There is no getting around the fact that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is nothing short of an unmitigated disaster, and one that could last for decades to come as we try and deal with its after effects. While just about every news service – online or in the traditional media – is trying to keep up with all the information about the spill as it happens it is hard to keep up with them all.
Enter Oilaholic – your one stop news site for anything to do with the oil spill. From a live video feed on UStream to Twitter and Facebook status updates as people discuss (or vent their anger) what is happening. As well there is a live chatroom to go along with constantly update Google News flashes.
Oilaholic accomplishes all of this in an easy to use site by tapping into the APIs of Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr that are displayed on the left side of their individual pages while the right side, with the live video, chatroom and Google News stays the same. There is also a live news ticker at the top of the page for displaying breaking headlines regarding the spill and the efforts to stop it.
hat tip to Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb
