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Posted by clueless [201.197.231.58] on Friday, April 30, 2010 at 20:40:34 :
In Reply to: Re: Oh well posted by M Fanoni [32.173.209.92] on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 22:54:00 :
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36800673/ns/us_news-environment/
Kind of errie--imagine not being able to stop it.
There is no way to stop it’
Mike Brewer, 40, who lost his oil spill response company in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina nearly five years ago, said the area was accustomed to the occasional minor spill. But he feared the scale of the escaping oil was beyond the capacity of existing resources.
"You're pumping out a massive amount of oil. There is no way to stop it," he said.
An emergency shrimping season was opened to allow shrimpers to scoop up their catch before it is fouled by oil. And shrimpers were being lined up to use their boats as makeshift skimmers in the shallows.
This murky water and the oysters in it have provided a livelihood for three generations of Frank and Mitch Jurisich's family in Empire, La.