Environmental attorney Sanders says BP oil spill is major environmental disaster in the making.

BP’s Oil Spill by the numbers, as of May 17, 2010.

• Total response vessels: 750
• Containment Boom deployed: more than 1.3 million feet
• Containment boom available: more than 360,000 feet
• Sorbent boom deployed: more than 400,000 feet
• Sorbent boom available: more than 750,000 feet
• Total boom deployed: more than 1.7 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
• Total boom available: more than 1.1 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
• Oily water recovered: more than 6.6 million gallon
• Dispersant used: more than 580,000 gallons
• Dispersant available: more than 390,000 gallons
• Overall personnel responding: more than 17,000
• 17 staging areas are in place and ready to protect sensitive shorelines. These areas include:
  • Dauphin Island, Ala.
  • Orange Beach, Ala.
  • Theodore, Ala.
  • Panama City, Fla.
  • Pensacola, Fla.
  • Port St. Joe, Fla.
  • St. Marks, Fla.
  • Amelia, La.
  • Cocodrie, La.
  • Grand Isle, La.
  • Shell Beach, La.
  • Slidell, La.
  • St. Mary, La.
  • Venice, La.
  • Biloxi, Miss.
  • Pascagoula, Miss.
  • Pass Christian, Miss.