jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 06:39 PM
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NEW 100 MILE OIL SLICK Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf Updated at 6:39 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rocky-kistner/oil-spill-r...
The Coast Guard is investigating reports of a potentially large oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico not far from the Deepwater Horizon site. According to a knowledgeable source, the slick was sighted by a helicopter pilot on Friday and is about 100 miles long. A fishing boat captain said he went through the slick yesterday and it was strong enough to make his eyes burn.
According to the Times Picayune, the Coast Guard has confirmed they are investigating a potentially large 100 mile slick about 30 miles offshore. They are going to a site near the Matterhorn well site about 20 miles north of the BP Deepwater Horizon site, according to the paper. The Matterhorn field includes includes a deepwater drilling platform owned by W&T Technology. It was acquired last year from TotalFinaElf E&P.
Also, another Louisiana fisherman reports that fresh oil is coming ashore near South Pass, LA, and that cleanup crews are laying new boom near the beach. He also reports that cleanup crews in four-wheeled vehicles were patrolling the beaches near the marsh filled coast spraying a substance on the beach.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x692229Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 06:41 PM
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1. Some days it just isn't worth it to get out of bed...
especially if you make the mistake of reading the news. Another day, another catastrophe...
tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 06:45 PM
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3. Agreed.
So who will stop driving and take the bus or walk?
I wonder is she the DUmmy who had that sign that said, "I don't use oil, I take the bus!"?
Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 06:50 PM
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5. I don't have a car so I really don't have any choice about it.
But it's NOT for ecological reasons and never will be. If I ever get financially straightened out to the point where I can drive again, I will. I figure it's somebody else's turn now to make sacrifices for the environment. After decades of being a non-driver, I've already done my bit.
So if you get more money then screw the environment.
Agony Donating Member (688 posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 06:45 PM
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4. Link to same story ( not at HuffPo)
Edited on Sat Mar-19-11 06:46 PM by Agony
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rkistner/oil_spill_re...
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 07:06 PM
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7. Thanks. I don't open Huffpo links.
Boycotting Huffpo for slave labor violations.
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I bet you will get on one of her buses next time there is a protest.
texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 07:04 PM
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6. Things are suppose to happen in threes.
This is turning into one hell of a year.
I give up.
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Mar-19-11 07:07 PM
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8. Youve got to be kidding
So we have the Japanese tsunamai, the radiation nuke plant crisis, the Libya new war strikes, and now the supposedly plugged oil well might be gushing again? Whats next, an Alien invasion of Planet Earth?
I'm sorry DUmmies, that hope n change, didn't pan out for you. Of course you will all pull the same lever in 2012 guaranteed. Maybe he will mean it, the second time around.
