The Facebook Page "Boycott BP"

A while back, as the weeks dragged on with the oil spill in the Gulf, I "liked" the Facebook page Boycott BP.  It's proven to be a good source of information I might otherwise have to really hunt for.  Granted, it's also a place where people rant about BP.  If you can tolerate reading a lot of swear words, make a visit.

Today they posted a picture of a partially burned and clearly dead baby whale, which got me spewing a few curse words myself.  So, not only has this driven fishermen out of work, destroyed economies along the coast, killed countless fish, birds and other aquatic life, and possibly spread toxic rain along the coast, but now they're burning whales (and, I've read, turtles).  And the very act of burning the oil releases more toxins into our air, later to come down as toxic rain elsewhere, further spreading the havoc.

Boycott BP.  Check it out.

Toxic Oil Spill Rains?

I haven't seen this yet in North Texas but I'll keep my eye out for it.  It is very alarming!

My Husband's Solution to the Gulf Oil Spill

Three weeks into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and crude oil is supposedly still leaking at a rate of 210,000 gallons a day.  Efforts to contain it have so far been unsuccessful.  Meanwhile, instead of pointing all attention toward the effort to cap the hole in the pipeline, Congress and energy companies are busy playing the blame game on Capitol Hill.  Business as usual.

In response to some frustration I colorfully expressed this morning, my husband suggested a creative solution: plug the hole with BP, Transocean and Halliburton executives, along with a few Senators.

He's kidding, of course.  But, enough already.  I get it that someone is to blame and no one company wants to bear the full burden of the cleanup cost.  But folks: just step away from your calculators and Senate Hearings and direct your brainpower toward stopping the leak.  Oil is washing ashore, wildlife is dying and coastal economies are being destroyed.  Every second counts.  Everyone can resume pointing fingers after that is done.

At which point we'll all want to know why it is that no one planned for something like this going wrong.  These companies definitely do risk modeling and risk management.