Summary of the Movie: Deepwater Horizon
The Deepwater Horizon is a movie developed by Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg and is based on a real-life occurrence that happened to a band of oil rig workers on Deepwater Horizon in Mexico. These workers struggled to stay alive following the worst oil spill ever in the United States. In a real sense, the actual spill claimed eleven men’s lives and caused unmeasurable environmental damage, as well as losses, worse, billions of dollars. This movie gives a scientific and forensic look into the incident. Furthermore, the movie’s directors have skillfully put suspense in this movie to keep the audience on their toes, eager to see what happens next and waiting for the movie’s climax, that is, the oil spillage itself. Generally, the movie gives a deep depiction of the worst disaster that has ever hit the US but in a way that eases the harm in peoples’ minds. The choice of characters in this movie has also been the best and pivotal in making this movie a success.
Damage to the abiotic portion of the site
The entire spill is estimated to have covered a radius of 2113 kilometers. It affected numerous coastal regions in the United States. Orange Beach is one of the coastal areas that was affected by this spill. Before the oil spillage, the Ex. Orange Beach was doing so well in developing the ecology and the coexistence between the environment and the people. However, the occurrences of twentieth April 2011 changed this. The region was met by a catastrophe that killed at least eleven people and had unknown effects on marine life and the environment. In the first six weeks of the spill, many activities were recorded from the area. according to, (Murawski et al., 2021). Even though the actual spillage did not reach Ex. Orange Beach at first, it first appeared there in June of the same year. This impact was so huge that it washed away the barriers of the Ex. Orange Beach (Henry, 2015).
Within 5-12 weeks of the spillage, the government sent more boats to assess the damage and protect the Ex’s shores. Orange Beach from further spills. Moreover, strategies were laid out to help protect the region from further damage. However, the entire spill scenario brought a huge blow to the fishing industry in this region. This is mainly because, in recorrecting the error caused by the spillage, the river had to be diverted to stop the flow of oil passing through the river (Henry, 2015). Later, the region experienced yet another wave of oil on the mainland, and the authorities are set to clean it up.
Despite the spill’s impact on the Mississippi region, the government has made advance efforts to minimize the impacts of the same (Restoring the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 2022). The government has worked with trusted agencies to restore the region’s status. The state and federal government has developed a funding system to restore the region’s ecosystem.
Damage to ONE species
One of the animals from this region that was damaged by this spill is the oceanic juvenile Kemp’s Ridley Sea turtle. Even though some animals did not die immediately, exposure to oil was why most of them died (Deepwater Horizon: Effect on marine mammals and sea turtles, 2017). This exposure would also lead to other problems for them, such as reproductive failure and organ damage. Consequently, the spill affected twenty percent of the population in this region. The recovery and restoration process has been budgeted close to $8.8 billion. This has included creating regulations and reducing the interaction with commercial fishing lines, reducing the impact of noise, harassment, and so on.
Personal impact due to the event
The entire event has taught me that a lot. This has been an indication of how a small error in the things we do could result in catastrophic endings that are costly and, at times, not even correctable. I am obligated to lead a campaign that encourages other uses of other means of energy that are not mined. Moreover, it is important to remind people that even if our efforts might not end like this, other impacts remain, and we need to consider these and ensure we minimize such activities as mining oil.
Moreover, the measure I would take is making sure that the drilling activities are state-owned. This will make their regulation easier and more effective. I would also make sure there is a contingency plan to act as a “just in time strategy” if such a situation were to repeat itself. I would also make sure that we embark on other alternative sources of fuel, such as electricity and solar energy. In the wake of a political maelstrom, America can stay strong against the nations that hate them by ensuring they are ahead in every dimension: science, education, technology, industry, etc. This will help in giving America an advantage against the haters. The needs of homo sapiens and other species can be maintained by ensuring we provide equal chances in research and projects between homo sapiens and other species.
The Deepwater Horizon has had numerous implications in terms of religion for our students. It gives the students a wide view of understanding the things they cannot comprehend. It gives the learners the belief of the forces in the world whose working cannot be understood. Moreover, the scene where the explosion survivors kneel on the rescue ship and say the Lord’s Prayer portrays them attributing their praise to God, thus the religiosity in the scenario.
Reference
Deepwater Horizon: Effect on marine mammals and sea turtles. (2017, April 20). NOAA’s National Ocean Service. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/apr17/dwh-protected-species.html
Henry, B. (2015, May 2). 5 years later: Gulf shores, orange beach bounce back from oil spill. https://www.wsfa.com. https://www.wsfa.com/story/28885002/5-years-later-gulf-shores-orange-beach-bounce-back-from-oil-spill/
Murawski. (2021, February 1). A synthesis of Deepwater Horizon impacts on coastal and Nearshore living marine resources. Frontiers. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.594862
Restoring the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (2022, November 3). US EPA. https://www.epa.gov/deepwaterhorizon
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