The Oil Report
You should definitely go over to the Pensacola Beach Blog and see his A Trip Down the Emer-Oiled Coast: Friday June 4 BP Oil Spill Update. These are only the “scouts”, the main force is still off the coast.
Local officials are starting to realize how bad this is, according to the Pensacola News Journal, Resources for Florida lag as oil comes ashore. With thousands of wells in the northern Gulf, there are only about two dozen real oil skimming boats available, and many of those are designed for rivers, bayous, and bays, not the open Gulf.
Everything has been left up to the oil companies, and they haven’t funded an effective system. BP had to go to the factory for the specialized booms used for burning off the oil on the surface, because there wasn’t any available on the Gulf Coast.
The specialized skimmer systems can store the oil and put the water back as they move across the surface. Instead of that, they are collecting oily water and taking it back for processing, a very poor use of resources.
The local county property appraisers are trying to adjust to the new reality by asking the governor to allow them to downgrade property values this year instead of waiting until January of next year. The Pensacola News Journal has the story: Appraisers want taxes to show loss from oil spill. This is just another way that the oil spill is screwing over the Gulf Coast. Local governments and schools are going to take a huge revenue hit because of this spill.
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Here’s a couple blogs about the disaster with lots of links etc.
BP’s Oil Slick: LACMA Woes
Art Contest: BP Logo Redesign
clicked the wrong button in error… *sigh*
I was going to add that it’s an artists blog I visit now and then that has taken the oil disaster to heart, and has a slightly different take.
I was aware of the logo contest, and a few of the locals, including me, have done things along those lines.
BP has touched a lot of raw nerves, and just doesn’t seem to understand how to avoid making enemies.
“clicked the wrong button in error… *sigh*” -Kryten
Kryten, it is much better to click the wrong button intentionally!
Terry Pratchett has said the last words on earth will be: “I wonder what this does?”
Terry Pratchett has said the last words on earth will be: “I wonder what this does?”
oh great, so i’m going to be the one who’s responsible for the end of the world.
Dunno about that hipparchia…
I been ‘wondering what this does’ for decades! 😀 Haven’t blown anything up yet… Well, not counting the times I intentionally blowded summin up! 😉 😈 (That’s what you get when the Gov gives someone like me C4 and detonators and other forms of explosives. “Waste not, want not”!) 😆
Well Steve, the clicking of wrong buttons intentionally goes hand-in-hand with “I wonder what this does”! Been there… done that! 😆
Terry of course meant to say that those words will be uttered immediately before the actual last words, which will be “Oh, sh*t!” (or the equivalent thereof). 😈
I was thinking about the resourceful person who made sure that nothing important actually worked during the Hedgemony, to avoid hearing those words come from the Oval Office.
I admit to losing a few pieces of test equipment because of curiosity, but the fires were generally readily controlled.
I doubt there will be time for more than “Oh”, Kryten.
I doubt there will be time for more than “Oh”, Kryten.
LOL In truth Bryan, I though that as I was typing it. But… It doesn’t have quite the same impact! 😉 Call it… Poetic license! 😆
Oh… As for the Hedgemony… I always just assumed that was due to their complete incompetence. I’m kinda surprised someone didn’t launch a preemptive strike against that USA… I doubt the Hedgemony would even have been able to find the button, let alone know how to push it! 😆 Actually, I remember seeing a ‘toon to that effect years ago! 😀
They probably removed everything to redecorate the office and forgot to put it back 😉
I wasn’t worried about the codes, I doubt he would be able to read them, and he had to be one to do it.
Oh, you know what not to do.
LOL I have no idea what THAT button does! 😉 😛 😀 Ahem…
I found the ‘toon… (YouTube)
George W. Bush “I can press the button”
That’s about the most concise summation of the Bushmoron I’ve seen. 😆
…poor goats. 😛
Yeah, right 😉