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My first knowledge of this spill came on the weekend of May 2 when my daughter came to the house to tell me. The next day, I called THE DISH, turned it back on. Afterwards, reading, listening, viewing for I truly needed to see it. Nasa also shows the gory scenes, and so does Weather Channel. So? Here on wc, as a note to CLUB points out very few posted items --- (two?) (three?) RE: this awful disaster. By now, day 41, we know that BP takes full responsibility and gifted $25 million to Louisiana and Alabama. We may follow the profit line of a billion dollar corp if we like. Then say ... what only $50 mill and you pay for the entire thing? Word out there also supports seizing all assets owned by BP. Then too it is time to separate chaff from grain in the Identity Department. When we tend to overuse, and everyone is keyed in there "environmentalists" --- we are reverting, in a sense, to online tags, search terms --- where the Louisiana Oil Spill Catastrophe --- is happening. Yes, online terms shall indeed show us these regional, geographic concerns. However, the words we also need are "scientists" ... "oceanographers." Blame is fine, additional blaming is fine too because it frees us up, expands thought and research mode. These are reactions which smite our anger. On May 10, I sat next to a lady in a local library who was online to read the goings on. All she kept saying was how mad she was, and how this OIL SPILL never should have happened. A man, a few desks over, then announced verbatim all the other places where BP was fined, found guilty and lax (etc) on their faulty ways of doing business. How many drilling permits they still hold. First comes shock, then came sadness (which for me sticks like glue.) Looking back over the last 41 days, I wish I could be mad like that library patron or steady and better informed like that gentleman. Basically, I remain fearful. To be honest here, for Jimmy's sake, I am glad he weighed in on the issue and value what he says above. I'm going with better informed, with an eye of a non-believer, because I know other corporations control the news reporting game and the I-net. But there are places we can still place trust upon. Freespeechtv, a channel, msn.com a seach engine far better than bing. Along the Ohio River many years ago ... decades in fact they built a flood wall to keep the city safe. We are hearing all these ideas to cap the well, some are ludicrous to say the least. What about continuously --- Skimming the oil? We need not accept the first BP estimate of 5K barrels erupting per day. Estimates immediately came out that this was too low and closer to 80,000 barrel per day, meaning 50 gal barrels. The dispersants are not simply the same as "dish detergent" as BP claims repeatedly. The EPA banned what they are using a few weeks ago. It's not been changed, yet! They own the company that makes this toxin. BP states this is the only one they had availability to use. Stockpiled, was it? My expertise is nil. I've been in two hurricanes in Carolina in 1996. I know from storm surge. Am I upset? Your're goddam right. We need value all of our states and our neighboring Oceans deserve respect oceanic tidelands seldom receive. People in PA are reacting in their own ways and they are talking a mile a minute. Even if we may not be right on the mark, we'll never shut up. We don't mind being corrected, we want facts, real news, we share, we seek further word on true protection & prevention measures for Gulf States. And then it trickles down. Along the roads you see trash cans filled with electrical appliances, SUVs for sale, no lights at night. We also are aware we elect congressmen who settle, do not represent their constituents. So we're back to how much can we take, when is too much too much and so called clean up efforts not enough? Right now, May 31, Memorial Day here in the states we still don't know the answers. The most important thing becomes --- When the hell are they going to cap this well? Why can't they cap it? Do we believe they are truly trying ... is about the phrase riding on the next high tide? Fearful? Yes, because we already saw the shabby treatment of these Gulf states in 2005. June 1 is the opening of Hurricane season which runs to Dec 1 ... every year. At this point whatever we say, think or add is up to all of us to pen as we see fit. Question it! Supplying links is a place to begin as we know. This here's a random post, non-specific. This awful Oil Spill is being called "the death of seafood." They say there it is "catastrophic." We're looking at illness among a population due to oil & toxic dispersants which EPA banned. Both now permeating the air. Back to shocked for myself. Yeah, thass right. Of course we know the Caribbean and Western FLA are not out of the picture. Why? Because this well has not been capped. We can put a man on the moon, but our Nasa with their expertise, can't help cap a terrible, horrendous outbreak of indecent proportions spewing crude daily ... offshore of Louisiana? Wow! |
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