Sharehis is a little off-topic, but in the interest of accurately conceptualizing the Gulf oil leak, I thought a few real-world examples of “just how much oil is that?” might help.
To visualize the Gulf oil leak:
1 barrel of oil = 42 gallon milkjugs.
Actual measured crude captured: 648,000 milkjugs per day = 2000 milkjugs [...]