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MartiniMan
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You know
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6/22/2010 4:03:22 PM
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Hound, you are right about the spill in Prince William Sound not being comparable to the Gulf of Mexico. After all, Prince William Sound covers 11,000 square miles while the Gulf of Mexico is 56 times larger at 615,000 square miles and even larger when you do a compare the mean depth of Prince William Sound, 190 meters, to the Gulf, at 615 meters). The water temperature in Prince William Sound is around 45 dF versus 80 dF+ in the Gulf of Mexico. The amount of biological activity that will degrade the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is orders of magnitude greater than Prince William Sound. I could go on and on with more contrasts that demonstrate that the Gulf has a much greater capacity to absorb this spill and with the cleanup efforts that BP will undertake the long-term effects will be minimal.
However the short term impact is significant and will be detrimental to businesses and will negatively impact the beaches. I will repeat this because no matter how many times I say it you consistently mischaracterize my position, I am very sympathetic to those impacted by this disaster but they will be compensated. I do love the ability to bold and underline, thanks Webmaster!
Your belief that Prince William Sound is such and environmental disaster will be news to the cruise lines, fishing boats, tourist boats and others that visit the area every year. My partner took his boat through the sound two summers ago and he said it was absolutely gorgeous. There are no restrictions to fishing based on contamination in the Sound.
You see, you are having the very same emotional response that a lot of others are having based on the mistaken belief that this spill spells eternal doom for the gulf. That is simply not founded on reality. It is a mess and it will take time to clean up but it will also happen. Would have been less of a mess in the marshes if the Obama administration weren't so incompetent but that horse is out of the barn so we will have to deal with it.
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