From Leilani, From the Gulf of Mexico

Our friend Leilani Münter just sent us an update. She has spent the past week on the Gulf Coast, seeing the oil spill first hand, taking photographs, and talking to fishermen.

She says things are bad down there, and she has a strong message for BP CEO Tony Hayward:

I think I speak for all of the American people when I say that your cavalier and dismissive attitude towards this oil spill is not making you any friends. Maybe you should spend a little less time doing media interviews trying to reduce the perceived impact of your oil spill and instead spend more time trying to plug the leak and cleaning up the mess that you have made in our Gulf.

Here's Leilani's latest video. It includes the message above, lots of her photos, and some of those conversations with fishermen.

And, if you want more thoughts on the spill from Leilani, here is a radio interview in which she talks about response efforts, and here is the public service announcement she recorded for the National Wildlife Federation.