I spoke to a friend in Croatia yesterday who said he was keeping abreast of the BP oil spill by reading my blog but that I don’t post updates often enough to keep him informed. I thought to myself afterwards, well that’s good because that means that nothing is happening because if it were, I’d know and write about it, right? This morning I learned the tar balls have made their way our way. The…
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…
A friend writes: BP = Devil this is what happens when profits are deemed more important than life itself. when balance is gone – life is horror story
Oil Spill got you down? Here are some things you can do to work through these uncertain times: 1st Procession of Krewe of Dead Pelicans 329 Julia Street Start in front of Canary Collective Gallery Sat, Jun 5, 2010 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm **** Teach-in about the BP disaster: 6:00 Thursday night at Holy Angels (that’s 3500 Saint Claude, corner of Saint Claude and Gallier, the huge old convent that’s now a retirement home…
My friend who is an authority on the Louisiana coastline said that things aren’t as bad as they are saying they are but they’re getting worse. That’s the good news bad news. He also said that he approached Anderson Cooper to pose a question to him about how he can take being around death and destruction and it not get to him and that Anderson totally blew him off. Oh well. Maybe that is the…
With the cluster fuck going on in the Gulf over BP’s irresponsible handling of an oil leak gush of proportions that most of us might never know the repercussions in sum, I bring you several thoughts on the subject: A) Thoughts by Rachel – very unfortunate accident and then reaction by BP in a crisis. They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going, but BP has proven to be a poor communicator,…