BP stuff

[:FI:Airway]

They are broadcasting it on New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV.

Seems to be somewhere near Plaquemines Parish.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/Dead-whale-an ... 28139.html

That's really sad.

[:FI:Falcon]

Yeah, I have seen and heard of several fish kills in my 42 years of living here, but never this size, if I read this right and not to say that there haven't been many this size in the past. It seems however, that it may be simply an unlucky conjunction of tides, timing and topography. Low tide, low oxygen and a net-like cul-de-sac ... thingie can kill beaucoup feesh.

I hope it's not the oil, but we'll see ... I hope.

On a lighter note, her in back and I rode over to Biloxi last weekend and there were only three BP tents and the sands seemed cleaner. The beaches had some tourists ... oh, and the food was delicious!

... a wee bit greasy, buuuuut ...



Now, that's no report on the oil pollution, but at least there are more people spending money there.


Stu

[:FI:Falcon]

UPDATE:

The Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries has written a report that concludes that this fish kill was most likely NOT caused by oil or dispersants, but by hot weather and other natural factors. The department has been denying any connection to the oil spill since the kill was discovered so that's not surprising. It WAS unusually hot last month and kills this size have occurred many times before so ...


F

[:FI:Airway]

Ah, thanks for the heads up.
Interesting.

Sad anyway

[:FI:Armitage]

poor fishes

[:FI:Airway]

The number of recently died dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico is heading towards a hundred.

The breakdown since Jan. 1, according to NOAA:

Alabama
Total Bottlenose Dolphins = 21
Premature/Newborn Calves = 18

Florida
Total Bottlenose Dolphins = 7
Premature/Newborn Calves = 3

Mississippi
Total Bottlenose Dolphins = 27
Premature/Newborn Calves = 21

Louisiana
Total Bottlenose Dolphins = 32
Premature/Newborn Calves = 4

Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2011/03/04/291 ... z1FkLW47fi

Source

There were 87 the whole last year, I read. And this number has exceeded for this year at the beginning of March ?

What's the issue?

Here a little video:

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Back in the '80's when I worked in Fouchon, I was always finding dead dolphins on the beach.
Nobody asked "why?"
Nobody gave a damn.
It was considered part of the natural order of things.
Nobody ever gave it much thought until the BP problem.

[:FI:Falcon]

Yeah, this is a big increase from recent years. Eileen and I will be ridin' to Daytona next week. We'll let you know what we find. Last December we rode to Gulfport. All BP equipment had left their staging area for that region and gone home. If you walk to the edge of the bayou there and stir the seemingly pristine grass around, an oily-like film emerges from below and spreads out.


Shit.


F


PS: thx Marco

[:FI:Airway]

New Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf of Mexico not far from the Deepwater Horizon site.

NEWSSOURCE

Happy spring break. You better meetup with the Fukushima people. You can have an excellent "We are fucked up" party, I guess.

Sorry for this sarcastic comment. I couldn't keep it back.

TANTRUM!

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[:FI:Falcon]

Well, we rode from N'Awlins to Apalachee Bay, Fl. and then passed by Cedar Key on the way back and saw no BP-ers. It seems that BP thinks it is finished with its work. I dug a bit in the sand and asked a few folk about the oil and found no evidence of overly greasy spots.

We've read only one article in the Picayune about any new pollution and nothing on the TV.


S

[:FI:Airway]

Yeah. Heard the same from a coworker who is currently over in Texas for our Corporation.

I wonder what the people think what is is they are eating. As if they never heard anything about the food chain.
And then the toxic rain...

Ach, das ist doch alles garnicht schlimm! NOT!

[:FI:Airway]

Congratulations to the 1 year anniversary.