Yeah, everything is returning to normal!
"Gulf well sealing to start Monday; Previous effort delayed by storm" by Harry R. Weber, Associated Press | July 27, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — At Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles embarked on a new life in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. Federal biologists are hoping that by the time the turtles get as far east as the BP spill, the toxic oil will largely be gone.
Yeah, they will be on their own just like you, America.
The Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service decided in June that the critically endangered Kemp’s ridley turtles would be released off the Texas coasts as usual, because the impact of the massive oil spill has been minimal in Texas waters.
Since then, between 7,000 and 8,000 baby Kemp’s have been released.
Loggerhead turtles, a cousin to the Kemp’s ridley that mostly nests and hatches in Florida, are being moved to that state’s eastern coast to ensure they are not released directly into the oil’s path.
Federal biologists believe that baby turtles released in areas that have not been impacted would have suffered greater harm if held in captivity until the slick is cleaned.
Do they really expect us to believe that?
The decision to release the hatchlings has stirred debate, though, especially among those who fear the turtles’ recovery will suffer a major setback due to the spill.
Nah, they can just swim right through the oil -- if they aren't burned to death first.
Kemp’s ridley turtles have been on the endangered list since 1973.
And when there are no more than can be removed from that list, too.
And oil isn't the only danger for turtles:
"Boat strikes suspected in four turtle deaths" by Alex Katz, Globe Correspondent | July 27, 2010
Four large sea turtles from species threatened with extinction were struck and killed by boats off the coast of Massachusetts over the past three weeks, marine specialists said yesterday.
Since July 10, three loggerheads and one leatherback turtle have washed ashore with fractured flippers, severed spines, and severe lacerations that were probably caused by boat propellers, said Robert Prescott, director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary....
The loggerheads range in size from 20 pounds as a juvenile to as much 300 pounds as full-size adults. Leatherbacks, which are the world’s largest species of sea turtles and the second-largest reptiles behind saltwater crocodiles, have been known to grow as large as 2,000 pounds....
When boaters hit turtles, they often think they struck flotsam, he said. More often than not, the turtle suffers more damage than the boat....
Both species migrate to the Bay State’s coast during the summer to feed — loggerheads mostly on crabs and whelks and leatherbacks on jellyfish.
The mouths of adult leatherbacks neutralize the jellyfish’s sting and their esophagi have specialized fleshy spines to hold the prey in place while the turtles spit out ocean water. They can typically eat their body weight in jellyfish in a single day, according to the New England Aquarium.
“They fill a unique niche in the ocean’s system,’’ Prescott said, speaking just days after a jellyfish stung as many as 150 people at a New Hampshire beach. “With every dead leatherback, we’re depleting jellyfish-eaters throughout the world’s oceans.’’
Related: New Hampshire's Jaws
Du-nuh!
About 70 percent of the sea turtles that wash ashore are female, Prescott said, posing a serious threat to the survival of these endangered species....
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And if the oil is out of sight well it must be out of mind!
"Gulf flow has stopped, but where's the oil?" by Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Writer | July 27, 2010
NEW ORLEANS --In the nearly two weeks since a temporary cap stopped
Scientists caution that doesn't mean the crude is gone. There's still a lot of it in the Gulf, though no one is sure quite how much or exactly where it is....
And therefore who knows how much BP should be fined, huh?
Related: Boston Sunday Globe Says Gulf Coast All Clean
Globe gave it a government-relayed eyeball, huh?
Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said government and independent scientists have been working hard to figure out where the oil might be, but don't yet have numbers. Some is still washing up on beaches and in coastal wetlands, but not in the quantities it was a few weeks ago.
Release the turtles!
Scientists do know that more than 600 miles of coastline has been oiled in the nearly 100 days since the April 20 explosion of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon.
They estimate that between 107 million gallons and 184 million gallons spewed into the Gulf before the cap stopped the flow July 15.
Related: Government experts reveal 420 MILLION to 840 MILLION gallons of BP oil have flowed into Gulf
Slick, I mean, sick of the lies yet?
The permanent solution, using a relief well to shoot in mud and cement, is still several weeks away.
So far, officials say they have recovered 34.6 million gallons of oily water using skimmer boats and burned about 11.1 million gallons off the sea surface.
So where's the rest?
Scientists are worried that much of it has been trapped below the surface after more than 770,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were used to break up the oil a mile deep. They have found evidence of massive clouds of oil suspended in the water....
Yeah, MSM is IGNORING the POISONING of the population there!
Related: Dispersants Danger to Gulf Workers
TOXIC BLACK RAIN FALLING IN THE GULF
Growing Health Crisis in the Gulf
Is that why the MSM cleared out?
Scientists say large amounts of oil trapped in the subsurface could contaminate the food chain and deplete oxygen.
Related: The New Dead Zone
Lubchenco, a marine scientist, said the oil was not sinking to the bottom....
Why should we believe a GOVERNMENT LIAR!!!!?
She also said the oil beneath the surface appears to be biodegrading very quickly, which she called a good sign.
Why I am tuning out government and MSM right there.
Thomas Bianchi, a geochemist and oceanographer at Texas A&M University, said that because the dispersants have pushed oil underwater, scientists may be past the point where they can track it from the air....
--more--"Related: Barge crashes into oil well in Gulf of Mexico, new oil leak reported
Oil pipeline leak pollutes major Michigan river
Gee, I didn't see those reports in my newspaper this morning.
Instead, I got this:
Leaked oil disappearing; questions are not (By Justin Gillis and Campbell Robertson, New York Times)
You won't be finding answers in there.
Also see: How Many More Gulf Gushers Are Out There?
And will the Boston Globe report it?
