DEEPWATER, THE IMPACT OF THIS IS HUGE. IT IS BIG, IT IS WIDE, IT IS BAD, AND IT IS UGLY. THE INHABITANTS OF THE GULF ARE BEING EXPOSED TO AN ATROCITY
It is amazing. I have just done a quick look through the net to see if anyone is still keeping up on the after effects of this spill and .... except for Mississippi suing BP for several reasons, it is as if the accident never happened. What gives? It is no longer a "sexy" story?
No update on the effects to the local wildlife? Not even the current situation of the creatures that have ingested the poisons? Not even a mention of the illnesses felt by the locals?
Or is that just not sexy either?
Thousands of marine animals still in danger from hidden oil in Gulf. The problems are far from over.
Scientists affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
HIDDEN OIL AND GAS PLUMES IN THE GULF
Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout, and the enormous environmental destruction it is causing, forced her to change the way she works.
"As an oceanographer, you are trained to make these detailed cruise plans," notes Joye. "Everything is just so, 'I'm going to be here on day one and here on day ten'."
Days after the BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, Joye got the wheels in motion to submit a proposal for a "Grant for Rapid Response Research" from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her goal was to investigate underwater oil and gas plumes, and determine how this disaster was impacting deepwater organisms.
Within a week, NSF approved the grant. Joye and her team from the University of Georgia, along with researchers from several other universities, spent May 24 through June 6, 2010 aboard the University of Miami research vessel, Walton Smith, departing from Gulfport, Miss.
"I don't think I've ever flown by the seat of my pants the way we were flying there. But these are dynamic features, changing every single day," says Joye.
One complication of this trip: the smells of the huge amount of hydrocarbons that started spewing on April 20th. It could sometimes be overpowering.
"It was nauseating," says Joye. She described the intense smell as something like a cross between between diesel fuel, creosote, and gasoline.
"Just wretched, wretched, dense air and it's hot, it's humid, and the air is just saturated with these very uncomfortable smells," she explains.
The scientists and the ship's crew had to wear respirators and protective suits at times, especially near "ground zero" where the blowout occurred.
Joye is a biogeochemist, who studies the natural seepage of oil and gas from the floor of the Gulf. At the time, the natural seepage rate in the Gulf of Mexico was on the order of 1,000 barrels a day, over the entire Gulf. But in a 20-mile-long, 3-mile-wide oil and gas plume Joye tracked, the amount of oil and gas was off the charts.
One night, the rescue of a single, oil-soaked bird had an impact on everyone on the ship.
"He was exhausted. His wings were covered in oil, his eyes, [and] his mouth. It was just gut-wrenching and everyone was in tears, myself included. You see this innocent animal, doing the same thing that it had done for all of its life. And instantly, he is coated in this stuff that weighs down his wings. And there's just this look of desperation and fear in his eyes," says Joye. "Animals like that bird, whales, and sea turtles, and fish, and every organism that inhabits the Gulf of Mexico are being exposed to an atrocity."
Black and Blue Beneath the Gulf Oil Disaster
October 26, 2010
Black and Blue Beneath the Gulf Oil Disaster
A half-hour documentary exploring the work of Dr. Samantha Joye, University of Georgia marine science professor, as she documents and studies the impact of the BP oil blow out in the Gulf of Mexico
White House will try to silence me again on oil spill, says marine scientist
Samantha Joye - a Marine Science Professor from the UGA, who was among the first researchers to identify underwater plumes of oil gushing from the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico - says the White House will no doubt attempt to silence her once again on her latest findings.
On The Rachel Maddow Show - The Deadly Oil Plumes in the Gulf of Mexico
On the Rachel Maddow Show, after spending the last two weeks in the Gulf, Dr. Samantha Joye (professor of marine sciences at the University of Georgia) talks about the nature and the danger of the massive underwater oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico. 6/6/10
100,000s: UNBELIEVABLE FISHKILL in Louisiana ~ ALL TYPES, EVEN MAMMALS
Dead 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.
Oil was present near fishkill:
COREXIT KILLING FISH IN MASSACHUSETTS! DON'T EAT THE FISH! 8-10-2010
Low Oxygen Levels Killing Tens of Thousands of Gulf Sea Life along Miss. Coast
"and the seafood is still good to eat"!!!
The Most Important Video On YOUTUBE ! (Video's)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Sunday, November 07, 2010
Australia: Corexit EC9500 and Corexit EC9527A Used, Activists Claim 8 Deaths, Fish Kills Linked to the Dispersant's !
By xdrfox (Bio|Stories) on Wednesday, November 03, 2010
* BREAKING * "They Knew" ! (video)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Sunday, October 31, 2010
More stories and pictures/Videos from East Coast of Florida.
Oil appears to be sinking under the sands on beaches (PICS)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Saturday, August 14, 2010
In the Water on the Beach and In the Hole Where They Play (PICS)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Monday, October 11, 2010
Plants are Showing Us There Is Something in The Rain. (Pictures)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Monday, October 11, 2010
East Coast Beach sand anomilalies with black stuff -- what is that foam in the water ? (Video)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Sunday, October 10, 2010
Crabs dead along shores, Under docks and along shores Ormond Bch, Fl. (Pictures Taken Today) !
To Gulf Oil Spill on Sunday, August 22, 2010
They play on Blackened beaches of dead and dieing !
To Gulf Oil Spill on Friday, August 13, 2010
Corexit Being Used On The East Coast ??
To Gulf Oil Spill on Thursday, August 19, 2010
Hermit crabs dieing ! Along with the Blue Crabs, Oysters, Ghost Crabs, Barnacles ! (PICS)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Turtles are on the move regardless of oil. (pics)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Here is the oil from the Gulf, it's on Beaches and everywhere !! And Many have been swimming in it !!! (pics)
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Oil, Water, Sand, and Beaches
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Halifax River, from Granada Bridge Highway 40 Ormond Beach Fl.
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Waters of Ponce Inlet Fl.
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
My findings of Blue Crabs over the last few weeks.
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Their here !! ... A strange encounter at Ormond Beach, where spill hits the beach and the News !
To Gulf Oil Spill on Saturday, July 10, 2010
Update on TAR MATS N. Ormond Beach, found seagulls dead now too !
To Gulf Oil Spill on Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Small "TAR MATS" found today North Ormond Bch. Fl. East Coast. "PICS"
To Gulf Oil Spill on Tuesday, July 06, 2010
"Tens of thousands of Jelly fish are washing ashore Florida East Coast"
To Environment on Thursday, July 01, 2010
Guide to Finding a Clean Beach... LOL
To Gulf Oil Spill on Friday, August 20, 2010
- While the Gulf of Mexico Weeps
- BP Oil Slams Florida
- Upcoming Corporate Gulf Town Hall Meeting 'Do's and Don't's'
- LSU Oceanography Researcher Discovers Toxic Algae In Open Water; Contradicts Commonly-Proposed Approach To Reducing Global Climate Change
- Scientists wary of BP oil spill's long-term effects on species, we could miss the big picture until populations crash
Noor,
ReplyDeleteDublin Mick has been banging on about this since it happened, thing is, as we well know, the shitty media are not goin' to report the facts, if they did, everyone would know by now that 911 was an inside job!!!! You know what lady, I sometimes wonder whether it would be a good thing if the vermin had their way. That is what it might take for the masses to awaken to the reality of our situation. Having said that, they know full well that they would be awakening a sleeping giant, we are the irresistible force, they are NOT the immovable object. Palestine keeps us ticking simply because, for everything that has happened there, they are still a thorn in the side of the vermin, and, they are winning the hearts and minds of a lot of ppl, as it gets closer to home, all will be revealed, then the shit hits the fan and the vermin run for cover. There will be no cover to be found, but they will be forgiven...... which is their worst nightmare..... forgiven by who????? The goyim?????? YES
Love and peace and happiness to all
Steve B