Specknreds
Well-known member
Guys, please say a extra prayer tonight for the entire Gulf Coast region and the 11 still missing from the oil rig explosion. The oil leaking in the Gulf is really bad. A huge portion of LA & MS's economy is based on the Gulf. As if this area hasn't struggled enough with Katrina, This is going to devastate the coast. The harbors, seafood industry, economy, and peoples lives were just now really getting back to almost a pre-katrina level. At least we do not have the death tolls of Katrina.
I just received word that the oil slick has moved into my beloved Breton Sound and Biloxi Marsh areas . They are predicting it to hit the beaches by tomorrow or Sunday. I have been sick to my stomach ever since we learned that the well was leaking 5000 barrels of oil a day and could take 90+ days to get it capped off. How in the@$#% in this day and age do we not have the technology to stop a pipe from flowing even if it is 5000' down!!!!! My heart sinks thinking about the tens of thousands of people that will loose their livelihoods and a whole ecosystem destroyed. I know several people who are 4th and 5th generation shrimpers/fishermen.
Thanks, I needed to vent. I do not make all of my living on the water, but was born and raised and spend about 40 weekends a year in the areas this is affecting.
I just received word that the oil slick has moved into my beloved Breton Sound and Biloxi Marsh areas . They are predicting it to hit the beaches by tomorrow or Sunday. I have been sick to my stomach ever since we learned that the well was leaking 5000 barrels of oil a day and could take 90+ days to get it capped off. How in the@$#% in this day and age do we not have the technology to stop a pipe from flowing even if it is 5000' down!!!!! My heart sinks thinking about the tens of thousands of people that will loose their livelihoods and a whole ecosystem destroyed. I know several people who are 4th and 5th generation shrimpers/fishermen.
Thanks, I needed to vent. I do not make all of my living on the water, but was born and raised and spend about 40 weekends a year in the areas this is affecting.