Following Ixtoc, my children grew up thinking oil on the beach was normal, they survived, as will everyone else.
I remember going to Port Aransas a couple of summers around that time and the tar balls on the beach. We survived.
Except the 11 men on the Rig. everyone seems to forget about them. Not me
“they survived, as will everyone else.”
I haven’t heard anyone say that people are going to die from oil on the beaches and wetlands. The concern is about the economic and environmental impact of the spill. What was cheap in the past is a fortune in today’s economy.