...reports in the media annoy and rile me as someone who feels an affinity to South Louisiana. When the oil rig explosion happened and I offhandedly commented that OMG this would be beyond the Katrina catastrophe few within earshot cared. Now they do.
I recalled a science project my then 13 year old researched ten years after the Exxon Valdez. I couldn't find her document but I found her tri-fold display. Interesting to note how limited the public understands about the danger of crude oil. "...[Crude oil] clings to everything, covering pores, fins, gills, clogging any opening, and coagulating feathers, fur, and hair. The fumes are toxic making anyone or any animal breathing them dizzy or worse, causing asphyxiation....The oil harms microorganisms, plankton, bottom dwelling organisms, coral, anemone, and larval fish..."
In other words, tourism may be hurt now in the Gulf states but the very livelihoods of of the wetlands populations are in dire trouble.
I recalled a science project my then 13 year old researched ten years after the Exxon Valdez. I couldn't find her document but I found her tri-fold display. Interesting to note how limited the public understands about the danger of crude oil. "...[Crude oil] clings to everything, covering pores, fins, gills, clogging any opening, and coagulating feathers, fur, and hair. The fumes are toxic making anyone or any animal breathing them dizzy or worse, causing asphyxiation....The oil harms microorganisms, plankton, bottom dwelling organisms, coral, anemone, and larval fish..."
In other words, tourism may be hurt now in the Gulf states but the very livelihoods of of the wetlands populations are in dire trouble.
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