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Effects of BP Oil Spill still linger
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:26 am
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:26 am
Advocate article today with video. shite pisses me off that BP denies the effects.
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The BP report made the company’s case that the Gulf of Mexico is almost back to the condition it was in before the 2010 oil release. Coastal and environmental groups as well as the Natural Resource Defense Council said the BP report was premature and misleading.
“They think they can convince the rest of the country that nothing happened,” Renfro said.
Another stop on Tuesday’s tour, Cat Island in Barataria Bay, showed the heavy toll of erosion that Muth said has been hastened by oil exposure.
What was once two islands with one name, Cat Island is quickly becoming a name only as only a small ridge of shells remains of what was just a few years ago an island of mangrove thickets that provided nesting habitat for brown pelicans. Now, the mangroves are just bare twigs sticking out of a mudflat surrounding the shell ridge. The birds have moved on.
“As we lose habitat, we lose birds,” Renfro said.
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:34 am to Motorboat
The day they released their last report on the Gulf being back to normal, an enormous tar mat was found on Grande Terre. They are spending a shite ton of money trying to obfuscate reality.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:35 am to Motorboat
Does oil really speed up erosion? I'm sure there are more lingering effects than what BP will ever admit, but I don't see how it would speed up the erosion process.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:44 am to shawnlsu
So mangrove died as a result of the oil spill? How do they know cold weather didn't kill it?
And what do they want BP to do? At what point have they made restitution for this event?
And what do they want BP to do? At what point have they made restitution for this event?
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:56 am to shawnlsu
Well, I could see chemical exposure killing off the grass. Certainly didn't help maintain the marsh.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:19 am to shawnlsu
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Does oil really speed up erosion?
when it kills plants it does.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:26 am to Motorboat
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when it kills plants it does.
It doesn't help when the protocol is to pull a boat up onto the small island, unload 12 people to trample across the fragile island and vegetation, to haul off 18 trashbags of material, to get rid of less than a pint of oil covering 4 sq ft of shell. I watched the cleanup first-hand. Much of it was exponentially more damaging than the actual impact of the oil in many places.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:31 am to tenfoe
Lets just blame it on th Corexit
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:37 am to Galactic Inquisitor
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The day they released their last report on the Gulf being back to normal, an enormous tar mat was found on Grande Terre. They are spending a shite ton of money trying to obfuscate reality.
It is pretty amazing. Tar balls still wash up in Destin every day.
I am typically not pro-plaintiff attorney. That said, I think a fun job would be suing BP and other oil companies for destroying the LA marsh and areas around the LA marsh.
I hope one day that LA leadership will actually support a suit, like the one John Barry has been espousing, against these companies. It is needed.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:40 am to DeltaDoc
Tar balls on the beach aren't really all that uncommon, even without an accident like BP.
Don't take that the wrong way, I'm all aboard the BP hate train.
Don't take that the wrong way, I'm all aboard the BP hate train.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:43 am to DeltaDoc
quote:Oh good grief.
I am typically not pro-plaintiff attorney. That said, I think a fun job would be suing BP and other oil companies for destroying the LA marsh and areas around the LA marsh.
I hope one day that LA leadership will actually support a suit, like the one John Barry has been espousing, against these companies. It is needed.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:45 am to tenfoe
did you watch the video? the dead mangroves were not caused by someone walking through there. I am a plaintiff's attorney and I used to give BP the benefit of the doubt, but not anymore.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:00 am to Motorboat
quote:Why?
did you watch the video? the dead mangroves were not caused by someone walking through there. I am a plaintiff's attorney and I used to give BP the benefit of the doubt, but not anymore.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:05 am to Motorboat
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did you watch the video?
no
quote:
the dead mangroves were not caused by someone walking through there
ok. I agree, oil can kill vegetation
quote:
I am a plaintiff's attorney
I am a scientist
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:09 am to AlxTgr
I always thought that the oil was minuscule compared to all the water. I'd fish in the Cocodrie area and not see a whole bunch of effects. I was skeptical and believed that all of the oil would be biodegraded.
After all these years and seeing how bad the Grand Isle/Venice fishery has become and seeing those dead mangroves and the erosion of those islands without a major storm in the past five years, I'm now seeing it.
I guess I'm too pragmatic.
After all these years and seeing how bad the Grand Isle/Venice fishery has become and seeing those dead mangroves and the erosion of those islands without a major storm in the past five years, I'm now seeing it.
I guess I'm too pragmatic.
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:12 am to Motorboat
So it hastened what was going to happen naturally in a couple years anyway. Like said before, how much do they have to pay before you will be satisfied? For the most part and in the grand scheme of things the GOM has returned to its previous state.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:13 am to Motorboat
But what was done was done. The effects should not change your view.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:15 am to Motorboat
I know some ppl slaming the trout in GI, and offshore of Venice is just as good as its ever been.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:15 am to Motorboat
This chick that works at LDWF told me the other day that their freezers are stacked full of dead dolphins. The day I talked to her, she said they found 3 dead small ones
Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:19 am to GREENHEAD22
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For the most part and in the grand scheme of things the GOM has returned to its previous state.
Nah man
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