{"id":841,"date":"2010-07-05T22:35:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T02:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/?p=841"},"modified":"2010-07-05T23:08:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T03:08:27","slug":"oil-still-waiting-to-be-cleaned-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/05\/oil-still-waiting-to-be-cleaned-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Still Waiting to be Cleaned Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Dauphin Island, west of Katrina Cut, old oil on beaches and in tidal pools still waits to be cleaned up from Friday of last week. New oil still is coming onshore. Here are some pictures. Click on pictures to see larger more detailed images.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, July 6, 7:00 P.M., the Mobile Bay Group Sierra Club will feature a presentation by Dr. Riki Ott. and Dr. J. Steven Picou. Dr. Riki Ott, is a marine toxicologist with a specialty in oil pollution. She experienced firsthand the devastating effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Dr. J. Steven Picou, a Professor of Sociology at the University of South Alabama, is currently working on the human response to the BP oil catastrophe. They will be talking about what we can do to help our community cope with this unfolding tragedy. Meeting place: 5 Rivers, Alabama\u2019s Delta Resource Center, 30945 Five Rivers Blvd., Spanish Fort, AL 36527 – the entrance is across from Meaher State Park on the Mobile Bay Causeway. <\/p>\n

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Oil across midsection of Dauphin Island west of Katrina Cut, photographed July 5, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fresh oil paddy on darkened beach, photographed July 5, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Oil on north beach of Dauphin Island west of Katrina Cut, photographed July 5, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Oil soaking edge of tidal pool, photographed July 5, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fish and birds normally\u00a0abundant have been markedly less numerous on recent trips to Dauphin Island west of Katrina Cut. Exceptionally, sting rays remain abundant and close to the shore.<\/p>\n

Hope, tears, broken dreams, memories, tragedy, … <\/p>\n

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