As I type this, it’s Day 70 of the “Disaster in the Gulf”. This thing has been botched by BP, congress and our President. It’s something that never should have happened, but for so many reasons other than the obvious. We sit and wait for the oil to make landfall on our beaches. It’s not something we are looking forward to, but something that is not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’.
It will only take a tropical storm or a hurricane to splatter oil all over everything within 2 miles of the beach (my apartment sits just under a 1/2 mile from the beach and I work on the beach). Tropical storm Alex will most likely push oil onto our beaches, but won’t come close enough to send it airborne. There is talk that 3 casinos that are on the water (Beau Rivage, Hard Rock and the Isle) may be shut down once the oil gets here, for safety reasons. Is this good news for those of us that work at a different casino or will this spell doom for all the casinos?
When I left Kansas City in May 2008, I knew I would be facing hurricanes. I knew I would never need to shovel my driveway or scrape 1/2 inch of ice off my windshield ever again. But I didn’t know that I would be driving on roads covered with oil. I didn’t know that I would be smelling oil every waking minute of the day. I didn’t know that such a beautiful place still struggling to rebuild after Katrina would have oil wash up on it’s beaches. I don’t regret leaving Kansas City and I don’t regret moving here. But I fear that I may have to move if Biloxi is hit again with one more disaster.
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
It’s only been 70 days.. give em a little bit of time.
June 30th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
We finally had tarballs make landfall on our beach yesterday. It’s just tarballs, but the oil is not far behind. The downpours we have experienced on and off all day have hindered the cleanup a bit, but they were out in full force this morning before the rain came. This is only the beginning…