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Government denies BP oil involved in record fish kill
The largest fish kill in living memory, including a dead whale from the Macando Well region, occurs just days after a massive tide of BP oil hits Louisiana waterways. The Dept. of Wildlife denies a connection.
Fri, Sep 17 2010 at 12:14 AM
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SAD: Massive fish kills that extend as far as the eye can see. (Photo: Billy Nungesser/WWL)
My sister lives in a small town in Louisiana, and while the rest of the world may have moved on from the BP oil spill story, she and her neighbors have not. In the South, the local news is packed with firsthand accounts of fisherman pulling in nets of dead, oil-soaked crabs, recreational boaters bumping into dead dolphins, and (pictured above) massive fish kills that extend as far as the eye can see.
The fish kill in Bayou Chaland last week occurred only days after an oil-soaked tide hit the marshes, but the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries declared that there is no connection, and that the kill resulted from unseasonably warm weather.
The thing is, its always unseasonably warm in Louisiana in September. And while government officials are quick to point out that fish kills are common in Louisiana, none of those officials would deny the unusual characteristics of this event.
Fish kills, when they happen, generally consist of a hundred or so of one particular species. In this kill the numbers are in the millions, consisting of nearly every known species — from crabs and stingrays to eels and myriad fish species. Even a dead sperm whale (from a resident population that was said to have lived near the Macondo Well location) was found in the water.
From what my sister says, one of the most common questions being asked in the small communities impacted by the oil spill is, "How stupid do they think we are?"
BP and the government officials who seem to be covering for them would have us believe that the worst of the oil spill is over, but it doesn't take a genius to put two and two together. It will be decades before the marsh ecosystems of Louisiana will truly recover. So let's stop pretending it's not BP's fault.
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click the link, then the arrows on the sides of the pics. if these don't disturb anybody, I don't know what will...
Are you stupid?
With a Muslim president dedicated to the destruction of America, we are doomed. By the time this bloated, heathen population awakes it will be over. It is already too late. Should have prayed BEFORE you all voted... So long fools!
Doesn't anyone remember the words of Obama's longtime pastor and good friend, screaming "God damn, America!" "God damn, America!" ?? That was enough to kill my vote right there!
God you people are crazy.
What the hell does our president have to do with a BP OIL SPILL?!
God I hate all of you idiots.
I can't wait to leave America because of the stupid people like you who just sit around whining about things you hear hot women on Fox blather about.
and we can't wait for all you people that use God's Holy name in vain to leave or die also!
That's because you reject reality and cling to old ideologies that have NO MERIT in logic...I'm also glad Atheists scored the highest out of all Christians and Jews. See, we're educated enough NOT to buy in to fictional stories of any sort.
Government denies the American Holocaust too. http://www.scribd.com/doc/17286921/The-America-Betrayal
BP's a liar! The worst of the oil spill is not even over until maybe decades from now!
Is it just me or are there NO fish in the photo titled dead fish as far as the eye can see?
The photo looks like a road or gravel, but it it fish floating on the water, the "cracks" are bare spots of the river water.
but some input from, hmmm i dont know, a qualified scientist and not some blogger would have lent credibility to this rambling idiot. and thank you to the crazy ass lunatic above, we all know the government is a huge heap of b.s, but "blah blah blah you will all die" sounds like the kid who was beat up in highschool for playing some D&D
GOD DAMN Satan, the Bush/Obama regime, the IRS, BP, and
GOD forgive ME and HAVE MERCY ON ME !
The Good Lord is soon on His way. We are all living/dealing with these crooks. We praise the Lord for His patience. I would have pulled the plug on this slowly rising toilet bowl long ago. See ya' in Heaven!!
oil is black too. wow, what isn't black people's fault these days?
Your an idiot!
I have noticed that as in all things,that have anything to dowith the goverment,
follow the money. The money that is slipped to local goverment agents,all the way
to federal elected officals,running for office is very expensive!! We have been sold
to who ever has the price,they have sold most everything,now they are selling our
food supplies,fish,grains veggies heck just about any food product.Wait in few years
they'll tell us we must not get china mad,or they cut off our food.T
I believe that black people are the caues. Tt seems that they coach these fish up the stream, because there to lazy or to poor to fish in the Gulf. I believe that all black people should not be allowed to fish in LA.
where you are heading in the afterlife will be very black...aside from all the flames!
your a dumb ass !!!!
It's "you're a dumb *** !!!!" as in "you are".
Hilarious comment about this being the fault of black people. Is racism the new "black"?. Truth is, it is the fault of all people.
Just re-read my comment...sorry all for the horrible spelling...multi-tasking a bit too much today! lol
My ManParts have enlarged by almost 4 inches bringing the total to 16. I guess I just like dead fish
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