Where Did the Oil Go?

We all live in or around the Panama City, FL area, so I don't really need to go into all the details about what happened at the Deepwater Horizon oil platform.  It has affected our beaches, tourism, and for most in this area our total way of life.  I worked out at the Gulfcrest tiki hut as a bartender by the pool this summer and can tell you firsthand of the loss in sales, profits, and tips.  Beyond those things, even the overall attitude of the guests and employees declined.  The owners who rent out there units would come down asking me about business and the oil, along with even people visiting from Canada.  Everyone had different political views and even some were from different countries, but one thing was for sure; the main thing on everyone's mind was where did the oil go?  Was it on it's way, or had the oil giant, British Petroleum, really done what they said they were going to do and cleaned it all up.  The coverage for the biggest environmental catastrophe ever on United States soil could be seen 24/7 online, and on several different television channels.  It was all they were talking about, so why did it take eighty some odd days for the greatest minds in the world to cap this gusher?  Why did our government not immediately take action to give a helping hand?  Was there some kind of political agenda behind this whole charade?  It's not like the most powerful nation in the world could not help and be reimbursed for their troubles.  It seems like they would want to protect the beautiful gulf coast.  Our little speck of this world might not have been affected too badly by the oil as far as the eye can see, but what of the future.  It doesn't make sense to me that as soon as the well was capped there was very little media coverage.  This is especially confusing; being that most of the media is supposedly very liberal.  I don't know where all the politicians who are supposedly environmentalists are now but they don't seem to be helping.  I was watching a documentary by Spike Lee, "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", and these fisherman were using three five gallon Shopvac's to suck the oil off the top of the water in the bayou.  The boat captain said they were out there from dawn till tusk working every day.  When one of the vacuums filled up they would empty them into these fifty-five gallon drums on the boats deck and this sludge looked thick as molasses.  If a hurricane were to come near Louisiana right now all of that sludge would be pushed further up on the land by the storm surge.  Once the water receded all the land as far as the water got would most likely wash away because the oil would kill the vegetation.  The vegetations root systems are what hold the land in place, so bye-bye to a good portion of the state.  That's just one of the state's problems.  The boat captain said that the BP workers wouldn't even get out on the water until around 9:00, losing precious daylight hours every day.  We see BP commercials on the TV and hear them on the radio about them doing everything possible, and when they see the oil they are cleaning it up. They’re not doing to good a job.  I know one thing; I see them on their Polaris all-terrain vehicles five or six deep, not doing a darn thing but driving up and down the beach all day.  So why are they not paying some of those same people to go to Louisiana and suck up this poison that is ruining some of the most precious spawning grounds for marine life in our country.  The people in Louisiana know where a great deal of the oil went but BP doesn't seem to be holding up their end of the deal in sticking with it until all the oil is gone.