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The last hurricane was really bad for the Big Bend area. People including me sighed a sigh that some relief that it did not hit us directly. Many were not that lucky. We should not get too comfortable at all. This past summer has been record breaking...
by Vetwife
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on Sun Sep 03, 2023 at 06:18 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Saturday, Dec 24, 2022 · 8:27:22 PM +00:00 · River Rover Merry Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, out there in the Gulf. The North wind was howling and the seas pretty rough. The CHICKASAW was lying just off of Fourchon, eighty miles...
by River Rover
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on Sat Dec 24, 2022 at 12:35 PM PST
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Short diary here born out of genuine confusion. I am curious as to how one should react to this headline in The Guardian: US auctions off oil and gas drilling leases in Gulf of Mexico after climate talks Here is a quote from an article from...
by crepescule
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on Wed Nov 17, 2021 at 01:09 PM PST
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Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms to hit the mainland United States, killed at least 13 people in Louisiana alone. That includes, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, five people found dead in senior apartments. When taking into...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Tue Sep 07, 2021 at 11:32 AM PDT
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I do not believe in a God that intervenes and sends plagues or bad weather for messaging purposes (i.e., change your ways you evildoers!). But if I did, wow, we’d be starting to get into Exodus. Currently, Hurricane Laura is...
by Sulla
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on Tue Aug 25, 2020 at 09:15 PM PDT
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Amidst fear of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Saudi Arabia has temporarily closed its doors to foreign pilgrims, including those traveling to visit the holiest sites in Islam, the Associated Press reported. Each year more than 2 million Muslims visit the...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Tue Mar 03, 2020 at 11:27 AM PST
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On Sept. 15, 2004, Hurricane Ivan, traveling through the Gulf of Mexico, toppled a Taylor Energy Company oil platform into the water. As columnist Fred Grimm notes in a piece in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the results of the collapse included “nine...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Oct 31, 2018 at 10:22 AM PDT
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The Review, May 20, 2018 -- King Trump: I Am the State.
King Louis XIV of France supposedly proclaimed L'Etat, c'est moi (“I am the State”). Although that is probably apocryphal, Trump is endeavoring to put the phrase into practice, erasing any...
by bmethven
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on Sun May 20, 2018 at 01:12 PM PDT
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Oil has been in Contango since 2014 with 17% over production to consumption. Massive — millions of barrels — are sitting in oil tankers and barges around the world without buyers.
Simple example: June 13, 2017
Across the world, the...
by SARBill
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on Tue Aug 29, 2017 at 04:48 PM PDT
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Well, if you live in Florida, or even think of visiting and do a little fishing or scuba
diving, you might want to read this and wonder just how safe you are. We have gun nuts shooting from the sky.
www.tampabay.com/…
A machine gun...
by Vetwife
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on Thu Apr 06, 2017 at 05:05 PM PDT
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The BP oil spill from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout continues to show its catastrophic environmental impact, years later, whether it is research showing the truly negative results being felt by the coral communities of the Gulf or the...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Apr 13, 2016 at 11:14 AM PDT
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(Image: BP Oil Spill, from the Air)
Naomi Klein on Climate Change and the Clinton Campaign
Naomi Klein questions Hillary Clinton’s readiness to take the drastic action that is necessary to save us from global climate change’s ill effects:
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by Whamadoodle
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on Sun Apr 10, 2016 at 05:13 PM PDT
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According to the New York Times , BP has reached a tentative settlement which covers lawsuits filed by Alabama, Florida, ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Jul 02, 2015 at 02:01 PM PDT
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Oil Change International published a report which was discussed in this DK diary .
The report claimed that 60% of the gasoline production from Gulf Coast refineries (in PAD 3) was exported from ...
by LakeSuperior
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on Mon Aug 12, 2013 at 11:50 AM PDT
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Originally posted here
Today is the three-year-anniversary of the event that changed life for so many of us here on the Gulf of Mexico: The explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig off Louisiana, ...
by Stuart H Smith
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on Sat Apr 20, 2013 at 07:48 AM PDT
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Originally posted here
Sometimes it feels like conversations about the Gulf of Mexico -- nearly three years after BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe unleashed roughly 5 million barrels of fresh ...
by Stuart H Smith
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on Tue Mar 12, 2013 at 07:04 AM PDT
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Originally posted here
One of the least understood aspects of the environmental devastation caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and spill in 2010 is the role of the chemical dispersant - ...
by Stuart H Smith
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on Mon Dec 03, 2012 at 11:55 AM PST
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Originally posted here
There's major news this morning for all of us who've been fighting to preserve the Gulf Coast in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon case:
by Stuart H Smith
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on Thu Nov 15, 2012 at 08:17 AM PST
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Skip to the bottom of the diary if you're looking for the latest info on Tropical Storm Debby.
Please note that this is not meant as an attack on the National Hurricane Center. They are great ...
by weatherdude
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on Sun Jun 24, 2012 at 05:39 PM PDT
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530PM EDT: As I'd suspected for a few days now, Tropical Storm Debby will miss Louisiana altogether and make landfall in the Florida Panhandle near Tallahassee over the next few days. The tropical ...
by weatherdude
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on Sun Jun 24, 2012 at 09:58 AM PDT
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