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BP oil spill. People are paying attention NOW, aren't they? *mad face*
May 2, 2010 at
10:50 PM
Unless my "search" button is broken, I can't find any threads about this oil spill.
Aren't there some Loungers here from the Gulf Coast area, besides myself?
This thing is going to be bad. Really bad.
I grew up in Pensacola, FL and have spent my whole life on these beaches. Pensacola, Gulf Shores, Navarre, Destin ... they are beautiful. And they have already suffered so much devastation over the years from hurricanes and now they have to endure THIS?
If this goes on long enough and the oil makes it's way into the Florida Keys, that will be the end of the natural coral reef habitat. What about the dolphins and fish and turtles and birds?
Environmental disaster aside, I can't even imagine what the economic impact is going to be.
Aren't there some Loungers here from the Gulf Coast area, besides myself?
This thing is going to be bad. Really bad.
I grew up in Pensacola, FL and have spent my whole life on these beaches. Pensacola, Gulf Shores, Navarre, Destin ... they are beautiful. And they have already suffered so much devastation over the years from hurricanes and now they have to endure THIS?
If this goes on long enough and the oil makes it's way into the Florida Keys, that will be the end of the natural coral reef habitat. What about the dolphins and fish and turtles and birds?
Environmental disaster aside, I can't even imagine what the economic impact is going to be.
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From what I understand (bad reporting probably) the oil isn't yet to the beaches in Florida, and that it's more likely to affect Jacksonville's beaches (they have those? Jacksonville's nasty) than the Pensacola area.
As for economic impact, I can sum it up like this: I'm damn glad my dad got rid of his fishing business years ago, or we'd be going through hell for the next few months.
And turning to the selfish "us." Does this mean no more beaches in Florida? This will hurt airline industry even more.
If you like the Gulf Beaches, you probably have little to worry about. Anything on the east coast (Smyrna, Daytona, Jupiter, Miami) you've got something to worry about if the winds change.
Aren't there some Loungers here from the Gulf Coast area, besides myself?
This thing is going to be bad. Really bad.
I grew up in Pensacola, FL and have spent my whole life on these beaches. Pensacola, Gulf Shores, Navarre, Destin ... they are beautiful. And they have already suffered so much devastation over the years from hurricanes and now they have to endure THIS?
If this goes on long enough and the oil makes it's way into the Florida Keys, that will be the end of the natural coral reef habitat. What about the dolphins and fish and turtles and birds?
Environmental disaster aside, I can't even imagine what the economic impact is going to be.
it's a freakin disaster and poor animals.
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millions of marine life will parish. ma and pa stores that rely on business coming in will go bankrupt. your food at restaurants/grocery stores will go up. and politicians wallets will be overfllowing with $100 bills. nothin you/we can do about it either.
millions of marine life will parish. ma and pa stores that rely on business coming in will go bankrupt. your food at restaurants/grocery stores will go up. and politicians wallets will be overfllowing with $100 bills. nothin you/we can do about it either.
NEW ORLEANS The chief executive of BP says crews have been able to reduce the amount of oil reaching the surface from a massive underwater gusher with a new approach of using chemicals at the gusher.
CEO Tony Hayward also said BP is not responsible for the Gulf of Mexico drill rig accident that set off the spill but is taking responsibility for the response and cleanup.
Hayward said on NBC television Monday that BP is injecting dispersant chemicals into the oil as it pours out of an undersea well. He said it was a new approach and appeared to be having a significant impact on the amount that reaches the spreading surface slick. He did not elaborate.
On ABC television, Hayward said the drill rig equipment and processes that failed and led to the spill belonged to rig owner Transocean Ltd.
Finger pointing at its finest.
Finger pointing for truth.
CEO Tony Hayward also said BP is not responsible for the Gulf of Mexico drill rig accident that set off the spill but is taking responsibility for the response and cleanup.
Hayward said on NBC television Monday that BP is injecting dispersant chemicals into the oil as it pours out of an undersea well. He said it was a new approach and appeared to be having a significant impact on the amount that reaches the spreading surface slick. He did not elaborate.
On ABC television, Hayward said the drill rig equipment and processes that failed and led to the spill belonged to rig owner Transocean Ltd.
millions of marine life will parish. ma and pa stores that rely on business coming in will go bankrupt. your food at restaurants/grocery stores will go up. and politicians wallets will be overfllowing with $100 bills. nothin you/we can do about it either.