I'm not going to get on a soapbox and detail my personal views about energy sources and off-shore drilling and the like. That's for another time and place. I will say that I am completely heart-broken over this oil spill and the lasting effects it will have on the Gulf Coast; it is frightening to realize this could "ecplipse the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in scope and damage." For those of us who grew up on the Gulf, I think the tragedy reaches a little deeper into our hearts. The next time I see the snow-white beaches of my childhood, everything may very have completely changed. The oil slick is now about 70 miles from Florida's coastline, but scientists and residents alike fear that if BP cannot cap the leak, the huge amount of oil will get so large the strong Gulf currents will push the slick straught to the Keys and out into the Atlantic as well.
I don't exactly know what all the answers are, but I do know that we are stewards of this good Earth the Lord created and He weeps when His creation is in turmoil. I and many others are weeping with our God at this sight.
For more coverage and pictures, please see The Boston Globe's
Big Picture.
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I am with you on this....absolutely heartbroken. I think that it will never be the same.
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