Gulf Coast oil spill may eclipse Exxon Valdez disaster | al.com

Gulf Coast oil spill may eclipse Exxon Valdez disaster | al.com: "An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control and drifted inexorably toward the Gulf Coast on Thursday as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes.

The spill was both bigger and closer than imagined -- five times larger than first estimated, with the leading edge just three miles from the Louisiana shore. Authorities said it could reach the Mississippi River delta by Thursday night."