Thank you, Max Bottomtime for pointing this out.

By Kristin S. Agostoni, Daily Breeze Staff Writer
Posted: 11/05/2010 01:09:42 PM PDT
Updated: 11/05/2010 08:36:49 PM PDT

A diver pulled from the waters off Redondo Beach was pronounced dead Friday afternoon following a rescue operation by county lifeguards, a fire official said.

The man was one of three people who had been reported missing by a fellow diver after the group dove south of the Redondo Beach pier, said county fire Inspector Frederic Stowers.

As a six-person rescue team responded to the incident just before 1 p.m., two individuals surfaced in the water, Stowers said. The third diver had to be rescued from the sea and was initially reported to be in critical condition.

“They brought the body up from about 15 to 18 feet below,” Stowers said.

The man – whom he could not identify – was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead, Stowers said.

Another diver suffered minor injuries due to exhaustion but did not go to the hospital, Stowers said.

The group had been diving not far from the Ruby Street lifeguard tower when rescue workers got a call at 12:52 p.m., he said.

“Apparently a diver who surfaced reported the missing divers. They may have lost their orientation as to where they were in the water,” Stowers said.

Stowers described the response as “pretty rapid,” given that “by 1:15 p.m., everybody had been accounted for.”

Joggers and beachgoers in the area stood watching Friday as lifeguards searched the waters with Redondo Beach’s Harbor Patrol.

The original, full article can be found here.

If you think conditions have sucked recently, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

The oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico could go on for years.

From the below article:

Simmons noted that the pressure at 5,000 feet undersea — where the well site is located — is so high, that containment efforts are likely often to fail.

According to a scientific analysis of footage from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico showing the leak, National Public Radio claimed Thursday that the growing ecological disaster is actually ten times worse than previously estimated, saying the rushing torrent of oil pouring into the ocean is equivalent to one Exxon-Valdez spill every four days.

Here is the full article: Oil spill could go on for years, experts say

Amateur video of the oil slick proves that the spill is worse than British Petroleum admits:
Amateur Video Of Gulf Oil Slick – Worse Than BP Admits May 7 2010