Turtles and Other Wildlife Being Burned

I just received a report that fishermen hired by BP to collect turtles are no longer allowed within three or four miles of the Deepwater Horizon rig site. They say this area is where they have found most turtles and that BP is now gathering turtles and oil with skimmers and burning them off.

Still I wonder why the criminal is still in charge of the crime scene.

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In other news, I made the trip to Grand Isle with the Nola Oil Spill Cleanup and Animal Rescue Meetup group. We are all trained either as emergency responders or hazwopers and are prepared to take cleanup efforts into our own hands if the response does not improve. Grand Isle has uncleaned oil and I can only imagine how bad it is on remote islands with no human inhabitants. If BP and the government are willing to respond this slowly on an inhabited island, they may be doing nothing at all offshore. It is sickening.

FAIL

ABC News is reporting today that only 151 boats are skimming oil in the entire Gulf of Mexico. These boats are small.

Reports are coming in stating that there are barrier islands off Louisiana full of oiled pelicans with no responders in sight.

Volunteer Opp.

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is seeking volunteers for beach clean-up.

Beach Clean-Up in Cameron Parish
Saturday, June 5, 2010
8:30 am to 3:00 pm

This is to remove debris/garbage before the oil comes in. I am not 100% sure why this is necessary (isn't it good for debris to soak up oil before it is removed?), but if you want to participate:



Sign up here:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/316/personal2.asp?formid=event&c=9710393

More Nothing

I sat in Venice all day again today and no birds came in. I was volunteering with Audubon, and my job was to unload birds from boats and load them onto trucks to go get cleaned. There are fears that many birds are simply diving into oil and drowning, never to be found.

Volunteer with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade

There will be a training on how to deploy a balloon and kite 1,000 feet into the air with a camera attached to document the coast. The resolution is much better than that of Google's maps.

Wednesday, June 2
5pm
City Park in front of the New Orleans Museum of Art

A View Below the Surface

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/25/bp-does-not-want-you-to-see/#comments

Live Video Feed of Oil Flow

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

The New York Times reported on May 5, 2010, that BP plugged one of three "leaks."