I think that might be part of it. I think there's also a natural curiosity that people have...to see what an oil spill looks like. The beaches are beautiful here. I'll take note of the amount of people I see after the sludge arrives. I'm sure people will quickly lose their sense of curiosity.
I live on the water. The prospect of my yard dying in some way because of this is bad, especially because we do grow some food crops in the yard.
What I don’t think people outside our region realize, and I don’t think the guys at BP get it, is that this is our entire way of life thats about to die. For those who aren’t familiar with the world along I-10 we are more a region to ourselves than to our respective states and our whole culture is based around the proximity to the water.
We’re about to lose our entire culture for I don’t know how long. Hurricanes destroy property but that can always be rebuilt and it doesn’t change how we live. This is going to change how we live. That’s what scares me.