Off shore drilling has been going on for years without incident. From time to time, something will go wrong. There is no need to condemn offshore drilling because of this. We still need to be independent as far as petroleum goes and sometimes there is a price to pay. I know the "Greenies" and tree huggers will get as much mileage from this as possible, but in the long haul, we need to continue with more offshore oil rigs in the future so that America will not be held hostage by OPEC any longer that needed.