4-5 million barrels of oil have disappeared .Anti dispersant's are no problem .Everything is now ducky because the product smells fine .
Believe me I'm not looking for issues ,I have a hard time trusting authority .
(Can you say "Politician"?):
Hey Chas !
I saw reports where there was 207 millions of gallons of crude oil has escaped after 100 days.
Then I hear BP say they have sucked up 27 millions of gallons of oil and water.
hardly any hos washed up.
its somewhere
Honestly, I'm afraid to eat any seafood from the Gulf right now. Have any of you guys changed your eating habits because of this? If so, I think BP owes us for depriving us of having the liberty to enjoy one of Florida's natural resources.
Correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is the dispersants work like "Dawn" dishwashing liquid. They dissolve the oil so that it mixes with the water and is no longer visible....but it has to go somewhere. I would think the shellfish(oysters) would be especially susceptible to this, as they "filter" the water around them.
Heck yeah. As soon as I heard about the oil gusher, I told Connie to buy up as much seafood as she could and store it in one of our freezers. So that is what we are eating now. Myway Seafood, where Connie works part time, is now getting their shrimp from Fernandina Beach on the east coast, even though the "authorities" are saying the seafood is fine in the Gulf.
The grouper and snapper 80 miles west of Clearwater FL are fine.
Haven't changed my seafood eating habits and I'm not plannin on it.
If I see hard evidence of contamination, then I'll change. Until then, no way:NoNo:
As far as where the shrimp and such come from, it simply doesn't make that much difference to me as a consumer.
I feel bad for the commercial fishermen and restaurants along the Gulf though.
The paranoia over tainted seafood has had an effect on thier business. You'd really think people would be more intelligent and less tin hat typical:nonod:
I just don't want to BE hard evidence! Agent Orange comes to mind....