re: Oil Spill and Offshore Fishing (Latest Developments)

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If you don't know what happened in Santa Barbara in 1969, and if you haven't read about what happens to the eco-system or the economy, both in actual impact and psychological impact, you shouldn't be telling everyone to calm down.

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And it looks like this could significantly dwarf the SB spill (probably already has...)

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bitch loves the camera.

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Yeah, but it sure doesn't love her back.

at the expense of thousands lost?

There is oil constantly coming out of the ground, no one knows exactly how much and for how long it will continue.

For someone to say "its all going to be all right" is kinda premature.

obviously yuo could care less about your home state then

I just got back from the BP staging area at the Boothville Venice High School in Boothville. There were about 1000-2000 volunteers gathered inside and outside of the school (WWL reported that only 300 were there - a gross underestimate). Most people were inside the the basketball gym watching a BP orientation film (it seemed like it was more a promotional piece than an educational one). I signed my contact info for volunteering, as did everyone else there I assume. I couldn't really figure out what was going on so I decided to stick my head into a few interviews that were taking place outside. A BP spox (some Brit, I didn't catch his name) told reporters that they put down a quarter million feet of boom this morning and that another quarter million was being staged at the moment. He said that they were not planning on putting out any more boom today but then he was corrected by some lady who said that they were - not sure who to believe. He then said that all volunteers needed to have HazMat training before they would be allowed out in any boats and that they were not starting HazMat training until tomorrow. Doh!!! At this point, I realized that my trip had been pretty futile and decided to leave. As I was leaving, I noticed that a lot of other people were leaving too. The BP spox said that they would be calling people up but I'm not holding my breath at this point. The staging area was a bit of circus. I've pretty much decided that I'm not going back down there if they call me. I've made some calls to some people in St. Bernard in hopes that they have their shite together a little bit better. Hopefully they'll call back soon.

I drove over four hours and burned a vacation day for this.

Tang - i am on the opposite side of the spectrum than you, but I hope you are right.

But I dont think South La will ever be the same if this thing isnt stopped soon. And the experts are saying 2-3 months? Dont know how you can say that? YOu ever seen any documentaries on the Exxon Val. disaster? Oil is still on the coastline for hundreds of miles. And the marshes are going to take it even worse.

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thank a lawyer whenever you see him/her.

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:thanksmyself:

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Hows about 50,000 barrels per day?

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Yes it s the worst case scenario.

From the article:

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"The loss of a wellhead, this is totally unprecedented," said Gouget. "How bad it could get from that, you will have a tremendous volume of oil that is going to be offgassing on the coast. Depending on how much wind is there, and how those gases build up, that's a significant health concern."

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I thought this was made public knowledge yesterday but apparently it was not. I find it rather strange that a major media outlet didn't publicize it first.

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Napolitano "We need to perfect the oil-and-gas industry.”

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Oh that's a great idea! Why didn't we try that already. Should be easy.