Wow, another month has gone bye! The weather is being very nice in Michigan and the Amphicar is being used a lot! Pictured above are my sons and Mark's new girlfriend, Angie on the chain of lakes.
On my lake, the swans are raising their young teaching them all they need to know. The male swan is extremely protective and can have quite a bad attitude as this male goose found out. Normally a male goose is pretty tough himself, but he didn't stand a chance against this new Dad.
My post last month was dire concerning the gulf coast oil disaster and time proves it more so! Today is day 44 of the well Macondo's failure and it has become the greatest ecological disaster in our history. Pensacola reports oil on the beaches today and it will continue to dump millions more gallons and spread to more states, killing their marshes, wetlands, and beaches. Some scientists say there is enough oil under pressure in the deepwater horizon block to gush for 7 years at this rate!
Hurricane season started yesterday and is predicted to be above normal activity. A large hurricane will churn the oil that is hanging out there submerged to the surface and the storm surge will push it all inland covering everything with oil. It won't be pretty and it will change the way we live.
What's the bottom line? If you don't have the technology to control a well at this depth, you had no business drilling it in the first place!!!!!!
Don't think we won't all pay for this in so many ways. They lowered the gas price a bit to make you feel better and take the pressure off, but this disaster will lead to 5 dollar gas next year and the beginning of serious change to our fossil fuel dependence.
A sorry state indeed. I leave you with a sunset pic from my beach!
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