Saturday, May 1, 2010

Documents: BP didn't plan for major oil spill~Digital Journal
~Pelicans and other shore birds are seen on Breton Island Friday, April 30, 2010.~Photos above/below right: Alex Brandon/AP

Leaked report: Government fears Deepwater Horizon well could become unchecked gusher
~'The following is not public' document states
~As oil edged toward the Louisiana coast, fears continued to grow that the leak from the seabed oil well could spiral out of control. A document prepared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the oil flow could grow from the current estimate of 5,000 barrels a day to 10 times that much, which could be 2.1 million gallons a day.
~Editilla Notellas~This is set-up to the public admission of Exactly What SkyTruth started saying this week.
If we cannot fundamentally trust our Government during Man Made Disaster, then We Cannot Fundamentally Trust Our Government During Man Made Disaster.

~Dr. Erica Miller, right, and Danene Birtell with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research work to help a Northern Gannet bird, covered in oil, normally white when full grown, at a facility in Fort Jackson, La., on Friday.

TOO LATE: Pelicans and seagulls rest on Ship Island as an oil containment boom line floats offshore. Photo: ZUMA Press

Officials say winds could carry oil slick onto Gulf coast

High winds disrupting oil spill clean-up of BP Oils Disaster
~Mark Schleifstein


Booms readied near Chef Menteur, Ft. Pike, to protect Lake Pontchartrain from BP Oil Spill Disaster

Gulf oil spill: New Orleans residents 'taking ownership' of their fate

New Orleans: The Joy and the Dread~Harry Shearer
~After two or three months in which it seemed this city was virtually levitating (the Saints' victory in the Super Bowl, the forthcoming end of the Ray Nagin era), that sinking feeling is back, just at the time the city is reaching the climax of JazzFest. So, the talk among the locals is the dread that the regional economy, and ecology, is about to take another disastrous hit at the hands of outsiders, while the visitors are enjoying the music, the food, and the crafts that flow from the culture formed by that ecology. And there are reports of locals lining up for what many expect may be their last taste of raw Louisiana oysters for a long, long time. Frozen Chinese seafood, anyone?
Defense Mobilizes Louisiana
National Guard to Fight BP Oil
Spill~Georgianne Nienaber
~GN's pics included in this Huff Post Slick Slide Show
~GN just checked in from the road. She has to go to Haiti to cover the aftermath of That actual natural disaster, and perhaps will give us an update after the Oil Flow catches the Loop Current and makes it's way into the Gulf Stream past Cuba?

ANOTHER UNIFIED COMMAND CORRECTION:UPDATE-BSWTF

Obama heading to Gulf for BP Oil Spill Sunday but first he has to do a Commencement Speech and a Comedy Show tonight theeenn he'll get around to checking in on the BP Oil Spill Disaster Zone.
~His'O'ner and Napolitano cannot be happy with the official press photo of her having a Bush Moment Of Stupid (BMOS), while touring the Gulf. It is eerily reminiscent of the photo taken of George Bush when he
did a fly-over of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Bush was roundly criticized for government inaction in the wake of the flood. Apparently "Bush Stupid" can jump party lines like oil jumps a boom!
"There is reason now
to know more than we knew originally....
"
~Janet Napolitano, Head of Homeland Security...ahem

Obama's Weekly Address Ignores BP Oil Spill Disaster, Calls for Campaign Finance Reform?

New York Times:
BP’s man-made oil catastrophe a “natural disaster” ~Gambit

~It’s awfully early in the game for the sort of jawdropping, slap-your-face journalistic inaccuracies we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures.
~A Frolic of My Own nails this New Disaster Shorthand Dog!

Ah Jeez Louie! Louisiana Drilling Rig Overturns: Accident At Mobile Inland Drilling Unit

BP Oil Spill Crisis Makes Colbert
~Gulf Restoration Network

~Is David Simon's next show gonna'be called Crema?

Alabama gov declares emergency as BP Oil Spill approaches

BP Oil Spill changes everything
~Michael Brune
~This BP offshore rig that exploded was supposed to be state-of-the-art. We've also been assured again and again that the hundreds of offshore drilling rigs along our beaches are completely safe. Now, we've seen workers tragically killed. We've seen our ocean lit on fire, and now we're watching hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic oil seep toward wetlands and wildlife habitat.

Environmental Defense Fund calls for $4 billion for coastal restoration due to BP Oil Spill Disaster~Much of the money would be used to accelerate construction of five major restoration projects authorized by Congress in 2007 as part of the Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Plan.

Black Death: Will Fisheries Survive the Oil Spill?
~John Besh
~Hat Tip~American Zombie

Expedition Blue Planet:
Tab Benoit Voice of the Wetlands
Part 1~Bayou Child


In BP Oil Spill Disaster, Fragile Marshes Face New Threat

Dr. Jeff Masters' Wunderblog
~Surface ocean current forecast for 8pm EDT Tuesday, May 4 from the NOAA's RTOFS model run made at 8 pm EDT on Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
Note that on Tuesday, northwest winds are expected to create surface currents of about 1 m/s (roughly 2 mph) from the site of the spill towards the southeast. It is possible that these currents will be strong enough to transport oil far enough south that it will enter the Loop Current, which would then transport the oil into northwest Cuba, the Florida Keys, and South Florida.


BP Spill spares Terrebonne, Lafourche — for now
~Raymond Legendre
~Oyster Beds: Areas 2-7 east of Placqueminnes and St. Bernard CLOSED, upper schedules to be closed
BP Oil Spill Disaster has New Orleans diners, restaurateurs worrying about local seafood

Up to their necks in Possumneck – a tornado damage and “help needed” update ~slabbed
“New Orleans is his city, and he is going to know it inside and out. Without the spirit of the people who live there and take care of the city and honor its traditions, its love for music, its love for life, take those people out and you have why I love New Orleans so much.” Bullock said.

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