Crisis in the gulf

Thought it best to open a thread just for this..Just so you know my only worry and opinion in this is saving the wetlands and helping the people of these states survive this...i'm not interested in the politics of it.....

to continue....

The size of our country is probably hard for to to understand and the amount of wetlands in the gulf and coastline are just emense....Those regions survive on those wetlands and oceans let alone what it means globally.. Just in alabama alone there struggle is pitting the need of the tourist trade with the environmental issues of the area....If they decide to allow the oil to attack the beaches it will save the wetlands but it will ruin the tourist trade for that state and one season alone that is 35 % of the money they make on tourism is fromthe beaches...Its a hard choice...They had to decide to put the marshes first. They had enough time to boom them or to save the economy there but not both...In Florida they are trying to protect the regions largest oyster farms...Florida has installed over quarter million feet of boom to protect protect its most senstive areas and its not enough...Local leaders are doing everything they can now its up to the government to act fast...

Most seafood caught in U.S. waters comes from the Gulf, too. That's a good point about Alabama, Chrissy, but, do you realize that Alabama only has about sixty miles of coastline?

Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/gulf-oil-spill-2010-0503#ixzz0ptzF46yq

Instead of detracting attention from himself and potentially exposing himself as a sham who became Large and In Charge because he was elected by the impressionable(White gangsta youth society) for not being the old guy, and the majority of the black population for being ( surprise) half-black that enabled incompetent demo specialists for causing that oil drilling platform to explode and sink, ( An event less common than a total Solar Eclipse) he might've actually taken the bull by the horns and done something about this horrific catastrophe within the month and a half that passed before he "came out" and shook his finger at BP. After-all, he's only the Leader of our Nation, Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief. If he were to be tried for what he's done since being elected, he would be in prison for a long, long time.

Frethead wrote:

Most seafood caught in U.S. waters comes from the Gulf, too. That's a good point about Alabama, Chrissy, but, do you realize that Alabama only has about sixty miles of coastline?

I knew that about the seafood....and I am still in awe myslef on the size of our coast lines....I feel so bad for those animals...I see the birds and turtles and it just breaks youe heart.....
I'm praying for a miracle....

You're right about theOysters, Chrissy. When you look at a map of the Western Florida "panhandle" you ought to notice the pointed peninsula jutting southeardly into the Gulf. That is Apilachicola, and if you eat an Oyster, chances are that's where it growed up. What?! I have a damn hangnail and I can't think anymore. Fug it.

ok...I did not know your main Govn has so much control over your state Govn. I would have expected that the whole point of having a state Govn was so major decisions could be made quickly, if needed, and then they could apply to your main Govn for funds if it turned out the state didnt have any.

Personally, and I'm sorry if I'm making this political here, I think it's your system at fault not the President. Maybe he could/should have realised the potential for disaster sooner but I'm sure BP said they could solve the prob and substantially stem the flow relatively quickly. It would seem they were very wrong. In situtaions like this, a genuine unexpected disaster your state Govn should be able to make more decisions for themselves. It like they seem to think they need their poor little hand held...

On a non political note...this really does suck. And that is putting it midly. I never knew the oil companies didn't have any real contingency plans for a situation like this. From what at first seemed like a human tradgedy what with 12(?) employees losing their life when the rig exploded this has turned into something so much bigger. Livelyhoods, ways of life and entire economies are at stake. Along with the lives of probably thousands of animals. Chrissy, you know me, big heartless guy(!) but I saw a picture on TV on some little bird just stuck in in all this black goo. It couldn't even more. It's awful. Truely awful. I just wanted to get on a plane and help this little bird...I hope the TV crew picked it out...

I have a bad feeling that regardless of how many booms are laid once the hurricanes hit they will become useless. The waves will just crash over them and the oil will get everywhere anyway. I think the Gulf is heading for a worst case scenario and unless BP gets it act together it will get worse. If they haven't got the problem sorted by the time the hurricane season hits then there will be untold damage caused. And even if they do manage to get the oil piped onto a ship, the ship can't stay due to the weather, and the oil leaks into the sea again.

I recall in past oil spillages they have ships which spray detergents onto the oil to break it up. I haven't heard of any of that for this. Maybe the spillage is just too great for detergent to help? Maybe someone should invent a huge fabric that gets laid onto spillages and soaks up the oil or ship that scoops up the oil. I'm sure there's reasons why things like this don't exist but hey...that's how my mind works.

I hope they find a solution to all this as soon as possible.

seems like you are getting it!!!!
The animals break your heart......

we will push and pull and try everything to make this less of an impact......whether the outcome is bleak we will try it.....even it only saves one beach or one marsh or one bird we will give it 100% and do everything as a people...why?

Because were Americans and thats how we roll Whoo Yah!!

Chrissy wrote:

seems like you are getting it!!!!
The animals break your heart......

we will push and pull and try everything to make this less of an impact......whether the outcome is bleak we will try it.....even it only saves one beach or one marsh or one bird we will give it 100% and do everything as a people...why?

Because were Americans and thats how we roll Whoo Yah!!

Ok...now you've just lost my support...

no..........!!!
Help those little animals.........they are worth it!!!

Actually you made me think...We shouldn't try everything because we are Americans..We should do it because we are good people.....It might seem like a helpless job to pick up a piece of trash on a beach just covered in it...but if everyone does a little then it does matter .....saving one bird is one less bird that suffers...so it all matters......

I think the secret ingredient would be hay, but, I really don't know. Perhaps, if all the countries with the right equipment were to gather all the oil they could carry, we could make a substantial difference in the amount of this stuff that's floating on our waters. Have I posted that thought at FMF already? Sorry, if I have.

Did you know that they absorb oil with hair swept up on the beauty shop floors? Its a trick they learned with the Exxon Valdez spill...its early for the little tricks to come out...but when the clean up effort is beaches its a great way to absorb floating oil....I think we are going to see a lot of very ingenious people coming up with all kinds of methods to clean up....Should be interesting....

Frethead wrote:

If he were to be tried for what he's done since being elected, he would be in prison for a long, long time.

If the last guy and his British poodle were tried for what they did, both should have been hung with the other war criminal. (IMHO)

Interesting thing I learned today..I just spent some time with some very smart college bound students...All Honors members and all heading into PHD robotics and physics programs..Seems this specific well had 3 fail safe devices in place in the event of an accident..and all three failed...All the other off shore wells have the same fail safe devices...witht he exact same 3 maufactored devices to be specifics..Which if you think through this would indicate that this will happen again....I sure hope everyone throughout the world is paying attention because we all share this planet...Sure hope someone finds a miracle .....

I read a friend's suggestion about using icecubes while cooking helps to control grease. Anyone else have any idea where that was going?

I've just discovered I've got a crisis with my golf. The long winter without practice has left me unable to hit a thing !! Oh well, back to the range and start all over again.

My current avatar is a photo of A Crisis in the Gulf that my sister recently awakened to, and posted on Facebook. This was my response to the weighty injustice laid upon her by the husband with a runny nose in the middle of the night:

"Comparative analyzation has revealed that I hang my T.P. approximately two feet off the floor. Further, having struggled with great patience to reach an agreeable conclusion to a relatively solid investigation regarding the placement of the T.P. photographed, ( otherwise . . . the lack there-of) I am forced to submit to the assumption that this goes against the very grain of understanding."

Roger H wrote:

I've just discovered I've got a crisis with my golf. The long winter without practice has left me unable to hit a thing !! Oh well, back to the range and start all over again.

Blame BP!!!!!!!

I'm sure you could get compensation also!!...

RFFB wrote:

Roger H wrote:

I've just discovered I've got a crisis with my golf. The long winter without practice has left me unable to hit a thing !! Oh well, back to the range and start all over again.

Blame BP!!!!!!!

I'm sure you could get compensation also!!...

And, don't forget that Obama be duh Prezedent, uh-huh. He be sayin dat who' lotz deez dayz, too.