[fauve]

Originally Posted by jambo101

This has all the makings of another swine flu epidemic.

You should put your money where your mouth is. I bet you could snag some great deals on the Gulf right about now.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by jambo101

This has all the makings of another swine flu epidemic.

If and when this does happen, where are all the Canadian snowbirds gonna go?
Just sayin'..........

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by fauve

You should put your money where your mouth is. I bet you could snag some great deals on the Gulf right about now.

Whether the media is blowing this all out of proportion lets get back together in a month or so and see whats happened.

[fauve]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Whether the media is blowing this all out of proportion lets get back together in a month or so and see whats happened.

Okay, but if you seriously believe that, you could make a killing on BP (symbol: BP) or Transocean (symbol: RIG) stock.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by fauve

Okay, but if you seriously believe that, you could make a killing on BP (symbol: BP) or Transocean (symbol: RIG) stock.

Hee-hee, I've got some Gulf coast property he might wanna invest in!

[98Ram3500]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

If and when this does happen, where are all the Canadian snowbirds gonna go?
Just sayin'..........

I don't know where they would go but I'll bet that if they do leave,you'll be praying that they come back to help prop up your failing economy and help keep you employed.......Just sayin'

Frank

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by 98Ram3500

I don't know where they would go but I'll bet that if they do leave,you'll be praying that they come back to help prop up your failing economy and help keep you employed.......Just sayin'

Frank

Well duh........like I dont already know that?
Come down here and wash some birds, ok?

[98Ram3500]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

Well duh........like I dont already know that?
Come down here and wash some birds, ok?

Well all right........ but I'm not accepting responsibility if your birds can't handle a spin cycle

[EngageGuy1]

I hope it is being overblown.

I, for one, though, would rather see things farther on the "worry and concern" end of the spectrum than "everything's fine and indifference" end when it comes to ecological/environmental concerns.

Like I said, I don't get cable news, but there is usually one one link shown at a time to an oil spill article on Google News. Michael Jackson's death had three or four links at a time.

We spend enough resources, time, and thoughts worrying and panicking about what does not matter. For once I think it is okay to obsess a bit over an environmental issue.

Also, of course, there is Katrina backlash. People are afraid they're going to ignore something and then a week later there is the metaphorical "people on the roofs" event.

[mango23]

Originally Posted by EngageGuy1

I thought this was interesting:

"This is your classic fluid situation, no pun intended. There are conflicting numbers, conflicting measurements, conflicting strategies, with lots happening at once and many different people offering their thoughts on what's really happening. I'd be cautious, for example, about believing the report that oil will be carried by the Gulf Stream around the tip of Florida and onto the Atlantic Coast. This ran all over the place Sunday thanks to the Associated Press. The Gulf Stream angle got a bit hyped in the headlines ("Nightmare scenario feared if massive oil spill enters the Gulf Stream" shrieked the Kansas City Star) -- and it was based on a single source, a professor in remote sensing at UF who has no direct knowledge of what's happening in the water as far as I could tell. Tell me if you know differently (or "different," as we say in Hogtown). "

Achenblog - Gulf oil spill to reach Atlantic seaboard?

You believe the predictability of ocean currents is theoretical? There is no doubt where it is going if it gets picked up by the currents.