BP Oil Spill Approaching Gulf Coast

[PorcineGranny]

This is a crisis, I want to see our President getting the best help from all over the world.
I don't want to view films of him golfing, or going to a party or worrying about what someone said about him, I want action on this spill and not action to benefit any of his programs or the oil companies. This should be a priority and everyone should take note.

I am very sad about the animals also, many will die.

 

[essies]

I suppose this needs it's own thread!!:banghead:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-21-2010/josh-fox
[video=youtube;dZe1AeH0Qz8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZe1AeH0Qz8[/video]

 

[karma-girl]

Ughh, I am getting so confused with the two threads on the oil...so forgive me if this video has already been posted...
[video=youtube;BTCs-cmyHSs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTCs-cmyHSs&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

[Peliman]

Live BP Oil Spill Video Feeds

View up to 12 diffferent live camera feeds from BP's Remote Operaited Vehicles(ROVs) working to clean up the Deep Water Horizon oil spill off Louisiana in the Gulf Of Mexico.

http://www.searchlawrence.com/_bp_spill.html

 

[daisy7]

Ughh, I am getting so confused with the two threads on the oil...so forgive me if this video has already been posted...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTCs-cmyHSs&feature=player_embedded

That's my beach and I'm just sick about what's happening to it.

 

[essies]

Good oil spill news for the Keys, good for Florida’s East Coast too- trajectory forecasts suspended
http://www.examiner.com/x-29653-Flo...t-too-trajectory-forecasts-suspended#comments
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The latest observation has the Loop Current detached from the Gulf Stream so the danger of passing around the south end of Florida and up the East Coast does not currently exist. In response to these conditions NOAA has suspended oil spill trajectory forecasts as the threat to the Keys has faded.

Billy Causey, superintendent of the southeast region for NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, explains that the Loop Current has been pinched off into a large clockwise eddy called the Eddy Franklin, leaving no clear path for the spilled oil to enter the Loop Current.
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Situation: June 23, 2010
OR&R’s modeling team continues to generate daily trajectories for the nearshore surface oil. The offshore trajectory maps (previously displayed on this page, showing oil interacting with the Loop Current) have been temporarily suspended because the northern end of the Loop Current has been pinched off into a large eddy (Eddy Franklin) so there is no clear path for oil to enter the Loop Current from the source. Also, there have been no reports of recoverable oil in the Loop Current or Eddy Franklin and the oil has moved to the North and away from the Eddy Franklin. We will continue to monitor the area with overflights, vessel observations, and satellite analysis. When the threat of shoreline impacts to the Florida Keys increases, we will resume producing the offshore trajectory maps.

The Loop Current is an area of warm water that comes up from the Caribbean, flowing past the Yucatan Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico. It generally curves east across the Gulf and then flows south parallel to the west Florida coast. An eddy is water that rotates.


http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/dwh.php?entry_id=809

 

[karma-girl]

If anyone knows of a charity that the money will go directly to help the marine life and the birds of the gulf, please let me know. I am going to have a yard sale that I want to donate the proceeds and talk my neighbors into at least donating a percentage of their earnings. TIA...ps, no government affiliated agencies allowed for obvious reasons.

 

[essies]

If anyone knows of a charity that the money will go directly to help the marine life and the birds of the gulf, please let me know. I am going to have a yard sale that I want to donate the proceeds and talk my neighbors into at least donating a percentage of their earnings. TIA...ps, no government affiliated agencies allowed for obvious reasons.

The Nature Conservancy might be a good choice.
http://www.nature.org/?src=t1

 

[hockeymom]

[video=youtube;rrdX4L2R-cU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrdX4L2R-cU[/video]


Way to go Billy. We need more people to speak out.

 

[whiteangora]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrdX4L2R-cU


Way to go Billy. We need more people to speak out.

This poor guy has been fighting tooth and nail for some Action!
I feel so bad for him and I'm afraid he's going to have a nervous breakdown, he never seems to take any time for himself.
OBAMA - Don't you realize what's happening to our Country?
And, that bubbling, boiling surf in FL is downright scary!

 

[karma-girl]

This poor guy has been fighting tooth and nail for some Action!
I feel so bad for him and I'm afraid he's going to have a nervous breakdown, he never seems to take any time for himself.
OBAMA - Don't you realize what's happening to our Country?
And, that bubbling, boiling surf in FL is downright scary!

I agree whiteangora, I sent Billy Nungusser a message on FB last week telling him he is my 'Hero' and we need him to take care of himself! I am concerned for his health due to all the risks from being overweight and then adding this enormous amount of stress...he is the voice for the Gulf and we honestly need him!!!

 

[bessie]

If anyone knows of a charity that the money will go directly to help the marine life and the birds of the gulf, please let me know. I am going to have a yard sale that I want to donate the proceeds and talk my neighbors into at least donating a percentage of their earnings. TIA...ps, no government affiliated agencies allowed for obvious reasons.

http://www.nwf.org/Oil-Spill.aspx

http://www.causes.com/causes/479547

Here's one I posted last week. The Larry King telethon raised $1.5 million Monday night for this organization. The yard sale is a wonderful idea.

 

[bessie]

I just heard this on Headline News. It makes me sick. How many will follow?
Orange Beach boat captain's death likely suicide

Oil spill brought his business to a standstill

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com...nge-Beach-boat-captain-s-death-likely-suicide

 

[essies]

This is what's happening at ground zero with BP!! :banghead:
Confirmation of the local overview Venice LA - 6/19/10.. Quoted on PBS today in one sentence. Hear the horrors of the front lines and behind scenes workings of the BP Gulf Oil Spill Catastrophe. This Venice LA local has been granted security clearance to see it all.
http://www.gulfemergencysummit.org/


[video=youtube;h3bzypjTIWg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3bzypjTIWg[/video]

 

[essies]

Report: BP Pursues Risky Alaska Drilling
Plan is to Drill Off Alaska Coast About Two Miles Down; Project Deemed "Onshore" by Loophole
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/24/national/main6614129.shtml
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(CBS/ AP) The New York Times reports that BP is moving forward with a drilling plan to drill two miles under the sea and then "six to eight miles horizontally" off the coast of Alaska. The goal is 100 million barrels of oil.

BP's project has been exempted from the Obama offshore drilling moratorium by regulators because it's been granted onshore status. The project, though three miles off the Alaska coast, sits atop an artificial island built by BP, according to the New York Times.
OMG!! Is there any sanity left in this world?? :banghead:

 

[nomad]

I saved this page because it has alot of links with volunteering information. There's a lot of organizations and their information. I would like to go.
http://www.tonic.com/article/how-you-can-volunteer-to-clean-up-the-gulf-coast-oil-spill/

 

[bessie]

Pensacola Beach now closed.


Pensacola Beach is closed after oil from Gulf spill washes ashore

Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:12 PM Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:24 PM

Florida's Pensacola Beach was closed to visitors for the first time because of the Gulf oil spill Thursday as workers tried to remove pools of black sludge from Pensacola Beach's once-white sands.

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-s...pensacola_beach_closed_after_o.html#incart_rh

 

[babycat]

This is what's happening at ground zero with BP!! :banghead:
Confirmation of the local overview Venice LA - 6/19/10.. Quoted on PBS today in one sentence. Hear the horrors of the front lines and behind scenes workings of the BP Gulf Oil Spill Catastrophe. This Venice LA local has been granted security clearance to see it all.
http://www.gulfemergencysummit.org/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3bzypjTIWg

I came here to post this today...really burns me up.

I'm so exhausted by all of this and I just want it to go away.

 

[daisy7]

If anyone knows of a charity that the money will go directly to help the marine life and the birds of the gulf, please let me know. I am going to have a yard sale that I want to donate the proceeds and talk my neighbors into at least donating a percentage of their earnings. TIA...ps, no government affiliated agencies allowed for obvious reasons.

The Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida is actively involved in rescuing animals from the oil spill. I have volunteered with them before and they are a great organization!

http://pensacolawildlife.com/

 

[essies]

Pensacola Beach now closed.


Pensacola Beach is closed after oil from Gulf spill washes ashore

Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:12 PM Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:24 PM

Florida's Pensacola Beach was closed to visitors for the first time because of the Gulf oil spill Thursday as workers tried to remove pools of black sludge from Pensacola Beach's once-white sands.

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-s...pensacola_beach_closed_after_o.html#incart_rh

[video=youtube;qO193f8xAls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO193f8xAls[/video]