"I can't even get in the water any more because we get oil on us" -- It's just MUD says cleanup crew

[Generic Other]

Run time: 01:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSc6K8vXhwo   Posted on YouTube: January 31, 2011 By YouTube Member: OilFlorida Views on YouTube: 226   Posted on DU: January 31, 2011 By DU Member: Generic Other Views on DU: 1207

 
Gulf Shores beaches still seeing oil, Fox 10 WALA, January 30, 2011: http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local... A man in Gulf Shores found the tide had washed more oil ashore Sunday. Joey Phillips owns property along the beach. He said he was walking with his wife along the water early Sunday morning. When they had finished, the bottoms of his wife's feet were black. ... Phillips said he told the crews about the oil, and at first, they told him it was just mud. ... "I hate it. This is where I wanted to retire at, where I bought property at. I've been here to retire and now we have oil on our beaches. I can't even get in the water any more because we get oil on us," said Phillips.

[dd2003]

1. Heartbreaking

All that good crawfish has been lost too

[2Design]

2. vote republican more and you can get even worse

[JoeyT]

10. Let's blame everyone in an area for the votes of a slim majority!

Never mind that the idea is stupid in and of itself, since this happened under a Democratic president, congress, and senate. None of whom seemed particularly inclined to challenge BP, other than making a bit of noise about it.

What exactly makes your comment different from the ones that people like Limbaugh and Robertson advance blaming the population of an area for disasters that hit them?

[2Design]

11. BP was working under non regulated crap put in before now and

halliburton under Dick Cheney were the ones who did not do the pipes correctly - all the deregulation crap has been pushed by the republicans and I don't consider it a slim majority that these idiots continue to get in positions of power - the idiots who vote them in are at fault and I expect the guy with the retired home on the coast with lots of money is a republican

[RandomThoughts]

3. In Metaphor

And for humor, not about the beaches situation.

Dune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLH3I9QuSCM


In the concept of circular society, where people are in society top to bottom, and some are outside of society, although not in a pleasant situation, but with the ability to watch the watchers.

"Dune" becomes the spice controllers and are the uninvited and outcasts, since nobody would be there for beer and travel money, since it is really hard to find on Dune.

Since the 'oil' was used in many other metaphors, figured I would post this.


Long Live House Atreides :loveya:

[Charleston Chew]

4. Drill Baby, Drill

This is all part of the Republicans plan for energy independence.

[jobycom]

5. I just want to mention that it's not always like that.

I've been in (wading, it's been too cold for swimming) the Gulf and along the beach in that area (Dauphin Island and Gulf Shores) several times in the last few months, and seen no oil. I have heard that recently there was a fresh wave of tarballs in Mississippi, so maybe it all comes in waves. Most of my friends and relatives in the area (It's where I grew up, and where my family and most friends still live) and a couple work in the tourism industry, and they say there is much more damage done by people continually reporting that there is oil there than from any actual oil. But there is still some oil, mostly in the form of tarballs. In Mississippi the Gulf has been so polluted for decades that no locals swim in it anyway.

This all happened in Corpus Christi twenty years or so ago, with another "world-ending" blowout that took months to patch. Residents say it took about three years before the oil stopped washing ashore altogether, though of course it got less and less the whole time. So maybe in a couple of years it will be gone. Then again, there are so many rigs in the area now that who knows what little spills are happening.

[Generic Other]

6. the tarmats keep breaking up and washing ashore in a wide area

You are probably right it is not constant. I doubt however that reporting the pollution does more damage than the pollution itself. That's some serious denial there. The tourism industry is inevitably going to suffer in any area where even a local such as you would say "In Mississippi the Gulf has been so polluted for decades that no locals swim in it anyway." I am certainly not putting the area on my short list of places to vacation with this sort of 5 star endorsement. Sorry.

[jobycom]

8. I meant economic damage.

No one goes to the Mississippi coast to swim, they go for the casinos, the fishing, and the view, so I'm not saying anything not widely known. There are barrier islands two miles or less out ringing the shore, and it keeps the water there from cleaning out, and has for 50 years or more. The outer side of the islands are good beaches, but only one is really accessible by a regular boat service.

Gulf Shores Alabama has a much cleaner beach because they don't have the islands, or rather, the islands are so close to the shoreline that there are bridges connecting them, so they are the beaches. The tourism there is based on swimming and water activities and is hurt by the perception of oil everywhere.

But the whole region has been affected by constant stories of oil on the beaches. Even in New Orleans, which isn't even on the coast, tourism has suffered from a general perception that oil is coating everything. Although this Mardi Gras season I keep hearing about record crowds, so maybe not as much as a few months ago.

Still, most of the tourism advertising recently in the region has been to convince people that they wouldn't be poisoned by oil fumes or coated in crude if they visited. Some of the stories are as outlandish as all the stuff about dead bodies washed out to sea during Katrina.

As for you visiting, I dare you. You might like it. Just don't go swimming in the Gulf between the Bay of St. Louis and Biloxi Bay.

[Generic Other]

9. It sounds really beautiful but I am not convinced it is safe

I live on the water myself. I can't imagine how sad I would be to see a way of life destroyed. But I wonder if the economic damage caused by BP is encouraging some to downplay the extent of the disaster in order to quell tourist fears? I realize that the tarballs and oil slicks, etc have been sporadic and isolated, but they have been reported on a fairly regular basis for some time. Stuff is obviously still washing ashore. Your local news stations are reporting it.

There are continuing reports of giant tar mats near pensacola and places like orange beach. Tarballs are still washing ashore daily. People have been videotaping and posting the evidence for months. And it is a shame that tourism in these places takes such a direct hit as a result of locals sounding the alarm. But whose fault is it that tourism is down? Unfair to blame the tourists or even those reporting the conditions. Blame instead state and federal politicians whose relationships with oil drillers border on criminal.

I live in an area where fishing and logging which once provided much of the livelihood for the locals are dying industries. We have had to adjust. Cutting every last tree and catching every last salmon isn't an option. The people of the Gulf have to make the same kind of hard decisions. Do they want a toxic industrial waterfront or an environmentally sustainable natural waterfront where fishermen and tourism provide a livelihood or would they rather keep building oil derricks, and face more accidental spills and massive clean-ups.

If I invited you to visit Puget Sound where I live, I would be ashamed if I had to warn you not to swim anywhere you wanted to for fear of harming you because of the polluted water. While there may be some spots like this, it would not make me happy to have to admit it.

That having been said, I'd like to retire somewhere warm someday. I had thoughts about white sandy beaches and blue skies. I hope I can still find some.

[Charleston Chew]

7. cool story bro

Seriously, you have a gift.

[EFerrari]

12. Kick

:grr: