Gulf Spill Reaches Louisiana Coast

This is probably the end of life in the Gulf of Mexico as we know it. Sea life and livelihood of man may never be the same. Of course, the powers that be are running for cover, or as Gov. Jindal chooses to do, play the blame game. This carnage will reverberate throughout the country and beyond. As one official said last evening, "this is going to make the Exxon Valdez pale by comparison." Not very encouraging. From the TP:

With an oily stench permeating the air across southeastern Louisiana, a massive oil spill was expected to start coming ashore in the Mississippi River delta early Friday, triggering all-out efforts to stave off an environmental and fishing industry disaster as some state officials feared a repeat of the botched response that doomed the region during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

Pushed by strong southeasterly winds and rising tides, oil that has gushed from a well in the Gulf of Mexico since an April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig was expected to reach the tip of Plaquemines Parish as early as Thursday night.

Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Thursday after the Coast Guard confirmed that the undersea well was spewing five times as much oil as previously thought and that it was leaking from three spots instead of two.

Read the rest HERE.

Did we learn nothing from the Alaska, North Sea, or Australia disasters? Deregulation, much?

Last day of April, Friday, and beach-weather is expected.  Yes!

More later.
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