No One Cares

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Wait till Florida gets oil on their white beaches. Then you will see all actions occur.

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the shite will hit the fan then.

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one around the country from actors to politicians to big business that care about our state.

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I don't know if he cares about Louisiana, but Kevin Costner showed up pretty quick.


But in all seriousness, the rest of the US could give a damn about the South in general. Including Florida and its white beaches. Well maybe not the beaches, but the rest of Florida for sure.

Yeah not so sure about this. I am in NYC and it leads off just about every local news story as well as any national news I watch. People that know where I went to school ask me about it consistantly and I have over heard many discussions about the oil for weeks when I am out. Just think the Fed's and BP not making any progress is completely different than no one but Gulf residents caring.

I'm in the mountains of NC.

One colleague, a native of this area-avid fisherman/hunter, during a break, asked me about it.

Before I could say much of anything, dude went into a serious rant about BP, our oil use being partially responsible, and how this would ruin the lives of many people who make their living from either fishing or tourism.

I was surprised to say the least. Some people care. I do.

I think most outdoors-men/hunters/fishermen do care about the environment because they spend a lot of time out in it. And they understand its importance, both in terms of Earth's ecosystems and natural balances, and its uses for man.

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Sounds like Fla as a state just has there shite together compared to La.

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With as many Hurricanes as they see, they should be ready for disaster...La has had a few big ones and I am not discrediting that, but not near as many hurricanes as Florida has seen.

It's all about experience

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Sounds like Fla as a state just has there shite together compared to La

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Surely you understand the difference between addressing oil washing up on an unbroken straight line of sand and trying to keep it out of our broken marshland? The harm is not going to be to our barrier islands (what is left of them). Oil can be scraped up and the sand replaced. The oil contacting the marsh grass is a whole different issue to address.

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He said there is already an army of people ready to work on the beaches. Sounds like Fla as a state just has there shite together compared to La.

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Yeah, because nobody in La was lined up ready to work.
Go back and read up on how many people showed up the first two days that BP opened up their training centers to get people ready to lay boom, etc.

I do think it is a fair point to say this:

While there is concern for Louisiana and the central Gulf Coast, the fact that it is Louisiana with so few citizens and so few electoral votes does play a part in the governmental response and the national concern.

Truthfully this is the case. If it were 60 miles from Florida or Texas I believe the response would have been much more urgent.

Example: years ago the Everglades, where few work and no one lives received billions of fed dollars for wetlands restoration. In spite of efforts like Coast 2012 and Coast 2020 in Louisiana, only after Katrina did Louisiana get any money to close the MRGO and restore some wetlands and then it was only a fraction of what Florida got.

I think people are concerned. But small states like Louisiana don't generate instant ratings or political traction. That is the world we live in.

That said -- pity serves no one and nothing. I am praying for an engineering miracle and for a rapid clean up. Louisiana, as always, will save herself.

Florida has been in the cross-hairs of this spill from day 1...what do you expect people to do? This is a very difficult thing to fix and people feel helpless...not sure what flipping out accomplishes in this case...