best show and the best arguments win. That would be refreshing. (sorry to say this, but even though I despise where you think the country should be going, I kind of like your presentations, and this from an old straight guy too. Strange.)

Rachel, the picture admonishes all of us. We the people are responsible along with BP, Halliburton, Minerals Management etc. because we have an unquencable thirst for oil and refuse to amend our lifestyles to reside sustainably with the other species on this planet. The real costs of "cheap energy" include these heart rending pictures of birds and turtles as well as the mayhem in Iraq, Afganistan, Pakistan and so forth. My sons in law are scared for life by the deaths of their buddies and the disaster for civilians in the Muslim crescent they have witnessed in five tours of duty. How do we stop this insanity? Eight dollar gas is a start.

Just saw that at Twitter. I followed all the links and wound up in TRMS Flickr pages! LOL! :)

I loved the "Beyond Petrolium my ass" comment last night Rach.

With a minor tweak: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4669615405_d808763d5f_b.jpg

So the cap is on and allegedly capturing oil, but is it capturing at least more than the 20% extra flow they added via the procedure??

Meanwhile, tar balls are washing up on South Florida shores, altho they may again not be from DWH. http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/05/31/daily35.html

Hi Rachel,

First let me tell you, I love your Show!

In regards of the Disaster in the Gulf, I have send many e-mails and try to get in touch with the Government, to offer solutions to four of the problems for the disaster. I thought that after so many days now they would be open to outside recommendations. If you could help me get my message out or my ideas, that would be great. I am talking about the Beaches, the Water and Under-Pollution and the Marsh Land. Time is of the Essence.

G. Alfred Lieske

Hi Rachel & Laura...love the show. I even watch the re-runs to see if I missed anything.

You are doing Louisiana a great service. The people in that region are the warmest you can find. They will give you a smile and hello and the shirt of their backs if you need one.

I was raised 60miles away, in Houma, La., and Grand Isle was my beach and playground. Its not the snow white beaches of Florida or Mississippi but it is a beautiful one still. The wildlife, both fauna and flora, are abundant and important to the gulf region. We can not afford to loose them but I fear we will.

I studied marine biology at Nicholls State near Grand Isle and I have seen first hand what the oil industry does on a daily basis. They pollute without care to fuel this economy and make a profit. We need daily pressure on BP to keep the money flowing to the Gulf region and its people. This was not the storm of the century it was the neglect of a corporation that will last many lifetimes.

Keep up the great work and enjoy the seafood and people while in Louisiana...they do appreciate your support and concern.

I know most of the BP stations in the US are franchised but how would BP like it if we went to their stations...all of them...and poured, just for example, salad oil all over the filling station's property. Could you imagine the cleanup and the complaints BP would be releasing to the press? Its our turn to complain and do it loudly....we may not get another chance.

Love the way you 'do' investigative journalism. Not just canned ideology.

I know your not John Stewart, but could you do a little numbers skit alongside the oil gushing before and after. You know, when they said 1000 barrels, then 5000 barrels, then 12-19 thosand, and the volume of oil looks worse than when they started.

The 'real' FBI investigation should now focus on the Interior Department and EPA because the oil giants have as many agents in there as in the MMS. Next year EPA will be telling you those shrimp and oysters are 'safe', but within limits, like 'tuna with mercury, once a week', is ok. That's where our government is, "if you don't immediately fall down dead, you'll be ok".

On the beaches where people are getting sick and wildlife is dying, the problem is the miscible parts of crude oil. The crude has elements within that is soluble portions of oil. That means these parts dissolve in water up to levels up to 95% of the solution. If you want a primer in miscible elements just go to your hardware store and look at the paint thinner and solvents. There should be water samples taken at the offended beaches where chain of custody is documented and the bottle or test tubes that are capped because these substances are also volatile and disappear into air.

These samples do not necessarily have to be assayed immediately but can be kept and labeled where chain of custody is secure. These samples can be assayed if there are claims that are questioned. The only reason I mention this procedure is the expectation that one can not necessarily expect agencys to do the documenting.

Thanks, Rachael, for wonderful reporting on what is happening to the islands off the coast of Louisana and to the brown pelicans there. It brings tears to my eyes. I wrote to President Obama and commented that the punishment for negligent homicide should be the punishment BP should be given. Their negligence has murdered life along the coast of the gulf, Not just marine life but plant life as well. The same death will continue to happen as the oil continues to move along the gulf stream. Yes, they will capture much of it. Yes, they will retrieve much of it. But not all. The mark of this disaster will forever pleague our children and the children of the world forever.