What we could see if BP oil comes our way

Funny… we're still arguing about whether we should drill close to the coast… when the BP fiasco is 600 miles away still threatening us, our tourism and our livelihood. WTF?

As I read the reports of what could happen if sub-surface oil from the recent catastrophe comes our way, I start to wonder, as a photographer, what I might be shooting in the future. Will it look like this? (Photo-illustration after the break.)