May 11, 2010
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Drill, Baby, Drill: Part One
I haven’t written anything about the Gulf oil spill until now, but I’ve followed the news about it as closely as I could. Because we live in a coastal city that has a vested interest in the Gulf beaches and the fishing industry, we take something like an oil spill pretty seriously. A big section of our downtown city marina has been set up as a staging area for booms and other equipment that will be used to contain the oil if it comes our way. Today I drove down to the marina to see what’s going on. One of the things I saw was a huge tent with a large number of workers under it. It was two o’clock in the afternoon, so it wasn’t a lunch break. Some of the people–and there must have been a hundred or more–were sitting on the ground, but many of them were lying on the ground as though taking a nap. I’m sure there was a good reason for this “break,” but it wasn’t apparent to me.
I’ve titled this entry “Part One” because I expect to write about the spill and related activities again. Maybe next time I’ll actually see some of the workers working.
ED
Comments (1)
It took me all the way until last week to write about the oil spill, I’m sure you are like me, you are probably disgusted by the whole thing. I certainly hope there was a good reason for this break, because they have got their work cut out for them.