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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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A complimentary post? From Nagin?????
Somebody call Hell and see if it froze over.
If they can do that I wonder why they can't just cut the pipe off above the blowout preventer and do the same thing which would stop all of the leaks at once.
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WTF????
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If they can do that I wonder why they can't just cut the pipe off above the blowout preventer and do the same thing which would stop all of the leaks at once.
If a woman had been in charge of this, that pipe would have been emasculated into dormancy within minutes.
If a woman had been in charge of this, that pipe would have been emasculated into dormancy within minutes.
what are you waiting for? go find the world's biggest tampon and stick it in the hole.
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