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infrogmationAP news: Cleaning oil-soaked wetlands may be impossible. An oiled beach can be cleaned or replaced. Wetland marsh is another story. Louisiana's coast is mostly wetland marsh. This is where Gulf shrimp come to breed. Fish, oysters, crabs... If you like seafood, I suggest you enjoy some now. If the prices seem high today, they're going to seem like a bargain soon.
Two video examples of putting a human face of what is happening in South East Louisiana.
AP video on YouTube: AP correspondent Jason Bronis toured the Louisiana marshland with a long-time charter boat captain who was surprised by the devastation he saw.
Ron Price: "All of this, is just going to wither away, in no time. [...] BP doesn't have enough money to make it good."
WWL TV video: Oil spill halts 94-year-old fisherman's business, but not his drive.
Eugene Bartholmy survived the Great Depression, Leander Perez, and rode out Katrina in lower Plaquemines. When he says "It’s going to be rough for the people," listen; the man knows rough.
Interview with the President of Plaquemines Parish, YouTube: Billy Nungesser: Twenty-four miles of Plaquemines Parish is destroyed. Everything in it is dead.
"The time now is to do everything physically possible to protect these marshlands. [...] You either protect them, or they're lost forever".
(For the benefit of any bozos who want to try to make a partisan spin on the disaster, Nungesser is a Republican, so it's safe to take your fingers out of your ears and open your eyes for this video.)
Remember, this is only just beginning.
Two video examples of putting a human face of what is happening in South East Louisiana.
AP video on YouTube: AP correspondent Jason Bronis toured the Louisiana marshland with a long-time charter boat captain who was surprised by the devastation he saw.
Ron Price: "All of this, is just going to wither away, in no time. [...] BP doesn't have enough money to make it good."
WWL TV video: Oil spill halts 94-year-old fisherman's business, but not his drive.
Eugene Bartholmy survived the Great Depression, Leander Perez, and rode out Katrina in lower Plaquemines. When he says "It’s going to be rough for the people," listen; the man knows rough.
Interview with the President of Plaquemines Parish, YouTube: Billy Nungesser: Twenty-four miles of Plaquemines Parish is destroyed. Everything in it is dead.
"The time now is to do everything physically possible to protect these marshlands. [...] You either protect them, or they're lost forever".
(For the benefit of any bozos who want to try to make a partisan spin on the disaster, Nungesser is a Republican, so it's safe to take your fingers out of your ears and open your eyes for this video.)
Remember, this is only just beginning.
