My mom is a retired science teacher. She worked with Dawn (the soap) on a big thing to get animals cleaned up from oil spills years ago. She has decided that she wants to go down and see the big oil spill. I don't think that's weird because she really has a scientific mind and I can see her really being interested in all this.
However, she wants to bring some back. In her mind, it's a piece of history. Again, I can sorta understand that. It is the worst oil spill in history. Here's what's REALLY bothering me. She wants to give out little bottles to her friends. Giving them 'pieces' of history.
To me, I see all the dying birds and turtles and to give away 'souvineers" seems...irreverent.
What say you?
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[QUOTE]Why wouldn't she take an oil-covered sea shell? I can't imagine that collecting that crude is 1. safe or 2. allowed. Not that they are even on most of the beaches where the oil is so she could get away with it. But why? It serves no purpose.
Posted by vallyhoo[/QUOTE]
I imagine she could do it safely, since she worked on that Dawn project, she knows what she's doing. Didn't think about it being legal or not. I agree it serves no purpose, but like I said, she thinks it's a piece of history. Like how people have pieces of the Berlin Wall.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/africa/17nigeria.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/201006210097.html
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/06/30/Oil-spills-ignored-Nigerians-say/UPI-56551277907773/
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/29/nigeria.oil/?fbid=y9OYzNX85hP
Not that this situation isn't tragic. I just think it's something to think about - how many people assume this current situation is the worst ever, with not even an inkling about Nigeria.
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Speaking of the oil spill.... we were talking about it at work this morning. We were talking about what impact a hurricane would have.
One of my coworkers told me that there is already oil/chemicals that is literally raining down on people living in that area. I haven't actually heard this from a news source. But does anyone know anything about that?
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This saddens me. It saddens me mostly because it could have been prevented and it's still fucking leaking!!
My job and 90% of the people I know's jobs rely on oil and gas and without it I wouldn't make the money that I make. But, jesus christ, seriously, I hate it right now. When I read more about it, I wish I still did hair because I am ashamed to be part of the industry.
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[QUOTE]Actually, this isn't the worst oil disaster in history. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/africa/17nigeria.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/africa/17nigeria.html</a> <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201006210097.html" rel="nofollow">http://allafrica.com/stories/201006210097.html</a> <a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/06/30/Oil-spills-ignored-Nigerians-say/UPI-56551277907773/" rel="nofollow">http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/06/30/Oil-spills-ignored-Nigerians-say/UPI-56551277907773/</a> <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/29/nigeria.oil/?fbid=y9OYzNX85hP" rel="nofollow">http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/29/nigeria.oil/?fbid=y9OYzNX85hP</a> Not that this situation isn't tragic. I just think it's something to think about - how many people assume this current situation is the worst ever, with not even an inkling about Nigeria.
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Nope, I hadn't heard of that. Nice Gatekeeping, media. Go you.
Maybe her intentions would be put to better use if she went down there and found a way to volunteer and help with the clean up.
But to give out to her friends as gifts? That's really weird and inappropriate, IMO.
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There was an article in the Christian Science Monitor about how the raining oil thing doesn't scientifically make any sense. It might be raining oil, but it's not from Deepwater Horizon.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0624/Raining-oil-in-Louisiana-Video-suggests-Gulf-oil-spill-causing-crude-rain?sp_rid=NTI5OTY3MDcyMwS2&sp_mid=4488537
Seeing the spill, cleaning the birds and whatnot - admirable. Bringing the mess home - strange.
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The scariest thing I've read is that the EPA is saying that it's unsafe for pregnant women to even live on the gulf coast right now.
What on earth would I do if I were pregnant and lived there?
[QUOTE]I could maybe see, as a science teacher, bringing a jar back to show her classes or similar as part of a lesson on environmentalism or similar. But to give out to her friends as gifts? That's really weird and inappropriate, IMO.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]
I think that's where this thing came from. She did some really amazing things when she was a teacher. She was NASA certified and got to present moon rocks and did the Dawn thing and a million other cool things. I think her mindset is still there and she's just not thinking like a normal person.
[QUOTE]I think it's gross and morbid. And not the same as a chunk of inert rock from a wall that humans built to separate themselves. She's talking about bringing home a toxic substance whose existence where it doesn't belong is the basis for the tragedy. Putting it in dozens more places where it doesn't belong isn't an improvement. Besides, without some sort of authenticating certificate, she has no PROOF of what it is or where it came from. So, I don't see how it helps preserve history. Seeing the spill, cleaning the birds and whatnot - admirable. Bringing the mess home - strange.
Posted by squirrly[/QUOTE]
Great articulation.
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[QUOTE]Yeah, I agree Salt. I tried to articulate my feelings on it, but I didn't even know what to say other than irreverant. <strong>I hope she just goes, looks and sees dead birds and rethinks everything.</strong>
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]
I'd bet this would happen, granted I don't know your mom, but I have a few dozen friends and colleagues who have gone and they've told me it's the most depressing thing. It's like watching an entire coast line just be obliterated.
I am planning on going to the panhandle, but that is still so far from the marshes and the most heavily impacted areas.
I doubt very seriously if she can even get close enough to the beach to get any of the oil. That does seem pretty weird. I hate seeing the pics of the animals. I feel so bad for them. I also hate the fact that we can send people to the moon but can't seem to get someone down there and stop this leak!!
[QUOTE]LVB, not that this is a big deal or anything, but why is there such a big gap between your posts and your picture? I keep wondering...I have to actually scroll down to realize it's you posting...
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Hmm...maybe because the background is so grey it's white and it fades into the white of the posting area? Anyone else have to scroll that far?