Paranoia, anxiety grow over Gulf Coast oil spill

[Seneca]

...and rightfully so!

Paranoia, anxiety grow over Gulf Coast oil spill

GRAND ISLE, La. – People along the Gulf Coast have spent weeks living with uncertainty, wondering where and when a huge slick of oil might come ashore, ruining their beaches — and their livelihoods.

The anxiety is so acute that some are seeing and smelling oil where there is none. And even though the dead turtles and jellyfish washing ashore along the Gulf of Mexico are clean, and scientists have yet to determine what killed them, many are just sure the flow of crude unleashed by the explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon is the culprit.

Calm seas Tuesday helped cleanup crews working to fight the oil gushing from the well a mile below the surface, allowing them to put out more containment equipment and repair some booms damaged in rough weather over the weekend. They also hoped to again try to burn some of the oil on the water's surface, possibly Wednesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100504/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill

[Junkdrawer]

1. All is well....

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. If not the unknown chemicals they are using to "dissipate" it, or

breathing in the fumes from burning it.

What a mess.

[nosmokes]

3. It's not paranoia when they're killing your gulf.

[Seneca]

4. Absolutely agree