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Originally Posted by LoALAnna  I don't know if anyone other than our Gulf Coast YT'ers are keeping a close eye on the news, but the oil spill out in the Gulf of Mexico is about to change the lives of millions of folks in several states. Our beaches are known for the sugar white quality and our economy in my county, at least, is almost totally dependent on tourism. The wetlands and esturaries are the nurseries for fish, shrimp,waterfowl and many other creatures. These will be affected even more so than just gunked up sand. I pray that the clean up effort will contain this pollution, but I'm afraid that life as we know it down here will be a thing of the past. Please say a prayer for us!  |
We live in Silverhill al. for 15 yrs Baldwin county depends on tourist season, seafood industry to survive it's already having a hard time with the economy like it is and with this added it might be the end for gulf coast as we know it now. The gulf coast states La, Ms, and Al, still have not completely recover from the last two hurricanes the beaches and sea life still have not fully recover from them. all you have to do is drive down the Ms. coast and see where a house once stood is now just a slab of concert or a driveway that leads to nothing it's breaks your heart to know what it use to look like and to see it now, a way of life gone with the wind and now oil slick how much more can the gulf coast people take?
