Oil and Water Don't Mix-Updated Day 74

PLEASE CLICK ON THE ABOVE PICTURE DAY 74 .. NO MORE PHOTOS ALLOWED OF WILDLIFE AND BEACHES, WORKERS TOLD NOT TO SPEAK TO MEDIA OR RISK LOSING JOBS!

Update... As you all know nothing is changing ... people are in dire straights. One man shot himself... The pictures of the birds I have seen recently make a person sick. I could have been a seabird. You could have. Humankind has no mercy these days. I am sorry Waters, sea life, man and woman. I would fix this if I could.
All I can do is look in horror and pray. I wonder so many times about the Bibles prophecies of God returning to destroy the earth to make it new... as in my thinking it will be this earth, only new... but seems before he gets here we will destroy ourselves. He gave us a brain and free will and we did not use them for good it seems in so many cases.
Just my opinion.



I am sick and sad deep within my heart and soul. The fish are dying the birds barely flying, their feathers slick with oil ... waddling helplessly on the Gulf shores.. the beaches eroded.
Sand swollen and black. What are they doing? What can be done? It looks like a huge
black cloud shooting up through the waters. It is sad to see the sea life in such pain.

As a child we went to the Gulf of Mexico each Summer. Usually we would go to Galveston.
I loved it.. I remember it like yesterday.. the sun, sand, crabs, sea birds and the pier when I spent most of my time when I was not in the water. The salty water burned your chest if you were caught in a wave...but it was worth it.

I can't go there now .. The fisherman cannot make money to support their families. No beach picnics. No 'crabbing'. Just a huge oil slick from Louisiana to Florida. Dirty and foul .. the pelicans have no food.. the fish died , or are dying. The people are baffled, what can they do? Oil has been the reason for so much agony .... ! So many deaths.. from humans to sea and land animals. I wonder what they think of humans?

I don't know if they can fix this one .. please pray for the people and animals ...
It is honestly enough to make a grown man cry.. Oil and water do not mix!
This is an atrocity .. with a capital A.

Day 60... no solution... most of the Gulf Coast polluted dead sea life .. much more.. now the finger pointing games begin... Obama goes to the coast to tell the people, 'not to worry' and say all the right stuff....uh huh ...

Read this today... how true.

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Down here on the Gulf, we've got our hands full battling the oil spill disaster that's killing our economy. 

Our drowning tourism and seafood industries are just the tip of the Romaine (our good restaurants don't use iceberg) lettuce of businesses that are already suffering.

How could it get any worse?

Don't look now, but there's a breeze blowin'  off the southwestern tip of Africa.

Board up the windows and grab your ankles, folks. It's hurricane season. How does oil mix with water and wind? This is Alabama. All bets are off.

J.D. has got that right!

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I was in the first Gulf war. My unit assisted in the cleanup of the large oil spill. It was very sad. In my 9 months i saw no living bird or fish in that water. Somebody screwed up. This oil spill should not of happen. Someone should of been inspecting the equipment. It should be a way to stop the flow.. What fool would create a pressure it can't stop. A easy answer. The greedy oil companies too cheap to pay Texas for oil at a fair cost. This is a very terrible thing. Everyone in the America's should be pissed off.Strong and true words.
Coyote

[Barry S. Maltese]

I agree, and many times asked the question of how quickly would BP have moved to fix this disaster if it had occurred in Great Britan. For years BP has made BILLIONS from the oil off that rig, and they are planning big bonuses this quarter. Are the big bonuses a reward for ruining our ecconomy here in America? Maybe it is for being so good at destroying our Wildlife, and quality of life?! The sludge slowly creeps up our coastline and still nothing is done. Where are the great minds of our generation now? How long do we sit quietly while this almost terroristic plot evolves? And Obama lets this get worse because he wants our relationships with our old Allies to fall, so they can be replaced with the ones HE thinks best suits his plans. . .
who will answer?

[Katie de Lavani]

Makes you think about why, after so many advances in technology, we are still tied to oil and how devastating to the environment it can be. And now, it isn't just the air it is polluting, but our water. What will be next? Nicely written.

[Celtic Cat]

Yes it is. It makes me cry when I think of it. I want to blame BP, but I blame myself for my oil-using ways. This spill is one of many reasons I start to think mankind is doomed! We're supposed to be caring for the planet... and this is how we treat it! gah. We're just wrong for that, so wrong.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Oh this is really a deeply sad situation and everyday it seems it is getting worse and not better... you would think with the technology today they could do something... guess there are still some things we need to learn... like finding better ways of getting our resources that won't wreck the environment.

[Wicahpi]

I know, it grossly sickening. I hate for the wildlife.
If I had Bill Gates money, I'd go there and help
wash and feed the birds, at least. Unfortunately,
we cannot help much when it comes to sea creatures
like the dolphin, shark, fish, etc. Makes me sad.
I see no end anytime soon.

[Ladysue]

This is so devastating and unbelievable. You did a great job with capturing this turmoil....nicely done...

[indieRokker]

Indeed they do not. The turmoil that this is causing, is sad and heartbreaking. You did an amaizng job. capturing your nostalgic memory to now. I liked how you deeply thought this out. Nicely done.

Cheers for the read,
indie♥