There is plenty of coverage of the oil spill crisis in the Gulf on the internet, but here is a new blog dedicated to it via Surfermag.com, click me.Excerpt: One aspect that makes the disaster so profound for local surfers, is that they’re also fishermen. And those fishermen who worked on charter boats are now likely working for B.P. The crews head out six-to-ten miles and report their findings back to B.P. I talked to a surfer who’d worked the charter boats his entire adult life. His boat had also been hired by the oil giant. When I asked what it was like out there, he said, “It’s black, it’s brown, it’s red. And everything is dead.”
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ReplyDeletegood to see someone in the surfing blogosphere is in touch with what is really going on down in south
ReplyDeleteIf ya can't fix your screw up then what good are ya.. Now fix it or move out of the way. The government needs to step up and take full control of this clean up. It's time to stop covering up and time to start cleaning up.. BP can't be trusted it's that simple..
ReplyDeleteNothing going on here folks please move along quickly. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteDID YOU KNOW!!????? AM/PM and ARCO is owned by BP???
ReplyDeleteThanks SURFY SURFY for posting this...as a GUlf Coast surfer I appreciate this bringing brought to light. Im upset that the national news media, surf publications etc. etc.. are not taking this seriously. We feel left out and abandoned. This is a horrible disaster that we wish was taken as seriously as a disaster in Haiti or anywhere else in the world. Just because the Gulf isnt a prime surf destination doesnt mean any less to us who surf the Gulf waters. If sure if this happened in California or on the East Coast of New York this would be treated differtly. To me, and to alot of other southerners it shows the countries (liberal elite) disdain for us and our way of life!!
ReplyDelete08:53, Please resist the urge to express your frustration by driving more wedges into the heart of the surfing community. People are serious, especially we liberals you so disdain, but it's just an unimaginale disaster. Partisanship and divisiveness are the goal of those who caused this and are now covering it up. It provides them cover.
ReplyDeleteFWIW, my family has lived on the Florida Gulf Coast for over 100 years. I was born in Pensacola and lived literally every day of my childhood on these once unspoiled, emerald waters. This will change everything, permanently and for the worse.
Pete from St. Pete