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How bad in real life is the spill on the beaches?
Posted on 7/22/10 at 11:27 am
Posted on 7/22/10 at 11:27 am
Seems like I really haven't seen the MSM showing me pictures, so does that mean that when you boil it all down, the spill just hasn't been as bad as was feared?
Legit question, I am really having a hard time getting a sense of the devastation.
Legit question, I am really having a hard time getting a sense of the devastation.
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Posted on 7/22/10 at 11:30 am to Tiger JJ
quote:We are stopping it from hitting the beaches
the spill just hasn't been as bad as was feared
The clean up crews are kicking arse and collecting a lot of oil
Posted on 7/22/10 at 11:31 am to mylsuhat
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We are stopping it from hitting the beaches
The clean up crews are kicking arse and collecting a lot of oil
How far out in the water is that done? Right adjacent to the shore or miles out?
Posted on 7/22/10 at 11:31 am to Tiger JJ
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miles out
Posted on 7/22/10 at 3:33 pm to Tiger JJ
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so does that mean that when you boil it all down, the spill just hasn't been as bad as was feared?
I have always said that it was really no big deal.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 3:43 pm to threeputt
(1) Nobody still knows how bad it will be, but up to this point things have not been that bad.
(2) Certain areas have been affected more than others like Gulf Shores/Orange Beach as compared to Destin/30A.
(3) A hurricance could completely change the game one way or the other I suppose.
(4) a lot of oil has entered gulf waters and it has to go somewhere.
Note: I was in Destin a couple of weeks ago and have been in the 30A area this week and have only seen one tar ball and it was the size of a golf ball.
(2) Certain areas have been affected more than others like Gulf Shores/Orange Beach as compared to Destin/30A.
(3) A hurricance could completely change the game one way or the other I suppose.
(4) a lot of oil has entered gulf waters and it has to go somewhere.
Note: I was in Destin a couple of weeks ago and have been in the 30A area this week and have only seen one tar ball and it was the size of a golf ball.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 3:44 pm to threeputt
I've heard more reports from vacationers that there's actually very little oil. It's a shame that the media has to add to the negative economic impact by scaring people away from vacationing.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 5:01 pm to threeputt
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I have always said that it was really no big deal.
I know, but is that actually true?
Posted on 7/22/10 at 5:33 pm to Tiger JJ
Nobody knows.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 5:42 pm to cwill
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Nobody knows.
But do we know? Do we at least know that the predicted armageddon hasn't happened yet?
Posted on 7/22/10 at 6:20 pm to Tiger JJ
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I have always said that it was really no big deal.
I know, but is that actually true?
of course the one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in history isn't a big deal
Posted on 7/22/10 at 6:25 pm to tiger in the gump
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of course the one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in history isn't a big deal
Um, the question in essence is if it really is "one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in history". Certainly doesn't appear to be at this juncture, at least not judging by the medias non-reaction.
Clearly it's a big deal, but the negative effects seem like maybe they are being largely contained?
Posted on 7/22/10 at 6:31 pm to tiger in the gump
What we do know. A bunch of birds were killed... nothing like happened up in Alaska. And a bunch of turtles died.
Some marsh was killed but from what I have seen and heard it didn't kill the roots and regenerates. Probably due to the amount of weathering that takes place before it comes ashore.
That is what we KNOW!
Speculation has ranged all the way from what is listed above all the way to a tsunami of molten oil and deadly gas killing everyone within 50 miles of the coast.
Some marsh was killed but from what I have seen and heard it didn't kill the roots and regenerates. Probably due to the amount of weathering that takes place before it comes ashore.
That is what we KNOW!
Speculation has ranged all the way from what is listed above all the way to a tsunami of molten oil and deadly gas killing everyone within 50 miles of the coast.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 6:40 pm to omegaman66
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A bunch of birds were killed... nothing like happened up in Alaska. And a bunch of turtles died.
meh
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Some marsh was killed but from what I have seen and heard it didn't kill the roots and regenerates. Probably due to the amount of weathering that takes place before it comes ashore.
That sounds promising.
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Speculation has ranged all the way from what is listed above all the way to a tsunami of molten oil and deadly gas killing everyone within 50 miles of the coast.
Posted on 7/23/10 at 8:40 am to Tiger JJ
They can clean the beaches of oil over night.
The reason you haven't seen the media covering the beaches is because it isn't bad.
They don't care about crushing the entire tourism industry of the gulf coast, as long as it villifies big oil.
For the past month, I, or one of my friends have been in gulf shores/destin and I'm yet to hear anyone say anything besides, "there were a few tar balls one day, but they were gone the next."
The reason you haven't seen the media covering the beaches is because it isn't bad.
They don't care about crushing the entire tourism industry of the gulf coast, as long as it villifies big oil.
For the past month, I, or one of my friends have been in gulf shores/destin and I'm yet to hear anyone say anything besides, "there were a few tar balls one day, but they were gone the next."
Posted on 7/23/10 at 9:09 am to tiger in the gump
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of course the one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in history isn't a big deal
study up on that little mexican thing in 1979
Posted on 7/23/10 at 9:39 am to threeputt
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I have always said that it was really no big deal.
Posted on 7/23/10 at 11:48 am to Tiger JJ
With the dispersants, the oil is mostly underwater..... You can't see what is actually there.
It is an invisible disaster
It is an invisible disaster
Posted on 7/23/10 at 12:35 pm to King
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It is an invisible disaster
In what form is this disaster eventually going to manifest itself?
Posted on 7/23/10 at 12:48 pm to Tiger JJ
As it stands right now, the only real impact I am worried about down the road is how the oil will affect the oysters. They aren't like most other seafood in how they breed, etc.
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