I was talking with a group of friends the other night about this possibility, and the effects could be quite possiblity make the entire Eastern Seaboard Uninhabitable.

As it stands right now the lower savannas of the Gulf region are contaminated beyond repair not only from the oil but even more so from the the chemical solution (that BP also owns) that is supposed to clump up the oil.   People know the effects of oil on wildlife the environment, but the long term effects of the disbursement chemicals is unknown.

In our conversation we talked through the possibility of oil plumes rounding the Florida Keys and getting caught up in the Gulf Stream and sweeping up the Eastern Seaboard in the currents.

Just in time for hurricane season, monstrous oil plumes sweeping up into the Atlantic just offshore of the East Coast, and then throw in a hurricane for good measure.   No matter where the Hurricane actually landed wouldn’t even matter because of the fact that oil and water don’t mix therefore the oil will be floating on the surface and as the winds and rain start whipping up the seas the entire East Coast will be inundated with rain that is made up of mostly oil.

What then will happen to places like the Eastern Shore?

What will happen to our rich farm land?

What will happen to our pristine beaches?

What will happen to our abundant wildlife?

What will happen to our waterways and tributaries?

What will happen to our way of life?

Think for a moment of a Nor’Easter in the late fall and winter with the wind whipping the rain sideways for days on end?

Will our cars, and houses and selves be covered in oily rain?

Will our grass and crops grow again next year?

Will our groundwater be forever contaminated?

It’s time to start asking these questions!

It’s been 2 months since this oil well collapsed in the Gulf and our Government had DONE NOTHING about it.

I understand the right to private property, and believe in it whole heartedly, yet in our town, we have an ordinance that we can’t have untagged cars in our yard or else they will be towed.  Even though it is my private property, I still have to abide by the rules of the town.

If I drilled a hole in my backyard and struck oil but couldn’t figure out how to cap it off and flooded the streets and yards of our neighbors and town, and river , then the bay etc.,  wouldn’t you think that the government would step in and figure out a way to cap and then bill me for the cost of fixing it and cleaning up the mess?

Of course they would, so please someone please, tell me why we are just sitting on our thumbs watching this disaster unfold?

posted on: Monday, July 12th, 2010 @ 11:27 pm

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