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Old 07-05-2010, 10:19 PM
 
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Officials say BP spill now hitting all Gulf states (http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/officials-say-bp-spill-now-hitting-all-gulf-786098.html - broken link)
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Old 07-06-2010, 07:40 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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WHAT? No way!

How could it reach here with the water currents pushing it the opposite direction?

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Old 07-06-2010, 07:45 PM
 
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
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We should sue BP.
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Old 07-06-2010, 07:46 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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BP = Beach Polluter

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Old 07-06-2010, 08:05 PM
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Location: Ohio
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Probably fell off of barges or ships that passed through the spill area, according to this.

KERA: Ships Suspected Of Bringing BP Oil To Texas (2010-07-06).
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:48 PM
 
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yeah--that is what I thought too
there can be tar along any beach in Texas from general polution in the water

they tried to say the same thing about tar balls on beach around Sarasota Fl weeks ago--long before the spill actually spread to the FL Panhandle--and it is not near Sarasota even now
tested the tar balls and it was wrong composition for the BP Horizon type of oil

so think this is just propaganda/media knee-jerk stupidity....
write something first and think about it later...
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Old 07-07-2010, 12:09 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Anything to make Texas look like the bad guy in all of this.
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Old 07-07-2010, 11:01 AM
 
Location: Somewhere in Texas
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Anything to make Texas look like the bad guy in all of this.
Why do you think that?
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Old 07-07-2010, 09:03 PM
 
Location: Tejas
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Tar balls from the BP/Deep Horizon spill have been arriving on Texas beaches for almost a month now. The currents brought them here. Not barges not anything else.

Officials have not wanted to acknowledge it because they don't want to affect tourism, especially since we're getting tourists that would normally have gone to other states.
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Old 07-07-2010, 09:12 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Why do you think that?
Because BP has one of their main North American offices here that's why.
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