BP says oil leak stopped!
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otherwise your "fleecing" comment would look like total ****
also it is a great thing that the oil balls you saw were flung in the air over hundreds of miles of water on the day that the rig exploded. we are so lucky that they didn't travel through the water with all of the fish and birds and ****. god, that would be a ***** if they had gone through the water first.
also it is a great thing that the oil balls you saw were flung in the air over hundreds of miles of water on the day that the rig exploded. we are so lucky that they didn't travel through the water with all of the fish and birds and ****. god, that would be a ***** if they had gone through the water first.
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JimHalpert.nafoom
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Seems like this should have been part of the contingency plan to begin with.
Just back from Sandestin and the beaches were just fine. Plenty of BP workers walking around looking at the ladies lying in the sun. No tarballs..</p>
Just back from Sandestin and the beaches were just fine. Plenty of BP workers walking around looking at the ladies lying in the sun. No tarballs..</p>
played golf on Friday with some guys that were staying at Orange Beach and they were not too happy about the situation over there. In all seriousness it would be extremely helpful if everyone went on their vacations down there to support the area. It is kind of similar to what Bush said after the 911 attackswhen the economy cratered, he said go out and shop and even though he is an idiot it worked. Did Obama say anything about continuing your vacations and supporting the area? I am sure he did, just haven't heard much about it.</p>
The water is gorgeous and the beaches are basically "normal." You can turn over sand from time to time and find a small tar or two.
The irony is that just off the beach at the pass there are probably half a dozen boats working 24/7 on a slick just beyond the "green line." But it didn't stop us, we had a ball in the surf all day.
I encourage everyone to come on down - the place is still great - at least right now.
The irony is that just off the beach at the pass there are probably half a dozen boats working 24/7 on a slick just beyond the "green line." But it didn't stop us, we had a ball in the surf all day.
I encourage everyone to come on down - the place is still great - at least right now.
because most people have to commit their full allotment on accommodations at the Gulf Coast beaches weeks and weeks before arriving. So it could be beautiful one week and for all you know a mess the next and yet you are stuck. Once the condo and house renters have all your money you aren't getting it back even if there is a gooey mess in the water or a stinch in the air once you arrive. That's why a lot of people chose not to take the risk with thousands of dollars and find something else to do for this one summer somewhere else. We actually chose to visit Myrtle Beach in SC last week because of the situation and because that was somewhere we had never been before. The folks in Destin that we tried to work with earlier were not accommodating or compromising at all on the prices being charged OR the time they took your entire payment balance so we said fine we'll go somewhere that we don't have to worry or risk what the water will be like a month from now when we get there.
in Gulf Shores was very accommodating to us. They gave us 40% off the weekly fee. Now if the damn A/C unit will start working properly we'll be set. The beaches are beautiful, its just sad that there aren't very many ppl down here enjoying them. If I were a local businessman I'd be pretty hot with the media portrayal.
Yes, I think you may be right. I think the media made it sound worse than it is right now on the beaches, which killed a ton of tourism activity. The media should act more responsibly when they are hyping up stories which can easily influence behavior.
Yes, the media should be reporting instances of tar balls/etc. because that's news. Report the facts, I don't give a ****. But, they shouldn't have portrayed it as if there was an oil slick sitting on top of every white sand beach on the MS/AL/FL coasts. They may not have said it like that in so many words, but after you see clips of people in plastic suits combing the beaches for tar balls on the nightly news for a couple of months, you begin to think that's what it looks like every day up and down the entire coast. I think if they were a little more sensitive in how they advertised what was happening on the beaches, they may not be as empty right now.
If you are talking about the entire situation itself, I don't think you can call it overrated at all. We are talking millions and millions of gallons of oil dumped into the ocean heading in the general direction of a good chunk of U.S. gulf shorelines. I don't think this crap is just going to be absorbed overnight with no long-term significant impact. The oil is going somewhere, and it's going to 17 somebody's lifestyle up - whether that be the tourism industry, fisherman, ocean ecosystems, or whoever else relies on the gulf for their way of life. This is a 17-up of epic proportions and it's impact won't go away any time soon. Just because the beaches aren't caked in oil doesn't mean this isn't a big deal.
Yes, the media should be reporting instances of tar balls/etc. because that's news. Report the facts, I don't give a ****. But, they shouldn't have portrayed it as if there was an oil slick sitting on top of every white sand beach on the MS/AL/FL coasts. They may not have said it like that in so many words, but after you see clips of people in plastic suits combing the beaches for tar balls on the nightly news for a couple of months, you begin to think that's what it looks like every day up and down the entire coast. I think if they were a little more sensitive in how they advertised what was happening on the beaches, they may not be as empty right now.
If you are talking about the entire situation itself, I don't think you can call it overrated at all. We are talking millions and millions of gallons of oil dumped into the ocean heading in the general direction of a good chunk of U.S. gulf shorelines. I don't think this crap is just going to be absorbed overnight with no long-term significant impact. The oil is going somewhere, and it's going to 17 somebody's lifestyle up - whether that be the tourism industry, fisherman, ocean ecosystems, or whoever else relies on the gulf for their way of life. This is a 17-up of epic proportions and it's impact won't go away any time soon. Just because the beaches aren't caked in oil doesn't mean this isn't a big deal.
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Dollabillz
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and yes I was talking about the beaches. A few posters went to great lengths to tell me that the beaches were ruined because they had some pictures. Never mind that I see those particular beaches 5x more than them.
I've tried to refrain from getting into arguments about unforeseen consequences of the spill, whose fault it was, etc. But the one thing I know for a fact is the condition of the beaches.
I've tried to refrain from getting into arguments about unforeseen consequences of the spill, whose fault it was, etc. But the one thing I know for a fact is the condition of the beaches.
Maybe you went on a good week, but what I saw sucked. The oil is below the surface and getting dropped on the beach at high tide. If you get a day where there's no oil in front of a certain beach, then it drops fresh sand. If there is oil, you get this:
