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BP oil spill. People are paying attention NOW, aren't they? *mad face*
May 2, 2010 at
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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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Eventually when Clinton got in office and started raping the military the base was closed and I don't believe the National Guard or Army Reserve in the area had any other options for discounts unless it was done by individual stores.
This explosion only killed 11 people and yes sea life by the hundreds of thousands over the coming years..but when considering human life, it is no where near the scale of what Chernobyl was.
We also need to remember that this was just ONE that exploded among the thousands available out there..it could have been a helluva lot worse...
This explosion only killed 11 people and yes sea life by the hundreds of thousands over the coming years..but when considering human life, it is no where near the scale of what Chernobyl was.
We also need to remember that this was just ONE that exploded among the thousands available out there..it could have been a helluva lot worse...
Those chemicals will be in the food chain, the water, the sand that children play in........
I'm sure there are probably plenty of reasons beyond my knowledge level that would make this unlikely to happen but it does seem like it would be at least a possibility. And if it did happen I imagine it would be almost impossible to stop a leak like that.
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You can't say that it WON'T kill hundreds or thousands of people in the years to come because dispersants are chemicals with risks that have not been assessed yet.
Those chemicals will be in the food chain, the water, the sand that children play in........
...so while I'm not saying there might not be a threat..there probably isn't going to be one detrimental enough that isn't already part of our society. Dispersant was also used the Exxon-Valdez spill from 1989 and I haven't seen cancer rates shoot up from that one specific incident.
Besides sea life, this explosion is 0-to-nil on the impact of people in the area honestly. People will move on with their lives and will become aware of the areas that are now toxic...people in Chernobyl couldn't. The entire city and the surrounding area was tortured and to this day, radiation levels are still extremely high. It is still a ghost area and won't be able to be reclaimed by humans for decades..maybe even centuries..
you have no clue what you are talking about, none
you have no clue what you are talking about, none
This will put a bite on tourism dollars unlike any of us have ever seen. I grew up in FL and tourists return after a hurricane. Heck, they return after 2 or 3 hurricanes in one year. The shrimp, oysters and fish come back and it's completely edible. People can rebuild in a matter of months from a hurricane.
This spill could DEVASTATE the Panhandle beaches, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Perdido, BOTH areas of the Gulf Islands National Seashores, the beaches in Mississippi...
It could have a GLOBAL effect on seafood availablilty and prices. Tourists will NOT come back to these areas if they can't swim in the water, play in the sand and especially if they have to smell petroleum in the air and get tar balls on their feet when they walk on the beach. Ever visited a beach off the East Coast of Texas? I lived in Corpus for a year and let me just say UGH!!! Smells bad, looks bad and there's tar everywhere.
This will affect soooo many people. Shimpers/fisherman, beach house/condo/restauant owners, servers, cooks, hotels, hotel staff, shopping centers, souvenior stores, gas stations, grocery stores, seafood markets......
Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Who knows for sure.
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