alabama and mississippi. the crisis in the gulf is deepening. eyebrows raising statement, a second one from the head of british petroleum who calls the oil leak relatively tiny compared to the very big gulf of mexico. my fist is relatively tiny compared to the rest of my body. the c.e.o. tells the guardian newspaper the gulf of mexico is a big ocean, the amount of volume of oil and dispersements we re putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume, which of course is true. this as independent scientists are saying multiple scientists, that the spill is far worse than we re led to believe. bp released this video of the spewing oil on the floor of the gulf a mile under water. bp and the government estimate 5,000 barrels are leaking each day, but at least one engineer says he believes that it s more like 70,000 barrels a day.
water for the plants is better than no water at all but with two and a half million tourists visiting cape town every year hotels are also the largest water consumers in the city and the current water scarcity is hitting the poorest the most. is the local every time they cut the water off i m shocked they don t even tell me before they do it what can i do i need water for the children to cook and wash. the region is experiencing the worst drought in more than a century. the rainy season came but with little relief the water was not enough to replenish the dams and it s a worrying weather pattern that looks set to continue. even in twenty fourteen the dams in cape town were only seventy three percent full and the water volume has been decreasing since then this year the dams were only twenty percent full and at the end of the rainy season the dams were only slightly more full than during the
we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume. today in an interview with our sister network sky news in great britain, the bp chairman karl henrik svanberg acknowledged hayward s issues. it is true he has remarks that s inappropriate. in one year s time either you or tony or both will not be in the company. that s north something i would speculate on. shepard: forget the speculation. let s focus on something we know. we know at this hour oil is still hemorrhaging from the gulf floor. we know gallons that may be measured in the millions are flowing flowing from the blown out well every day. the coast guard is changing strategy to try to capture more oil closer to the shore. that word came today and the fox business network jeff flock went out on the water to get a first-hand look at the effort. you are looking at one of the skimming operations. this is typically a shrimp boat, right, mike?