Please keep the folks of South Louisiana in your thoughts as Isaac pounds New Orleans on this the 7th anniversary of Katrina.

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So now that we've established that the blame should be placed where it belongs - solely on BP's shoulders - let's take a look at some facts.

Despite BP's initial estimate of 5000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day, experts in the field are estimating that the true flow is closer to 70,000 barrels (2,940,000 gallons) per day. (1The oil *has* hit the ( Read more... )

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Oh, great! So we can devastating flooding and wind damage as well as more toxic gunk on our shores. Lovely. Frankly, this terrifies the hell out of me.

Trouble On Horizon If Hurricanes Hit Oil Spill In Gulf

So the first picture shows the location of the Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The second picture shows NOAA's 24-hour projection for the oil spill, with the red showing where the oil will make landfall. Notice anything?


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This really really not good folks.


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The new estimate for oil pouring into the Gulf is 210,000 gallons per day. The entire seafood production industry in the eastern part of the Louisiana Coast is shut down, as is much of it on the Mississippi and Alabama coasts as well. These are areas where a significant portion of the economy is based on seafood and tourism (another area that is ( Read more... )

WOO-HOOOO!!!!

It is a good day to be a Louisianan :)

Not bad for our first SuperBowl *g*

Today I am watching the SuperBowl ( Read more... )