Oil Slick Will Eat Florida, Predicts Former Maritime Polluter

Could the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico move to the Atlantic and migrate up the Eastern seaboard? Yes, says, uh, some guy who used to toss a lot of “message in bottle” bottles into the ocean. One time, 40 years ago, he threw a bottle into the Gulf and he got a letter back from some lady who lived on the coast. “It took only a few months for that bottle to travel all the way around the state of Florida,” says the guy. “The implications are chilling.” Indeed. Indeed they are.