Oil Spill Update
So far have two friends who have been to Bay St. Louis and around Alabama’s Gulf Shores and said the coastline is looking clean. Just heard from someone who got back from Destin yesterday morning, and said the shore was clear (except he heard that tarballs washed ashore last night after he left). A friend continues to blog about the shoreline in Florida.
I continue to have hope that the ocean is mightier than human stupidity.
My friend’s updates are better than CNN – after a while I feel like the endless loop of HORROR played out on the TV screen is just too overwhelming.
June 25th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
They certainly have been overwhelming for me. I can hardly stand to see those poor oil battered pelicans and other sea birds and animals suffer–just as I can’t bear to see fund raising campaigns showing animals being mistreated. Sometimes I’m ready to quit watching the news but realize we should NEVER stop blasting big business and their insatiable appetite for profit.
June 26th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I second that Alice – media is doing what it should be doing, pointing the finger at the incredible greedy stupidity of some corporations. I don’t fault CNN, I just like you can only handle so much. I remember when I was a little girl, my mother would be sobbing in front of the Jerry Lewis telethons – good lord – we’d all be sobbing. Animals – forgetaboutit – there is a dress store in the Quarter where they have a coin jar and a photo of a dog that was kidnapped and used for a dog fight – that coin jar is STOCKED FULL all the time.