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Frothy, Funky, Foam, deniselngbch (Long Beach, MS), October 10, 2010:
The title says it all…that awful dispersed oil and foam and the horrible stench of that muratic acid like smell that makes your tongue and senses numb were prevalent today.
More reports of floating sand:
* More reports of Corexit-linked “FLOATING SAND” in Gulf — Large POWDERED blobs on surface (PHOTOS) * MUST SEE: Pilot observes “a lot of white foamy substance never seen before and that none of us could identify from the air” (PHOTO) * “Dispersant foam” impacting MS beaches, wetlands — “Huge thick BLANKET” of “dispersant floating in the channel” (PHOTOS) * South of Tampa: Phones buzzing “with callers reporting oil” — WHITE BUBBLES and FOAM; Officials say “nothing out of the ordinary” (PHOTO) * Long, SAND-colored ribbons/streamers floating in and around Apalachicola Bay, Florida (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)
In the light of British Petroleum’s grotesque crime, as yet unfinished, against humanity in the Gulf of Mexico, it is well to recall briefly BP’s no less hideous crime perpetrated in its earlier incarnation as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and, later, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC).
The White House blocked efforts by federal scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could have been…
In documents released Wednesday, the national oil spill commission’s staff reveals that in late April or early May the White House budget office denied a request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make public the worst-case discharge from the blown-out well. …
BP’s drilling permit for the Macondo well originally estimated the worst scenario to be a leak of 6.8 million gallons per day. In late April, the Coast Guard and NOAA received an updated estimate of 2.7 million to 4.6 million gallons per day. …
University of South Florida oceanographer David Hollander, who was also at the St. Petersburg meeting of 150 scientists studying the oil flow on Wednesday, said he was surprised to find that the White House budget office gagged NOAA.
Few days are left for public comment against the US Navy planned massacre millions of animals and public health crises. According to a letter from Senator Barbara Boxer and other senators to NOAA in 2009, the US Navy has had plans for "ocean exercises" including in the Gulf of Mexico. The letter expressed concern about the Navy's "exercises" ultimately massacring 11.7 million marine mammals within five years according to the Agriculture Defense Coalition. A California special report on TV highlighted chemical weapon testing.
Will Bacterial Plague Follow Crude Oil Spill Along Gulf Coast?, New York Times (Greenwire), June 17, 2010:
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Some bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico love eating oil as much as they like infecting humans. … One of the more pressing questions involves Vibrio… vulnificus… this year there is a likely possibility, scientists say, that Vibrio growth could be further spurred, directly or indirectly, in response to the oil and the organic flotsam it has left behind.
What is Vibrio vulnificus? Report: Houston man’s death linked to flesh-eating bacteria, 11 News KHOU (Houston), September 22, 2010:
Galveston, TX
DOH: Six Die from Deadly Saltwater Bacteria, WONO (Orlando), September 14, 2010:
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday that six deaths have occurred this year as a result of a deadly bacteria, at least two of them from raw oyster consumption. Known as Vibrio vulnificus, the bacteria infects the body in two ways, either by exposure to contaminated seafood or through an open wound exposed to contaminated seawater. DOH said that the other four deaths remain under investigation as to the source of the exposure. DOH is warning Floridians to avoid eating raw oysters and exposing open wounds to seawater and estuarine water.
The following experts were interviewed by the New York Times:
Rita Colwell, former director of the National Science Foundation and an expert in marine microbial life:
“The question is: Will there be an inadvertent enhancement of the growth of these potential human pathogens… It’s a question, and the answer is uncertain.”
Jay Grimes, marine microbiologist at the University of Southern Mississippi: