That little oil leak

[Jon T.]

Pensacola Beach, 5/9/10.

Brother, that just killed me.  Pensacola Beach means more to me than any other place in the world and that picture just flooded me with memories.

It kind of feels like that book "On the Beach"  we're just helplessly waiting for the end and trying to act normal.

I hear ya.  Here's a few more for you.  First one is the same day, some punk kid jumped in the way of the camera:



These two are the weekend before, very hazy and overcast.  At that point, we thought it would be washing ashore at any time so we just wanted to get out there.  These are from the new pier, that thing is a monster:

[BH]

jon your boy is TOO damn cute.

[FiddleCastro]

[Jon T.]

jon your boy is TOO damn cute.

Thanks, BH!  I think so, too!

On a side note, I'm not exactly sure what the "selection process" involves, but I just got selected to be part of the "Wildlife Recovery and Rehabilitation" team.  There is a six hour, graded certification course Friday night.  I guess after that I'm a certified Park Ranger?  ;D

[jones]

We passed a bunch in central Illinois last week.  It's really a striking sight.

I suppose they could be viewed as a blight on the landscape too, but I thought they looked pretty cool.

I flew over a windmill farm in central Illinois on my way to Oshkosh, Wisconsin last year (possibly the same one not too far from Bloomington or Champaign?) and it was pretty impressive.  

Only thing was, on that day, they weren't turning.

[jones]

It looks like there are three in central IL from Horizon Wind Energy LLC:

[bowl of soup]

jon your boy is TOO damn cute.

Thanks, BH!  I think so, too!

On a side note, I'm not exactly sure what the "selection process" involves, but I just got selected to be part of the "Wildlife Recovery and Rehabilitation" team.  There is a six hour, graded certification course Friday night.  I guess after that I'm a certified Park Ranger?  ;D

Yea man, you kid is getting big.  Amazing pictures here:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly_in_the.html

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

jon your boy is TOO damn cute.

Thanks, BH!  I think so, too!

On a side note, I'm not exactly sure what the "selection process" involves, but I just got selected to be part of the "Wildlife Recovery and Rehabilitation" team.  There is a six hour, graded certification course Friday night.  I guess after that I'm a certified Park Ranger?  ;D

Yea man, you kid is getting big.  Amazing pictures here:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly_in_the.html

who wants to go for a swim?

[Love Dogg]

jon your boy is TOO damn cute.

Thanks, BH!  I think so, too!

On a side note, I'm not exactly sure what the "selection process" involves, but I just got selected to be part of the "Wildlife Recovery and Rehabilitation" team.  There is a six hour, graded certification course Friday night.  I guess after that I'm a certified Park Ranger?  ;D

Yea man, you kid is getting big.  Amazing pictures here:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly_in_the.html

who wants to go for a swim?

That makes my soul ache.

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

Drill baby drill.

[Jon T.]

Drill baby drill.

What's the point of this?  :-/

[Penny Lane]

It is sickening and scary.

BP blaming Haliburton...things that make you go hmmmmmm

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-gulf-oil-testimony,0,214192.story?track=rss

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

It is sickening and scary.

BP blaming Haliburton...things that make you go hmmmmmm

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-gulf-oil-testimony,0,214192.story?track=rss

I blame BP for working with Halliburton it's their own fault.  BP contracted the shit.  They are responsible and they better come to terms with that very quickly.  The sad thing is, is you have these multi-millionaires all sitting on the stand playing the blame game when it probably wouldn't hurt any of their pockets to just fix the fucking problem.  Instead of trying these cheap, random, "maybe it will work" ideas they should just drop the cash it costs to fix the fucking thing and cut their losses.  Then again they are probably still harvesting that oil from the sea which is probably another reason they are taking so long.  

[FiddleCastro]

It is sickening and scary.

BP blaming Haliburton...things that make you go hmmmmmm

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-gulf-oil-testimony,0,214192.story?track=rss

BP, i don't care who's fault this was, just... fix it?

:-?

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

Drill baby drill.

What's the point of this?  :-/

Irony.

[Jon T.]

Drill baby drill.

What's the point of this?  :-/

Irony.

Apologies.

I remember the first time I saw a map like that I was floored.  I live on the Gulf Coast and had always just assumed there were a "few" platforms out there.   Unbelievable

[mjkoehler]

good grief. I didn't realize there were drilling that f'n much.

Don't we have the hydrogen fuel cell tech now, Can't we get off this oil shit?

[megalicious]

this makes me sick
:'(

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=2

[TheBigChicken]

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=2

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