Oil shows up near Alabama beach resort town

[KeepItReal]

Source: CNN

Oil from the massive spill in the Gulf has moved into the inland waterway along coastal Alabama, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to close Perdido Pass, the main water access route for fishermen and boaters in the popular resort town of Orange Beach.

BP and the government have tried to protect the pass for weeks with thousands of feet of boom, but thick waves of oil have seeped into the pass and down the waterway, coating the marshy shoreline as it moves through.

People in the community are frustrated, watching the massive oil spill ruin, not only the once pristine beaches and turquoise water of the Gulf, but their livelihood, as well.
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Ybarra said BP and the government don't seem to know how to respond to the ongoing disaster.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/10/alabama.oil.spill/index.html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29

[madrchsod]

1. pictures of perdido pass and other beaches in the area

http://www.orangebeach.ws/Orange_Beach_Photo_Pages/Perdido_Pass_Pictures.html

[Ian David]

2. It looks like rising sea levels or a hurricane would have claimed it soon anyway.

"Hey, y'all, let's build a giant hotel on a sandbar."

[Kolesar]

5. No problem--the president declares a disaster and the other 49 states pay to repair it

Jobs are created, politicians get reelected, life goes on

[katnapped]

3. Come on now...

Obviously must be a Walmart truck that spilled over and lost a couple of cases of oil. Couldn't be anything that BP did. Tony Hayward says so and I believe him!

:sarcasm:

[joanmj]

4. I don't....

[marions ghost]

6. sad about this

hope a few yachts get well oiled though...as long as it's happening.

[Ticonderoga]

7. Welp,

Guess their unfetterd support of the Criminal Bu$h/Cheney Cabal doesn't seem like such a grand Ol Party Idea these days does it? Dumbasses.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, KeepItReal.

[KeepItReal]

9. You're welcome

Would you believe I actually have an Uncle Joe in Baton Rouge?

:fistbump:

[Uncle Joe]

10. I been told

told that a few times, but not one in Baton Rouge, until now.:)

Peace to you,:fistbump: