While raking cut grass in the front yard, I got to thinking about protecting the marshes from the oil that will continue to come ashore for the coming months. The sand berms being constructed have the disadvantage of changing the normal water ecology of the marshes. Less damage might occur if they laid down a "bio-berm" of straw bales, hay bales or any cut field growth that would rapidly absorb/enmesh the oil blobs being driven into the marshes. Such a "bio-berm" should be fairly easy to collect and remove in the future. This could end up being a new oil recovery industry in the region to replace or supplement fishing/shrimping. We would call this BP-supported process "berm-shaving". It would help rehabilitate BP's reputation and be known as the BP- BS answer to the oil spill crisis. Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:59 AM, skimmer <skimmer_at_enter.net> wrote: > Less damage might occur if they laid down a bio-berm of straw bales, > hay bales or any cut field growth that would rapidly absorb/enmesh the oil > blobs being driven into the marshes. > Straw is probably the best material for this... hay (alfalfa or timothy) tends to be pretty spendy in comparison and the dairy farmers would probably object to it being used in oil berms. The downside to straw is that as a byproduct of wheat (straw is the stalk leftover after the wheat flower is separated) it's not going to be available until the wheat is harvested. This is going to be later on this summer. > We would call this BP-supported process berm-shaving. It would help > rehabilitate BPs reputation and be known as the BP- BS answer to the oil > spill crisis. > We could even make up short poems about the process... and end each one with the phrase, "berm-a-shave". Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net PS: If you have ever seen a real (not rehabilitated) Berma Shave road sign sequence then you can help yourself to another serving of Geritol. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
It's the Devil's work This Unctuous mess To clean it up Hay works best I guess Berma a Save Poetic license Mark On 5/25/2010 8:59 AM, skimmer wrote: > Such a "bio-berm" should be fairly easy to collect and remove in the > future. This could end up being a new oil recovery industry in the region to > replace or supplement fishing/shrimping. We would call this BP-supported > process "berm-shaving". It would help rehabilitate BP's reputation and be > known as the BP- BS answer to the oil spill crisis. > > > > Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
To clean it up Use hair and straw We'll have the cleanest coast You ever saw Berm a Save On 5/25/2010 9:51 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: > It's the Devil's work > > This Unctuous mess > > To clean it up > > Hay works best I guess > > Berma a Save > > > Poetic license > > Mark > > On 5/25/2010 8:59 AM, skimmer wrote: >> Such a "bio-berm" should be fairly easy to collect and remove in the >> future. This could end up being a new oil recovery industry in the >> region to >> replace or supplement fishing/shrimping. We would call this BP-supported >> process "berm-shaving". It would help rehabilitate BP's reputation >> and be >> known as the BP- BS answer to the oil spill crisis. >> >> >> >> Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
A little Dutch boy A blonde haired tyke Screamed save the koi! Save the Pike! Stick your finger in the dyke!!! Berm a Save On 5/25/2010 10:11 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: > To clean it up > > Use hair and straw > > We'll have the cleanest coast > > You ever saw > > Berm a Save > >> >> On 5/25/2010 8:59 AM, skimmer wrote: >>> Such a "bio-berm" should be fairly easy to collect and remove in the >>> future. This could end up being a new oil recovery industry in the >>> region to >>> replace or supplement fishing/shrimping. We would call this >>> BP-supported >>> process "berm-shaving". It would help rehabilitate BP's reputation >>> and be >>> known as the BP- BS answer to the oil spill crisis. >>> >>> >>> >>> Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Deep Water Horizon has actually set up a website to take suggestions such as yours. Click on the suggestion button to the right at: http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/ Article about it here.... Oil Spill Suggestion Box? BP is Taking Your Ideas http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/05/oil-spill-suggestion-box-bp-is-taking-your-ideas/comments/page/7/ Jackie skimmer wrote: >While raking cut grass in the front yard, I got to thinking about protecting >the marshes from the oil that will continue to come ashore for the coming >months. The sand berms being constructed have the disadvantage of changing >the normal water ecology of the marshes. > > > >Less damage might occur if they laid down a "bio-berm" of straw bales, hay >bales or any cut field growth that would rapidly absorb/enmesh the oil blobs >being driven into the marshes. > > > >Such a "bio-berm" should be fairly easy to collect and remove in the >future. This could end up being a new oil recovery industry in the region to >replace or supplement fishing/shrimping. We would call this BP-supported >process "berm-shaving". It would help rehabilitate BP's reputation and be >known as the BP- BS answer to the oil spill crisis. > > > >Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Nice Mark, how about the last line reading: " Stick your finger in the pipe!!!". Berm a save! ------Original Message------ From: Mark Sanders Sender: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net To: marksanders_at_sandmarks.net Cc: skimmer Cc: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net Cc: Craig Jungers Cc: 'Jackie Myers' ReplyTo: marksanders_at_sandmarks.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Bioberm for salt marsh protection Sent: May 25, 2010 12:19 A little Dutch boy A blonde haired tyke Screamed save the koi! Save the Pike! Stick your finger in the dyke!!! Berm a Save On 5/25/2010 10:11 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: > To clean it up > > Use hair and straw > > We'll have the cleanest coast > > You ever saw > > Berm a Save > >> >> On 5/25/2010 8:59 AM, skimmer wrote: >>> Such a "bio-berm" should be fairly easy to collect and remove in the >>> future. This could end up being a new oil recovery industry in the >>> region to >>> replace or supplement fishing/shrimping. We would call this >>> BP-supported >>> process "berm-shaving". It would help rehabilitate BP's reputation >>> and be >>> known as the BP- BS answer to the oil spill crisis. >>> >>> >>> >>> Chuck Sutherland Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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