The pictures coming out of the Gulf of Mexico make the heart sick. It’s been over a month now since the accident. The oil spill is now damaging the fragil ecosystem of Louisiana and its neighbors. Reuters News says “Louisiana fears oil onshore is just the start.” I imagine that it is going to take decades for this area to recover. But before recovery even starts, this nasty oil gusher has to be stopped.
Here on the Western side of the States, with our beautiful Pacific beaches, the thought of something like this happening here makes me want to throw up. We have enough problems watching out for big ships that tend to dump fuel now and again. My sympathy for the people who depend on the waters and beaches of the Gulf of Mexico is huge.
The effort to stop this oil gusher seem too little too late, and it is so hard to understand why BP (Bad Polluters of Biblical Proportions) has no idea what to do to get control over this thing. I also think that our government is not responding with enough outrage for the situation. Since I am feeling so awful about this disaster, I guess I want to see more feeling from our president and others, and I want to know that they are putting pressure on BP to get the job done. Or maybe it is time to step in, take over, and do the job.
I’ve reached the point where I don’t believe anything that BP says anymore. First they claimed the oil was just a “leak” and not that much, and they also have been claiming that the environmental impact would be modest. I don’t believe that for a moment. What I’m wondering is just how bad it’s going to get, and how far the damage will spread.
As for news here in Mason County, we’ve been having a bit of odd weather for May, but are moving steadily toward summer. As the weather improves those of us in real estate are counting on seeing more action in the buying and selling of land and homes. We have some beautiful waterfront properties listed in our office right now and with summer soon to arrive its a great time to get waterfront. I’m looking forward to the kind of good weather that tempts me to take the drive to the Pacific ocean, which is pretty close to us. I am grateful that our ocean beaches are still beautiful and undamaged. May they remain so in the years to come.
