major landfall predicted for Tuesday...(pdf)

[kpete]

http://deepwaterhorizon.noaa.gov/bookshelf/1947_TMF72-2010-05-08-2100.pdf

[ensho]

1. kick

nt

[lonestarnot]

2. The ENTIRE fucking nation should be forced to shave its heads!

And on edit: then hang them in shame!

[G_j]

5. I agree, and donate the hair

Oil Spill: Donating Pet and Human Hair to Help
May 8, 2010 5:07 pm


If you’ve been keeping tabs on the catastrophic (an adjective I feel like I’ve been having to use far too often lately) Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, you’ve probably been wondering how exactly you can help. Well, for those of you with furry, four-legged flatmates, it can be as easy as sweeping the floors and collecting all that errant fur and hair.

So how exactly can hoarding pet fur help with cleaning up one of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory? Enter Matter of Trust, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that’s been accepting donations of non-filthy pet fur and human hair since 1998 to craft oil-absorbing hairmats — described as “flat square dreadlocks” — and hair-stuffed containment booms made from recycled pantyhose. These hairy contraptions are effective at soaking-up oil and they don’t require any new resources … just stuff you’d normally trash (or compost) unless you’re into, umm, stockpiling fur.

I must say, sending along fur to Matter of Trust via Excess Access is an eco-ideal spring cleaning mission for folks with critters around the house. In addition to pet owners, groomers and salon owners can get involved too by sending in bulk shipments of hair/fur. In fact, as of today, 400,000 pounds of hair was en route to the Gulf Coast.

Head on over to Matter of Trust for instructions on how you, and Mr. Bojangles the beagle, can help out.

http://matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html
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[gateley]

10. I think this is wonderful -- are they actually using the hair mats? It

just sounds too sensible to be something they would actually do.

[G_j]

11. I believe so

and the mats can be cleaned and reused!


here's another article,


ttp://www.stargazette.com/article/20100507/NEWS01/5070353/1117/NEWS/Dog+hair+being+used+to+contain+the+Gulf+oil+spill

Dog hair being used to contain the Gulf oil spill
Elmira groomers spreading the word
By Ray Finger • May 7, 2010, 6:55 pm

You may think of the hair of the dog as a proverbial cure for hangovers, but animal fur -- and human hair as well -- is actually being used to help clean up the Gulf Coast oil spill.

Toughpups and Pampered Princesses, a dog-grooming and canine day care business in Elmira, is part of a national effort to collect clippings from animal groomers, barber shops and hair salons. The material will be stuffed into recycled pantyhose, tied up as sausage-shaped "hair booms" and sent to the Louisiana coast to contain the spill.

"I would like to get a couple of hundred pounds, if at all possible," business owner Leo Sanders said after he kicked off the effort on Friday. He is collecting animal fur, human hair and nylons to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.

"We've been trying to get the word out to as many people as possible just to bring their animals down. We can take care of everything," he said. "It's summertime. If you were thinking about getting your dog groomed, now's the time to do it because it can really help. It's more important than it's ever been, quite frankly."

Instead of being absorbent, animal fur and human hair are adsorbent -- meaning that oil will cling to the hair booms that are being used to encircle and contain the oil slick, according to Matter of Trust, a San Francisco-based environmental charity.

..more.

[AndyA]

3. Anyone seen any BP ads recently touting how wonderful they are?

BP apparently has a very long track record of safety issues. Shame on them for advertising how "green" they are. What bullshit.

Of course, no oil company has any shame. BP must pay for this, and if gas prices go up due to their negligence, they should pay for that as well.

[AndyA]

4. Duplicate post removed by author

Sorry don't know what happened... :shrug:

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. kpete...would you mind warning if a link is a pdf file?

[kpete]

7. sorry

i could not find html

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. I try to put (pdf ) in my subject headings.

Or (pics) etc.

[tekisui]

9. The NOAA site is the best for up to date reports.

[bvar22]

12. Crying for my beloved Louisiana Gulf Coast.

I've been to Venice, La. more times than I can count.

My wife and I drove 200 miles to get some fresh Gulf Oysters last week, fearing they would be the last.
:cry: