Scientists are scrambling to grab "before" photos, since it's pretty much a given that this will decimate the Gulf Coast area. In fact, as of this weekend, it's also been reported that as long as 200,000 gallons continue to spew, the slick will catch the Gulf Stream and affect the Atlantic Coast.
Other links:
Gulf of Mexico - Transocean Drilling Incident
NOAA Deepwater Horizon Incident News
NASA Image: Oil Leak from damaged Zwell in Gulf of Mexico
Current Conditions
Deep Ocean Explorer Oil Spill Animation
Spill monitoring analysis
GCOOS - Earth Scan Laboratory, LSU
Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS)
TABS shelf-wide, near surface circulation field
Long-term statistics (shelf climatology)
Forecasts
Texas General Land Office - Coastal Current Forecast Page
An animation of winds
GNOME-Ready Forecast
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