Times-Picayune: 1979's Ixtoc oil well blowout in Gulf of Mexico has startling parallels to current disaster

A look back at what is now the 2nd worst oil disaster in the history of the Gulf.

(By the way, the name is Yucatec Maya, and is pronounced "Eesh-TOK", not "ICKS-tok". Sheesh, broadcast media, you've only had 30 years to learn that.)