Comments on: The Gulf Oil Spill http://rolandsmith.com/blog/2010/06/the-gulf-oil-spill/ Adventure | Books | Animals Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: roland http://rolandsmith.com/blog/2010/06/the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-942 roland Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:18:20 +0000 http://rolandsmith.com/blog/?p=1610#comment-942 Ha. Well put! Ha. Well put!

]]> By: Anne Allen http://rolandsmith.com/blog/2010/06/the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Anne Allen Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:48:37 +0000 http://rolandsmith.com/blog/?p=1610#comment-941 We read Sea Otter Rescue many years ago when my son was young and I just checked it out for my 10 year old daughter. Thank you for this, and ALL your books! Your honesty and insights are deeply appreciated. My dtr. is a girl scout and wants to do her next project on how we can be less dependent on oil based products. I agree that all the whining of the American people (self included) needs to be turned inward. We will undoubtedly be unhappy when the price of oil rises again and if the other products we use aren't as readily available. But we don't stop to think about where these things come from and why we are a part of the problem. I'm thinking of becoming Amish. We read Sea Otter Rescue many years ago when my son was young and I just checked it out for my 10 year old daughter. Thank you for this, and ALL your books! Your honesty and insights are deeply appreciated. My dtr. is a girl scout and wants to do her next project on how we can be less dependent on oil based products. I agree that all the whining of the American people (self included) needs to be turned inward. We will undoubtedly be unhappy when the price of oil rises again and if the other products we use aren’t as readily available. But we don’t stop to think about where these things come from and why we are a part of the problem.

I’m thinking of becoming Amish.

]]> By: roland http://rolandsmith.com/blog/2010/06/the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-927 roland Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:32:32 +0000 http://rolandsmith.com/blog/?p=1610#comment-927 What a shame, Martha. Unfortunately, there will be a lot of stories like yours for the next 10 years. You don't want that goo on your skin. Stay out of the water. What a shame, Martha. Unfortunately, there will be a lot of stories like yours for the next 10 years. You don’t want that goo on your skin. Stay out of the water.

]]> By: Martha Halford http://rolandsmith.com/blog/2010/06/the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Martha Halford Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:24:39 +0000 http://rolandsmith.com/blog/?p=1610#comment-926 We are here in Florida on vacation and the tar balls washed ashore yesterday. One of the guys was bringing in a kayak and noticed his skin was oily and then spotted the tar balls rolling in. Beach was closed but people are still swimming in it. Health Dept. put up a sign that is being ignored by many. We spent the day at the pool. Hazmat team of people are out there now picking up samples. Sad day for the gulf coast area and everyone who has planned to spend some relaxing time with family. We are here in Florida on vacation and the tar balls washed ashore yesterday. One of the guys was bringing in a kayak and noticed his skin was oily and then spotted the tar balls rolling in. Beach was closed but people are still swimming in it. Health Dept. put up a sign that is being ignored by many. We spent the day at the pool. Hazmat team of people are out there now picking up samples. Sad day for the gulf coast area and everyone who has planned to spend some relaxing time with family.

]]> By: roland http://rolandsmith.com/blog/2010/06/the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-925 roland Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:43:01 +0000 http://rolandsmith.com/blog/?p=1610#comment-925 You are right, Kim... It is one of those things that there is nothing good about. Perhaps something will be learned by the tragedy. I was talking to a FOX reporter a couple of days ago. He asked if anything good had come out of the Valdez spill. The only good things I could think of were the fact that we had learned a lot about Sea Otters and that we had put all of the rescue equipment on barges so that we could react faster to the next oil spill up there, which their will be if we don't use double-hauled super tankers. You are right, Kim… It is one of those things that there is nothing good about. Perhaps something will be learned by the tragedy. I was talking to a FOX reporter a couple of days ago. He asked if anything good had come out of the Valdez spill. The only good things I could think of were the fact that we had learned a lot about Sea Otters and that we had put all of the rescue equipment on barges so that we could react faster to the next oil spill up there, which their will be if we don’t use double-hauled super tankers.

]]> By: Kim http://rolandsmith.com/blog/2010/06/the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Kim Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:32:55 +0000 http://rolandsmith.com/blog/?p=1610#comment-924 I was wondering when you were going to comment on the oil spill. This tragedy will hopefully spark a change in all of us. Thank you for your honesty. I just re-read Sea Otter rescue with my girls. It really does bring home the magnitude of what we as humans do to animals, both the good and bad.They were here first. It must be so hard for you to watch this tragic event play out again. I was wondering when you were going to comment on the oil spill. This tragedy will hopefully spark a change in all of us. Thank you for your honesty. I just re-read Sea Otter rescue with my girls. It really does bring home the magnitude of what we as humans do to animals, both the good and bad.They were here first. It must be so hard for you to watch this tragic event play out again.

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