Spill in the gulf
May. 27th, 2010 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eohartmanSome sobering pictures of the oil spill.
I haven't talked about the oil spill in here at all because it makes me extremely sad and angry at the same time. I am devastated by all the destruction this oil rig explosion has caused, to the ocean, the land, all the wildlife, the local fisheries, the economy, and the 11 souls that lost their lives on the rig. I'm angry that this rig had many violations *before* the explosion happened, there were many warning signs 12+ hours *before* the explosion, and yet they still continued to drill. I'm furious that our previous and current administration allowed this to happen, and has continued to issue permits to drill oil even after a halt in those permits was promised.
This photo shatters my soul and embodies all that I think about this oil spill:
Caption: A young heron sits dying amidst oil splattering underneath mangrove on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay, along the the coast of Louisiana on Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
I didn't put it behind a cut because I think people need to see it. This is one of the very few times I openly post about something harming wildlife, because it hurts me so much.
I haven't talked about the oil spill in here at all because it makes me extremely sad and angry at the same time. I am devastated by all the destruction this oil rig explosion has caused, to the ocean, the land, all the wildlife, the local fisheries, the economy, and the 11 souls that lost their lives on the rig. I'm angry that this rig had many violations *before* the explosion happened, there were many warning signs 12+ hours *before* the explosion, and yet they still continued to drill. I'm furious that our previous and current administration allowed this to happen, and has continued to issue permits to drill oil even after a halt in those permits was promised.
This photo shatters my soul and embodies all that I think about this oil spill:
Caption: A young heron sits dying amidst oil splattering underneath mangrove on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay, along the the coast of Louisiana on Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
I didn't put it behind a cut because I think people need to see it. This is one of the very few times I openly post about something harming wildlife, because it hurts me so much.
