Jackson Jambalaya

Not good for Halliburton.

This is what is so sad. we have this to look forward to!

Lingering Valdez Oil


Oil Remains: The Persistence, Toxicity, and Impact of Exxon Valdez Oil
Visitors today experience the spectacular scenery and wildlife of Prince William Sound and the North Gulf of Alaska. However, one of the most stunning revelations of Trustee Council-funded monitoring over the last ten years is that Exxon Valdez oil persists in the environment and in places, is nearly as toxic as it was the first few weeks after the spill.

This was not expected at the time of the spill or even ten years later. In 1999, beaches in the sound appeared clean on the surface. Some subsurface oil had been reported in a few places, but it was expected to decrease over time and most importantly, to have lost its toxicity due to weathering. A few species were not recovering at the expected rate in some areas, but continuing exposure to oil was not suspected as the primary cause.

In 2001, researchers at the Auke Bay Laboratories, NOAA Fisheries, conducted a survey of the mid-to-upper intertidal in areas of the sound that were heavily or moderately oiled in 1989. Researchers dug over 9,000 pits, at 91 sites, over a 95-day field season. Over half the sites were contaminated with Exxon Valdez oil. Oil was found at different levels of intensity from light sheening; to oil droplets; to heavy oil where the pit would literally fill with oil. They estimated that approximately 16,000 gallons (60,000 liters), of oil remained. The survey also showed a trend of an increasing number of oiled pits as they surveyed lower into the intertidal zone, indicating that there was more oil to be found lower down the beach. In 2003, additional surveys determined that while the majority of subsurface oil was in the mid-intertidal, a significant amount was also in the lower intertidal. The revised estimate of oil was now more than 21,000 gallons (80,000 liters). Additional surveys outside Prince William Sound have documented lingering oil also on the Kenai Peninsula and the Katmai coast, over 450 miles away.

The amount of Exxon Valdez oil remaining substantially exceeds the sum total of all previous oil pollution on beaches in Prince William Sound, including oil spilled during the 1964 earthquake. This Exxon Valdez oil is decreasing at a rate of 0-4% per year, with only a 5% chance that the rate is as high as 4%. At this rate, the remaining oil will take decades and possibly centuries to disappear entirely.

I'm wondering if we need to rethink Fort Morgan in July. Hope Not.

actually found a thread on TD. http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=19203755 Haven't been to that site since that epic "stripper stories" thread a few yrs back. LOLZ the Corndogs come thru every now & then.

Representatives from BP, Halliburton and Transcoean spoke frankly to representatives at the closed-door meeting a source told the Los Angeles Times.

The source who attended the meeting said that company representatives had a "deer in headlights" look and that the tenor of the conversation was that the companies "are attempting to solve a problem which they have never had to solve before at this depth ... at this scope of disaster. They essentially said as much."

"What we heard was worst-case scenario, with no good solutions," said the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the meeting.

we need to have this ready to go ASAP! This was news to the oil companies!

http://www.waltonso.org/

After reading the article in the CL about the checks BP was issuing the vietamese shrimpers, It dawned on me that
,no doubt, most of the fishing industry operates heavily on a cash basis. Whether its a sports fishing charter or commercial fisherman, I doubt very many show profits on their
IRS reporting.
How would they ever proove losses ???