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Post by moabiter on Jul 11, 2010 23:49:03 GMT -8
Oil seeps into New Orleans' Lake Pontchartrain July 6, 2010 Over the July Fourth weekend, tar balls and an oil sheen pushed by strong winds from faraway Hurricane Alex slipped past lines of barges that were supposed to block the passes connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the lake. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100706/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill
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Post by moabiter on Jul 27, 2010 17:49:35 GMT -8
Gulf residents report anxiety, sleeplessness 23rd july 2010 Nearly 60 percent of coastal Louisiana residents in a phone survey indicated that they were constantly worried about the Gulf Coast oil disaster. More than eight out of 10 respondents reported worrying about their family, friends and community's survival to the complications caused by the environmental disaster, according to sociology researchers from Louisiana State University. Last week, BP placed a cap over the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the flow that began April 20. No oil leaking as BP conducts critical pressure tests in Gulf oil well The survey of 900 residents started on June 17 for over two weeks. Here are some of their findings: Because of their worry over the oil spill: • 46 percent said it prevented them from getting a good night’s sleep • 43 percent said it prevented from being able to focus on their usual job or work • 40 percent felt sick to their stomach "some of the time" or ‘almost constantly’ • 38 percent experienced headaches or migraines ‘some of the time’ or "almost constantly" • 34 percent experienced aches and pains ‘some of the time’ or "almost constantly" “The early indications are that the human health impacts of this event are real and substantial,” wrote the authors, Matthew Lee and Troy Blanchard, sociology professors at LSU. “Negative affective states, physiological symptoms, and disruptions to daily routines are evident, and are generally widespread. The findings suggest that significant public health resources may be needed to mitigate the pernicious consequences of this disaster for coastal Louisiana residents.” pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/23/gulf-residents-report-anxiety-sleeplessness/
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Post by moabiter on Jul 27, 2010 21:37:35 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Aug 14, 2010 8:37:30 GMT -8
Alabama sues BP for "catastrophic" Gulf oil spill BIRMINGHAM | Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:03pm EDT Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state's attorney general said on Friday. Alabama is the first state to sue BP for damage from the world's worst offshore oil spill. The decision stems from fear economic victims will be inadequately compensated and BP will shirk its financial responsibility, Attorney General Troy King said. www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67C3BR20100813
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Post by clone on Sept 6, 2010 21:04:59 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Sept 9, 2010 23:30:43 GMT -8
Spilling Over by Powering a Nation vimeo.com/13529015Venice, La., is facing extinction. The small fishing community, located just 50 miles away from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, is in jeopardy, as the BP oil spill has put the livelihood of the residents in danger. The people of Venice are now left with a difficult choice. Do they stay and risk their health for the sake of their history and culture? Or do they give up their jobs, their community and their heritage in an effort to flee the lasting effects of the oil spill?
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Post by clone on Sept 15, 2010 18:41:13 GMT -8
Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana Tue Sep 14, 12:36 pm ET What you see above isn't a rural gravel road. It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports that even a whale was found dead in the area, a stretch of coastal Louisiana hit hard this summer by oil from BP's busted Gulf well. news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100914/od_yblog_upshot/massive-fish-kill-reported-in-louisiana***** 100,000s: UNBELIEVABLE FISHKILL in Lousiana -- ALL TYPES, EVEN MAMMALS www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_9u7oaoM8Dead whale and thousands of dead fish found near Venice shipping canal, WWL-TV New Orleans, September 13, 2010 at 10:41 p.m. EDT: Thousands of fish and a dead whale on Monday were found... Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser... said there is no testing going on to determine if it's from the oil spill, although the northern Gulf of Mexico has suffered from a persistent dead zone of low oxygen, blamed on nutrient rich runoff from the Mississippi River. Nungesser said this is different because usually the kills happen to only one or two species of fish. AUDIO: Don Dubuc, WWL Radio.
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Post by clone on Sept 17, 2010 12:24:33 GMT -8
Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana Tue Sep 14, 12:36 pm ET 100,000s: UNBELIEVABLE FISHKILL in Lousiana -- ALL TYPES, EVEN MAMMALS www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_9u7oaoM8Dead whale and thousands of dead fish found near Venice shipping canal, WWL-TV New Orleans, September 13, 2010 at 10:41 p.m. EDT: Thousands of fish and a dead whale on Monday were found... Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser... said there is no testing going on to determine if it's from the oil spill, although the northern Gulf of Mexico has suffered from a persistent dead zone of low oxygen, blamed on nutrient rich runoff from the Mississippi River. Nungesser said this is different because usually the kills happen to only one or two species of fish. AUDIO: Don Dubuc, WWL Radio. More testing needed to determine cause of death of thousands of fish Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:41 PM www.wwltv.com/news/Dead-whale-and-thousands-of-dead-fish-found-near-Venice-shipping-canal-102828139.html?gallery=y&img=0&c=y
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Post by moabiter on Sept 20, 2010 11:05:11 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Sept 20, 2010 11:40:52 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Sept 29, 2010 0:25:08 GMT -8
With new oil sightings, concerns about response manpower continue www.wwltv.com/home/With-new-oil-sightings-concerns-about-response-manpower-continue-102923299.htmlPublished 14 days ago PLAQUEMINES, La. -- Crews continue working daily on the oil spill response effort across South Louisiana. But there are concerns about the effectiveness of the mission, and some local leaders blame a cut back in the amount of vessels and manpower. One member of an oil spill recovery team, who asked us to hide his identity, said he's seen first-hand examples of how a reduction in resources is causing problems. "There's been oil called in -- captains pulled aside -- they called it in, waited, waited, and no one will send us out there to work 'em."
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Post by clone on Sept 29, 2010 19:38:57 GMT -8
CHSL radio cancels show: Kindra "very ill with staph"; Joannie @ hospital... "neurotoxins" www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUUmz5NNpPcJoannie Hughes, Kindra Arnesen and Vicky Perrin, Coastal Heritage Society of Louisiana Radio, September 28, 2010: Transcript Summary JOANNIE HUGHES: I am presently calling the show coming live from Ochsner Hospital on Jefferson Highway in New Orleans, where I am a patient since yesterday [Monday, September 28] and at least until Friday. ... Neurologist worried about neurotoxins I was exposed to... and things like that. ... We are not doing the show this week... Kindra "very ill with staph infection" ... The radio show was to discuss health issues... that's ironic enough because we're all sick. Listen to the full show here: www.blogtalkradio.com/chslVisit the Coastal Heritage Society of Louisiana website: chsl.webs.com/
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Post by moabiter on Sept 30, 2010 6:22:26 GMT -8
State officials did NO TESTING on any dead fish from the FOUR major kills near oil-impacted areas State's head biologist now UNSURE on cause of massive fish kills www.youtube.com/watch?v=WipB741IaCIThree massive fish kills in one week in Plaquemines Parish have raised some serious concerns from parish officials and area fishermen State says recent fish kills "not a concern", FOX 8 New Orleans, September 21, 2010: Transcript Excerpts Wildlife and fisheries officials say, at this point, there is no reason to be concerned. ... Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser says it has been an all out battle to get the feds to help test waters heavily hit by the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. "Could it also be that it is linked to the spill, due to the excess of microbes out there, and them dying off? I don't know, I can't definitely say anyway," said [Randy Pausina, head fisheries biologist for the state].
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