Guest guest Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 My heart is truly breaking... By now most of you have probably heard about the BP drilling platform that blew up, sank in the Gulf of Mexico, and is now pumping 200,000 gallons of sweet crude oil into the Gulf A DAY, near fisheries and endangered species wetlands. The oil comes from 5000 feet down in the ocean, which makes it impossible to cap the way other drilling platforms are capped in shallower areas. Shrimpers and fishermen were told to run out early and catch as much as they could before the oil hits the beach in order to " save THEIR season and livelihoods. " Oil is starting to come ashore in the Gulf's protected wetlands. People are beginning the work of washing wildlife in order to save what they can. My heart is broken. Cyn Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 well, out of all the horrid and bad, maybe Obama will now rescind the offshore oil plans he announced last month........... cyn Apr 30, 2010 3:48 PM Broken heart... My heart is truly breaking...By now most of you have probably heard about the BP drilling platform that blew up, sank in the Gulf of Mexico, and is now pumping 200,000 gallons of sweet crude oil into the Gulf A DAY, near fisheries and endangered species wetlands. The oil comes from 5000 feet down in the ocean, which makes it impossible to cap the way other drilling platforms are capped in shallower areas. Shrimpers and fishermen were told to run out early and catch as much as they could before the oil hits the beach in order to "save THEIR season and livelihoods." Oil is starting to come ashore in the Gulf's protected wetlands. People are beginning the work of washing wildlife in order to save what they can.My heart is broken.CynSent via BlackBerry by AT & T Some of my friends sit around every evening And they worry about the times ahead But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference And the promise of an early bed You either shut up or get cut up, they don't wanna hear about it It's only inches on the reel-to-reel And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools Tryin' to anaesthetise the way that you feel Radio Radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 It is so heartbreaking, isn't it? Are we ever going to learn?The only good thing is to know that there are people who will drop everything to help try to save the wildlife. There is a ray of hope there in our otherwise money-hungry, oil drilling society.I hope bp finds a way to contain this mess they've made.Vickycyn <cyn84074 Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 2:48:09 PM Broken heart... My heart is truly breaking... By now most of you have probably heard about the BP drilling platform that blew up, sank in the Gulf of Mexico, and is now pumping 200,000 gallons of sweet crude oil into the Gulf A DAY, near fisheries and endangered species wetlands. The oil comes from 5000 feet down in the ocean, which makes it impossible to cap the way other drilling platforms are capped in shallower areas. Shrimpers and fishermen were told to run out early and catch as much as they could before the oil hits the beach in order to "save THEIR season and livelihoods. " Oil is starting to come ashore in the Gulf's protected wetlands. People are beginning the work of washing wildlife in order to save what they can. My heart is broken. Cyn Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Thanks for this, Vicky. BP is telling us here that it's not their fault that equipment fails. Well, it IS THEIR FAULT that they constructed a well a mile underwater, and got permits to do so, by telling the government that they did NOT need a plan of action for an oil catastrophe like this because their equipment wouldn't fail. It's going to take them 90 days to build a relief well; meanwhile, they don't even KNOW how many thousands of gallons of crude are spilling into the Gulf everyday. And I'm not just angry at BP only, it's all the companies, and even US-for not weaning ourselves off this stuff.Sorry for ranting.CynSent via BlackBerry by AT&T damiensmom <damiensmom1995Sat, 1 May 2010 08:34:13 -0700 (PDT)Re: Broken heart... It is so heartbreaking, isn't it? Are we ever going to learn?The only good thing is to know that there are people who will drop everything to help try to save the wildlife. There is a ray of hope there in our otherwise money-hungry, oil drilling society.I hope bp finds a way to contain this mess they've made.Vickycyn <cyn84074 (AT) aol (DOT) com> Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 2:48:09 PM Broken heart... My heart is truly breaking...By now most of you have probably heard about the BP drilling platform that blew up, sank in the Gulf of Mexico, and is now pumping 200,000 gallons of sweet crude oil into the Gulf A DAY, near fisheries and endangered species wetlands. The oil comes from 5000 feet down in the ocean, which makes it impossible to cap the way other drilling platforms are capped in shallower areas. Shrimpers and fishermen were told to run out early and catch as much as they could before the oil hits the beach in order to "save THEIR season and livelihoods. " Oil is starting to come ashore in the Gulf's protected wetlands. People are beginning the work of washing wildlife in order to save what they can.My heart is broken.CynSent via BlackBerry by AT & T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 It's also our government's fault (U.S) for not insisting that they have contingency plans for catastrophic failure. There is no such thing as indestructible, just ask the builders of the Titanic. We learn nothing from history, do we? I can't continue to watch coverage of the oil spill. It's depressing me to no end. And yes, we do need to wean ourselves off of oil, but we also need to insist that contingency plans be in place BEFORE a company builds (be it an oil company, an electric company, an auto manufacturer, etc). Missie Harhold and Gracie the Ibizan Hound and Jeanie the Greyhound greyhounddog " Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures. " -Dalai Lama of Tibet, His Holiness, The XIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 It's hard to believe that our government is that stupid. So, then you start to wonder....who took what under the table to make it happen. I'm not a conspiracy person, but give me a break. No one in their RIGHT mind would let a company go in and do what bp has done without a failure backup plan. It just doesn't make sense. And I agree, watching what's happening is just so depressing. And what's worse is how long it's going to take to even remotely get this under control.As a wildlife rehabber and animal lover, it is heartbreaking to me.Vicky NATASHA HARHOLD <greyhounddog Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 9:31:19 AMRe: Broken heart... It's also our government's fault (U.S) for not insisting that they have contingency plans for catastrophic failure. There is no such thing as indestructible, just ask the builders of the Titanic. We learn nothing from history, do we? I can't continue to watch coverage of the oil spill. It's depressing me to no end. And yes, we do need to wean ourselves off of oil, but we also need to insist that contingency plans be in place BEFORE a company builds (be it an oil company, an electric company, an auto manufacturer, etc). Missie Harhold and Gracie the Ibizan Hound and Jeanie the Greyhound greyhounddog@ earthlink. net Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (5) Recent Activity: New Members 3 Visit Your Group To send an email to - Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Un • Terms of Use . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Think about this, there are 30,000 of those things in the gulf of Mexico!Patricia--- On Tue, 5/4/10, damiensmom <damiensmom1995 wrote:damiensmom <damiensmom1995Re: Broken heart... Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 2:23 PM It's hard to believe that our government is that stupid. So, then you start to wonder....who took what under the table to make it happen. I'm not a conspiracy person, but give me a break. No one in their RIGHT mind would let a company go in and do what bp has done without a failure backup plan. It just doesn't make sense. And I agree, watching what's happening is just so depressing. And what's worse is how long it's going to take to even remotely get this under control.As a wildlife rehabber and animal lover, it is heartbreaking to me.Vicky NATASHA HARHOLD <greyhounddog Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 9:31:19 AMRe: Broken heart... It's also our government's fault (U.S) for not insisting that they have contingency plans for catastrophic failure. There is no such thing as indestructible, just ask the builders of the Titanic. We learn nothing from history, do we? I can't continue to watch coverage of the oil spill. It's depressing me to no end. And yes, we do need to wean ourselves off of oil, but we also need to insist that contingency plans be in place BEFORE a company builds (be it an oil company, an electric company, an auto manufacturer, etc). Missie Harhold and Gracie the Ibizan Hound and Jeanie the Greyhound greyhounddog@ earthlink. net Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (5) Recent Activity: New Members 3 Visit Your Group To send an email to - Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Un • Terms of Use . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 It's systemic failure. A day or two ago, the Rachel Maddow Show talked about all the other huge oil spills and showed the politicians of the day saying " this must stop, our eyes are now opened, the environment is more precious, " etc. The last administration was that stupid, with all the former oil-co. execs. " in charge, " and they made a lot of deals that resulted in much less regulation. BP has also historically been one of the worst. They were fined something like USD$30 million after one disaster in Texas (which also killed 15 people) and then, a year or two later, USD$90 million for hundreds of safety infractions -- not enough for them to change anything. Their profits (not revenues) so far this year were more than USD$5 billion. Maybe they'd notice if the fines were proportional to their profits, but even then, their way of doing business is so entrenched that they'd just figure out a new way to do their accounting. If only we could pass laws that mandate personal responsibility as well as compensation to all individuals affected. So if a disaster occurs where people lose homes and livelihoods, the top-earning 20 percent of the responsible company's employees, including the board of directors and all officers, must lose their homes, portfolios, and stock options and relocate to the disaster zone. Their new jobs will be rebuilding homes and doing environmental mitigation, until everything is rebuilt to new ecologically responsible standards and the ecosystem has recovered. The company will compensate each person who has been affected by the disaster, using the loot accumulated by the former company officers as well as assets of the company. The only good thing I've seen so far is that Gov. Schwarzenegger unapproved a new plan to resume drilling off the Santa Barbara coast in Calif. He'd already approved it but when he saw the oil on the Gulf, withdrew approval. On Tue, 4 May 2010 14:23:32 -0700 (PDT), damiensmom <damiensmom1995 wrote: > It's hard to believe that our government is that stupid. So, then you > start to wonder....who took what under the table to make it happen. I'm > not a conspiracy person, but give me a break. No one in their RIGHT mind > would let a company go in and do what bp has done without a failure backup > plan. It just doesn't make sense. And I agree, watching what's happening > is just so depressing. And what's worse is how long it's going to take to > even remotely get this under control. > > As a wildlife rehabber and animal lover, it is heartbreaking to me. > > Vicky > > > NATASHA HARHOLD <greyhounddog > > It's also our government's fault (U.S) for not insisting that they have > contingency plans for catastrophic failure. There is no such thing as > indestructible, just ask the builders of the Titanic. We learn nothing > from history, do we? I can't continue to watch coverage of the oil spill. > It's depressing me to no end. And yes, we do need to wean ourselves off of > oil, but we also need to insist that contingency plans be in place BEFORE a > company builds (be it an oil company, an electric company, an auto > manufacturer, etc). > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 To make matters worse, if the Conservative Government win the General Election tomorrow in the UK, they want to repeal the law banning hunting with dogs. Civilization - take several steps backwards. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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