Watch Live Video <\/span><\/a>of the BP Oil Catastrophe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am interested in reading posts on divetalking.com from folks living in the areas affected and currently experiencing the BP Oil Spill. Please update this site with your experiences and observations of any areas touched by oil.
\nWatch Live Video of the BP Oil Catastrophe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,23,9,32,31,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-reefs","category-emergency-first-aid","category-events","category-photography","category-reference","category-report","category-videography"],"yoast_head":"\n
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Divetalking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-06-06T11:12:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-06-07T22:13:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lars2923\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lars2923\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lars2923\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e69ad3ca673a5c117fd560ec0f30453c\"},\"headline\":\"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-06T11:12:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-07T22:13:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228\"},\"wordCount\":51,\"articleSection\":[\"Artificial Reefs\",\"Emergency\\\/FirstAid\",\"Events\",\"Photography\",\"Reference\",\"Report\",\"Videography\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228\",\"name\":\"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Divetalking\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-06T11:12:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-07T22:13:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e69ad3ca673a5c117fd560ec0f30453c\"},\"description\":\"Divetalking\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=1228#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Divetalking\",\"description\":\"The best thing to do during your surface interval\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e69ad3ca673a5c117fd560ec0f30453c\",\"name\":\"lars2923\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09f3fe193ad4eef587ee9f5acb35a3b4499d0753ec1d3da07bd28646c1705a2c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09f3fe193ad4eef587ee9f5acb35a3b4499d0753ec1d3da07bd28646c1705a2c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09f3fe193ad4eef587ee9f5acb35a3b4499d0753ec1d3da07bd28646c1705a2c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"lars2923\"},\"description\":\"PADI MSDT - I've been a diver for over 33 years. I became an instructor because I want to be creditable and able to transfer my knowledge and skills to newer divers. Beside, it cuts down on the expense of diving. NOT! My Motto: First in, Last out\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Divetalking","description":"Divetalking","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill","og_description":"Divetalking","og_url":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228","og_site_name":"Divetalking","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Divetalking","article_published_time":"2010-06-06T11:12:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2010-06-07T22:13:33+00:00","author":"lars2923","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"lars2923"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228"},"author":{"name":"lars2923","@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e69ad3ca673a5c117fd560ec0f30453c"},"headline":"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill","datePublished":"2010-06-06T11:12:50+00:00","dateModified":"2010-06-07T22:13:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228"},"wordCount":51,"articleSection":["Artificial Reefs","Emergency\/FirstAid","Events","Photography","Reference","Report","Videography"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228","url":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228","name":"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - Divetalking","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-06-06T11:12:50+00:00","dateModified":"2010-06-07T22:13:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e69ad3ca673a5c117fd560ec0f30453c"},"description":"Divetalking","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=1228#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/","name":"Divetalking","description":"The best thing to do during your surface interval","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e69ad3ca673a5c117fd560ec0f30453c","name":"lars2923","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09f3fe193ad4eef587ee9f5acb35a3b4499d0753ec1d3da07bd28646c1705a2c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09f3fe193ad4eef587ee9f5acb35a3b4499d0753ec1d3da07bd28646c1705a2c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09f3fe193ad4eef587ee9f5acb35a3b4499d0753ec1d3da07bd28646c1705a2c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"lars2923"},"description":"PADI MSDT - I've been a diver for over 33 years. I became an instructor because I want to be creditable and able to transfer my knowledge and skills to newer divers. Beside, it cuts down on the expense of diving. NOT! My Motto: First in, Last out","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.divetalking.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}