Today my dad informed me that the oil could be reaching Mobile Bay on wednesday.I've never felt so helpless, especially being on the other side of the world from this horrific disaster. It can also be seen as a blessing being so far away, at least I don't have to be there to witness any of it. I can only imagine what 40 million gallons of oil is going to do to our coastline and seafood industries. That's what home is to me, a day at the beach, fishing long afternoons in the gulf and an abundant selection of fresh seafood. What is happening? The thick crude oil covering the white sandy beaches, dead dolphins, birds and sealife are images I can only pray never to see up close. My heart goes out to the shrimpers, fisherman and any others in the seafood industries that will be completely out of work for the next 10 years. It's easy to turn a blind eye when you don't care about an issue at hand, but my home coast happens to be something I hold very close to my heart. There is already close to 40 million gallons of oil floating in the gulf of mexico, the worst part is it's still going. They can't stop it and efforts to clean it are failing. "Figure out how to cut the damn thing off", one of my favorite quotes from a Louisiana fisherman. Plain and simple.Already six weeks into the initial explosion and there is no guarantee this spill will be stopped by august. Democrats and Republicans alike are both in agreement that we need to seriously step it up! It also makes me agry to sit here and watch world news correspondants arguing over this issue in their fancy buisness attire, they have no idea of the good people and environment it's effecting. Pointing fingers at this point isn't going to help anything, it just diverts the focus. We know who's fault it is and we also know who has the most control over efforts to solve it.
Fact: Happier than ever to be on the clean coasts of Australia this summer, never taking it for granted!
