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Oil Spill Update

May 02, 2010 22:13

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congress, alabama, florida, texas, barack obama, environment, epa, environmentalism, mississippi, oil, louisiana

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lroche_nf May 3 2010, 12:15:37 UTC

I really want to e-mail him and tell him he's a complete moron

lroche_nf May 3 2010, 12:15:17 UTC

This whole situation blows my mind. I simply can't understand why there wasn't a contingency plan in place in case this ever happened! 90 days to plug it is simply unacceptable.

jorajo May 3 2010, 13:10:01 UTC

This whole situation makes me sick to my stomach, so I will temper that sadness and rage with giggling at the graphic: diagram not to scale. Really? teehee

anastasia_k May 3 2010, 15:03:51 UTC

I lol irl when i read that too.

It's the small things that make me :)

shellazure May 3 2010, 14:02:27 UTC

Yesterday we tried to go surfing thinking it could possibly be the last opportunity before the oil gets too close, but the waves were ridiculous. Red and purple flags for the past week (rough seas and dangerous wildlife). I plan on helping with cleanup if it gets here (Destin).

fenris_lorsrai May 3 2010, 16:27:07 UTC

Since you're in area to help with cleanup, check out Matter of Trust. They're in California but have good information on using hair as a cleanup method and then how to compost it. You can make a low tech boom using recycled panty hose and hair clipping.

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gothic_oreo May 3 2010, 15:04:51 UTC

I wonder if because of the size of this slick if it could increase surface temps a bit more than normal giving storms that may not become hurricanes a chance to do so.