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