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BP oil spill. People are paying attention NOW, aren't they? *mad face*
May 2, 2010 at
10:50 PM
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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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I'd like to point out, they're saying that by tomorrow the oil will likely have hit the Loop Current and will begin its journey out to the Atlantic. This is a global disaster if that happens.
I mean, apart from being angry that this happened, and sad about the consequences?
It's great that you want people to be aware of this but at the end of the day, what are you suggesting any of us do once we know?
until you get to south padre the beaches are crap.
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I can't even mentally go there.
I mean, apart from being angry that this happened, and sad about the consequences?
It's great that you want people to be aware of this but at the end of the day, what are you suggesting any of us do once we know?
There will be little things that people everywhere can do. If this begins to affect the birds, Dawn dish liquid is the number one thing that will be requested. It works wonderfully at removing oil from feathers.
Also, people can donate money or their time, if they live or will be in the area. Haz-mat classes began 2 days ago in Pensacola.
More than anything, people just need to pay attention when things like this happen. The worst part of a tragedy is to not even know that a tragedy exists. Ignorance breeds complacency. And complacency is a dangerous thing.
Oh, I needed that.
I can't even mentally go there.
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