Re: [Paddlewise] gulf oil spill

Yes, very depressing. Add to your list of woes the just now starting to
recover real estate prices. No, that's not the biggest problem by a long
stretch, but tourists are not coming as they have in the past, rentals of
condos are down, who want's to retire here when you can't go to the beach,
swim in the gulf or go fishing in the gulf or it's tributaries? I guess
there's always golf in the 95 degree humid summers under the broiling sun.
Without the water to play in, there's just not much point is there? So,
guess what real estate prices are starting to do again? In the place that
had the number one or number two worst loss of value in the country for most
of the last year or more.

Some days it gets to me. Some days I can ignore it. We can still paddle
here, but for how long? It's not IF the oil comes, but WHEN. And the gulf
waters are already at 89 degrees. That's right 89 degrees at the start of
June and the start of hurricane season. Not August. June! Storm surge filled
with suspended oil, with oil floating on the surface. Whole cities will be
superfund sites.

Have a nice day!

Sigh.
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