Oil Spill: Sobering News For the Gulf Coast

[indyfan]

I'd love to take all the head honchos of BP and spend a day rubbing their faces in that shit then make all eat it for a month then throw them all in prison for life.

[socrates#1fan]

Damn British...

[Bobdreamz]

Anger grows as disaster reaches Panhandle beaches

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. – The smell of oil hangs heavy in the sea air. Children with plastic shovels scoop up clumps of goo in the waves. Beachcombers collect tarballs as if they were seashells.

The BP catastrophe arrived with the tide on the Florida Panhandle's white sands Friday as the company worked to adjust a cap over the gusher in a desperate and untested bid to arrest what is already the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. The widening scope of the slow-motion disaster deepened the anger and despair just as President Barack Obama arrived for his third visit to the stricken Gulf Coast.

rest of the story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/...gulf_oil_spill

and Florida doesn't even have offshore drilling! Thanks BP!

[Sean in New Orleans]

Originally Posted by socrates#1fan

I just want to wash those poor birds!
This is horrible, just horrible.

These were rescued this morning and given some love:

[I-275westcoastfl]

It's the beginning of the end for this state without its beaches much of Florida is a wasteland and our economy is gone.

[socrates#1fan]

Originally Posted by Sean in New Orleans

These were rescued this morning and given some love:




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Humans have put the world in danger, but only humans can save it.

[Hia-leah JDM]

Originally Posted by I-275westcoastfl

It's the beginning of the end for this state without its beaches much of Florida is a wasteland and our economy is gone.

Other than the panhandle, the gulf stream will leave the oil miles off most of the coast of Florida. Only thing the western panhandle and South Florida should epect are tarballs that deviate from the stream. That's what the experts are saying at least.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by Hia-leah JDM

Other than the panhandle, the gulf stream will leave the oil miles off most of the coast of Florida. Only thing the western panhandle and South Florida should epect are tarballs that deviate from the stream. That's what the experts are saying at least.

I think the Keys are probably most at risk the way they are stuck out there while the oil is more likely to stay out at sea off the coast of Miami as it catches the Gulf Stream hooking around the Keys.

[Sean in New Orleans]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

I think the Keys are probably most at risk the way they are stuck out there while the oil is more likely to stay out at sea off the coast of Miami as it catches the Gulf Stream hooking around the Keys.

Hope so...don't count on it.

[greenparrot]

Originally Posted by socrates#1fan

Humans have put the world in danger, but only humans can save it.

Kumbayah dude. If it wasn't for humans this place would be a great place to live....then who the hell would care. what a dilemma. don't worry...this world as we know it...is on borrowed time no matter what we do. It was constructed for a finite period.

[I-275westcoastfl]

Originally Posted by Hia-leah JDM

Other than the panhandle, the gulf stream will leave the oil miles off most of the coast of Florida. Only thing the western panhandle and South Florida should epect are tarballs that deviate from the stream. That's what the experts are saying at least.

Might be so it all depends on the currents, the perception alone will keep people away so even tar balls would do damage.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by Hia-leah JDM

Other than the panhandle, the gulf stream will leave the oil miles off most of the coast of Florida. Only thing the western panhandle and South Florida should epect are tarballs that deviate from the stream. That's what the experts are saying at least.

Originally Posted by Sean in New Orleans

Hope so...don't count on it.

Yes, hope so and don't count on it is right, but this illustration below shows more or less what Hia-leah JDM and I are talking about. See how the Gulf Stream stays mainly way out at sea until it loops around the Keys? Then, it heads back out to sea again. I'm really afraid of what's going to happen to the Keys.

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Originally Posted by I-275westcoastfl

Might be so it all depends on the currents, the perception alone will keep people away so even tar balls would do damage.

Yes, you are certainly right about that. They are spooked! All they have to do is look at where Florida is on the map in relation to that giant oil spill. I would still be more confident about the east coast versus the west coast though.

[Sean in New Orleans]

All it will take is a tropical depression to disrupt the flow on the Gulf Stream. God help if it is a tropical storm or hurricane.

[Sean in New Orleans]

Well, I just watched the local news and it looks like that it won't be quite as bad in Pensacola. It looks like a vast majority of the oil is going to hit Fort Walton Beach, Destin, and Panama City Beach on Monday...the currents are heading that way. None of it is good, but, they will likely keep the waters open in Gulf Shores and Pensacola with this scenario. Further East is where it looks like it will be the worst. This is what we have been going through in Louisiana. You have to follow the currents. That is why St. Bernard Parish and Eastern Plaquemines Parish hasn't been effected in weeks. It is why we have oysters, shrimp, and crabs---most come from areas that are open and were only briefly closed. While it is all bad, if you watch closely, you can follow where the beaches will be open and where they will be closed as this unfolds. The terrible sights in Louisiana are coming from areas West of Plaquemines Parish, towards Grand Isle, and unfortunately Barataria Bay all the way up to Lafitte. Look at a map and you will understand what I am saying.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by Sean in New Orleans

All it will take is a tropical depression to disrupt the flow on the Gulf Stream. God help if it is a tropical storm or hurricane.

Depending on what direction the storm moves in and where most of the oil is at the time, it could work in our favor. All we can do at this point is wait and see what happens. I just told some German tourists to tell their friends the oil isn't coming to Miami, so y'all come on over.

[Sean in New Orleans]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

Depending on what direction the storm moves in and where most of the oil is at the time, it could work in our favor. All we can do at this point is wait and see what happens. I just told some German tourists to tell their friends the oil isn't coming to Miami, so y'all come on over.

Exactly, just like we do in New Orleans. We're 100 miles from the Gulf. Apparently it isn't having any effect on New Orleans. I just came from Downtown and it is completely packed. I was stuck for 30 minutes in traffic in the one block of Royal St. before Canal St. When I finally got out I was looking to see if something happpened...nothing...just packed with traffic and people....Saturday night in New Orleans.

[miami305]

I hear a lot of people are boycotting BP Gas Stations...by not fueling cars with gas or buying anything at these BP Gas Stations.....is this the way to go? most of these gas stations are private own...nevertheless BP provide the oil/gasoline....I think. What do you guys think...should we boycott BP and take our business somewhere else?

[greenparrot]

Originally Posted by miami305

I hear a lot of people are boycotting BP Gas Stations...by not fueling cars with gas or buying anything at these BP Gas Stations.....is this the way to go? most of these gas stations are private own...nevertheless BP provide the oil/gasoline....I think. What do you guys think...should we boycott BP and take our business somewhere else?

no

[GarfieldPark]

I think it is fine to boycott BP. It'll keep the stocks dropping - and serve the corporate executives and stockholders right that they didn't do more to encourage BP to enact more environmental and safety controls with the oil drilling processes of the company that they run or for which they control the stock. Hopefully other huge oil companies and their stock holders will learn from this -- and insist that more is done to encourage environmental safeguards. True - the local station owners are serving as scape-goats for this -- but - oh well. BP should be shelling out billions and billions and billions to pay for this is the way I feel. All station owners, stockholders and corporate tycoons should have to pay for their part of that huge loss. Maybe BP will have to start selling their assets in the US to pay for their disaster. If thats what it takes to pay the multiple billions of dollars that they need to pay to keep cleaning up the mess that they caused over the next thirty or more years -- that's fine with me. It serves a British company right for drilling for oil off the coast of the US and destroying hundreds of miles of US coastline, significantly hurting the economy of dozens of cities, wrecking the employment opportunities for thousands of people and destroying the homes and taking the lives of millions of animals. Just my thoughts. I'm very mad at BP and they deserve to lose large amounts of business because of their careless sloppiness and their selfish need to keep pushing for more and more dollars without taking into consideration adequate steps to address environmental and safety issues.

[greenparrot]

Originally Posted by GarfieldPark

encourage BP to enact more environmental and safety controls with the oil drilling processes of the company that they run or for which they control the stock.

which ones?