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Post by jeff on May 1, 2010 0:52:10 GMT -5
Bonjour what are the consequences on our small protected ? a sad flora - fauna balance and economic balance, the things aren't looking too good the nature was so beautiful along the Gulf of Mexico and in the bayous  jeff |
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Post by buckcity on May 1, 2010 13:12:49 GMT -5
Think the carnivorous plants will be safe for the time being since they aren't in a salt-marsh environment-but for the pelagic life things look grim.
Read today that the slicks could round the tip of Florida, devastate the sole coral reef in the US, and begin its way up the eastern seaboard!
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Post by buckcity on May 1, 2010 13:21:24 GMT -5
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Post by buckcity on May 10, 2010 20:51:52 GMT -5
Does anyone else share the sense of dread that I do?
Imagine the consequences if the only known pod of killer whales in the Gulf of Mexico swim through this.
It is really bewildering.
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Post by Brian Barnes on May 11, 2010 7:45:33 GMT -5
Hey Buck, I share dread...and suspicion about this incident.  This is the first time in history that this has happened. How convenient that it happened just as the US is pushing for more offshore drilling, to ease our dependence on foreign oil. I think the accident was purely intentional. Besides raising gas prices now to "pay" for the spill, now our wildlife and ecosystems suffer as well as a discouragement to press onwards. All for the glory and profit of the Middle East and "Big Oil". I firmly agree the oil rig was sabotaged. Brian. |
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Post by jeff on May 21, 2010 2:13:22 GMT -5
I am very interested by this ecological catastrophe .
can you tell me , where we are ?
merci
jeff
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Post by buckcity on May 23, 2010 10:23:57 GMT -5
Just saw footage of a large school of fish in the Gulf filmed yesterday off a shrimp boat. The fish were at the top gasping for air-these were large fish too. The shrimper stated that he had never seen anything like it. He dipped a bucket over and described the contents as thick sludge.
A brown pellican female was being cleaned on the segment and she was said to have come in, "dripping with oil."
On the other hand a US Coast Guard person stated that he had just flown over the area and described the situation as looking better and added that, " whatever BP is doing it seems to be working."
Personally I don't believe the Coast Guard's take. All the experts that I have heard said that the majority of the oil and gas are under the surface.
The segment was on Fox News today at 11am.
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Post by buckcity on Feb 28, 2011 19:33:07 GMT -5
There has been multiple reports recently regarding dolphin deaths. Altogether seventy individuals have been found of which twenty were babies.
I really miss Gulf seafood but I'm still concerned about the quality/safety.
Very sad.
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Post by Brian Barnes on Mar 1, 2011 9:27:22 GMT -5
Hey Buck,
Yes, I too do not trust the gulf seafood...still. And probably never will.
Most alarming is that if you follow the "trade currents" that wrap around the tip of Florida and head up the east coast of Fl. and the US, it makes for a perfect path for the toxic oil dispersants they used to infect the ocean....and the land as well in the form of rain that's carried inland from the ocean.
Recent photos show that there's still tons of oil lying on the ocean floor. The "wonder microbes" thing is a total hoax.
Brian
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