I saw the most gut-wrenching video so far on CNN this morning. The video showed birds so drenched in oil they could hardly move or breathe. Wave kept washing over one bird, and it barely had the strenth to try to keep it`s head above water. Another bird looked dead until it blinked it`s eyes. That all it could do,,,blink it`s eyes. The birds that do have any strength are still trying to clean their feathers by eating the oil, which has the consistency of tar. Imagine what that goo is doing to their stomachs and digestive system. And I can`t even begin to imagine the stress those poor things are going through.
There’s plenty of oil in the ground to go after.
The inaction on the part of too many people is what’s making this such a disaster.
There are plenty of ways of dealing with oil spills and to the best of my knowledge, almost none of them have been even attempted.
The white sand beaches on Florida’s Gulf coast are some of the most beautiful in the world. We’ve vacationed at some of them and it’s just heartbreaking to think of what they’re going to be like when the oil comes ashore.