Today I received an email from a friend telling me of her sorrow over the dead baby dolphins washing up on shore. I had not heard or read that news for reasons I will give you a little later on in this post.
During our holidays when my brother and his partner were visiting we drove down to Grand Isle which is southwest of New Orleans and pokes out into the Gulf of Mexico. Once we arrived we found a place to park beside some cottages and walked over the dunes and down to the water's edge. There were a number of strange machines combing the sand - sifting out oil. And this in what used to be a very ritzy summer getaway spot for the idly rich. Now a tourist's spot - sort of.
When we arrived at the water's edge - we stood there and looked at the black water and sand that washed at our feet - in and out - creating a brownish gray foam that looked evil. We could see the oil in the water - underneath and on top of the surface. My stomach not only sank but turned.
Further along the Isle we came to the State Park and we were told we were NOT allowed on the beach due to the clean up. Perhaps we weren't allowed where we had been either but I didn't see any signs. What I did see was how this was not only going to affect the tourism on Grand Isle but also change the shore life of the people who had cottages on stilts or on the dunes that looked out over the Gulf of Mexico. We saw a LOT of signs about BP - signs of hatred and despair. The future of Grand Isle almost looked futile.
It does not surprise me that this is happening. Trying to scream at the machine is only going to rip our throats out in the end.
And now the great breaking news that makes the front pages here and puts this sort of story on page 9. Jennifer Aniston has changed her hairstyle! OMG!!
9 comments:
It's a sad state of affairs when JA's hairstyle takes precedence over ecological disasters. :(
Very sad indeed.
GAH
Oh Aims I so agree, I am watching the news about Libya, Egypt and all the uproar happening over the unions in the States and all we are hearing about are Charlie Sheen today. What is wrong with people.....I find this all so sad.
......:-) Hugs
And I see that a permit was issued to Nobel Energy giving the go ahead to finish drilling a deep waterwell oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Madness.
At least here in the Netherlands I am saved the news of Jennifer's new hairdo.
Yup celebrity news for the thicko's in this world is all that is needed these days. Such a load of tosh. Still the rest of us do outnumber them even though it might not seem so. Glad you got back safely, what a hell of a journey though! Must have been like travelling on a old fashioned wagon train taking 13 days! Crikey! X
Mima said -
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It's terrible the damage that we are doing to the planet, and also the changes to the climate that are starting to take place also due to our damage, but they are going to change things worldwide rather than just individual spots - really scary too.
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