I'm Blue On Blue Monday

Thank you to Sally at Smiling Sally for hosting Blue Monday.

 

The oil is now on the Florida Gulf coasts.

This is minor in the overall devastation.

And, there is much more to come.

How did we allow this to happen?

Comments

[Yvonne@StoneGable]

Beverly, I could cry over this photo! Oh my! We really need to pray!
Yvonne

[Regina]

This is really sad.
Happy blue Monday Beverly.
Have a wonderful week ahead.

[Penny @ The Comforts of Home & Lavender Hill Studio]

How awful this has been...it makes me want to cry.

[jeanne]

This is so sad Beverly. This is a disaster that is unbelievable. There doesn't seem to be an end to it anytime soon. Shocking to say the least.

Everyone is gone and the quiet 'sounds' great. I do miss them though.

Loads of laundry to do and the clean up begins. My brother and his wife are coming Wednesday for four days. I will be so happy to see them.

Gotta get busy.
Love you, Jeanne

[Sheila]

It's criminal. And we Floridians are dependent on our beaches for our economic well being. AND they are going to let them come in closer and drill???? Are you kidding me??? I read that, and it better not be true!

Tell me this. Why on earth do they allow drilling in the Gulf of Mexico when it is nearly impossible to contain such a spill on water and when it is so much easier to contain it on land? And how, with millions of miles of the flotation devices to stop this mess, did the government not step in sooner and DO something to contain it??? I won't say any more, but you know where I'm going with this. I realize that BP caused it, but there should have been a better effort to maintain it!

My husband's uncle was formerly a high ranking VP with a major oil company, and he said that it was one error compounded on top of another. I hate to think of the poor people on the Louisiana and Mississippi Coasts whose fishing businesses are in peril. Now, it's hit Florida, and I'm MADDER THAN TEN WET HENS! Just wait till it gets to Maine! The Gulf Stream goes all the way up there. Let's pray it doesn't. Let's pray that the dolphins I just saw playing in the bay in St. Augustine are not covered with oil!

XO,

Sheila

[Sally]

Oh, thanks for posting this, Beverly. Tampa is soo very concerned, as is all of Florida. I shudder to think what's happening to the tourism industry.

Happy Blue Monday!

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Beverly, its tragic and criminal. How can this go on for 70 days..with no end in sight. I can barely watch the news anymore but ignoring is impossible and I dont want to ignore it..but what do you do when you are helpless to fix it or help.??

The whole mess is wrapped up in govermental red tape. God Bless the gulf, the coast and the residents..and Pray.

Barb

[LaVoice]

A great shot of a terrible thing that I think was caused by human errors. I hoe my thinking is off, but it seems there is a terrorist of sorts meddling in our business.

[Theresa]

East Coast Floridian here....so sad to see this tragedy unfold.

[Kim]

Oh my, I don't know what to say!! -sad-

BM~Centipede

[Claudia]

This is devastating and it has haunted me for weeks. I go from avoiding any news stories because they make me so heartsick to anger, white-hot anger at the corporate greed that fueled this tragedy.

xo
Claudia

[Mary]

Sickening and sad. Blue Monday indeed.

[Debbie]

My heart is literally gripped by this picture. I want to cry every time I think of our beautiful gulf coastlines. I am praying!

[Eileen]

So sad, it just makes me sick. The poor wildlife doesn't stand a chance All the oil companies think is DRILL, DRILL and more drilling and then its MONEY!

[Sue@MyArtsDesire]

Seriously...this made me cry. We have a Florida beach trip in a few weeks and we are determined to go, oil or no oil. It is our belief that we need to go and support the coastal communities who depend on tourism to make their living. So many that I know have cancelled their trips and with every persuasive skill I can muster up I have been begging them to reconsider their decision. We all love our bloggies to be upbeat and all, but the truth of the matter is, THIS IS SO HUGE... our government dropped the ball BIG TIME at every turn...several other countries with the equipment and knowledge to lessen this disaster were contacting us within a few days of the initial explosion and WE TURNED THEM AWAY. I don't think we've even seen the worst of it...that's the sadder piece in all of this. I heard on the news last night that this spill is equivalent to having an Exxon Valdez disaster every four days...I better stop before you have to delete my comment. LOL!

[naturegirl]

Beverly I am just so sick about it!!! It is so overwhelming to think of all Nature suffering because of the GREED of mankind.
MOther Nature must be ((((((wailing)))))

[Julie]

So sad! I just want to cry! My husband and I were married on the beach in Destin and to think it will look like that soon.

[Splenderosa]

To answer your question: We allowed this to happen because we don't make government accountable. There are plenty of agencies, bureaus, politicians who had rules that would have prevented this, but they didn't require BP to follow those rules. 2nd answer: We elected a man president who has no experience doing anything. If we all screamed loud enough to our representatives in DC to take action to stop this nightmare, we might have something done. Remaining silent, not watching TV...= a nation of sheep.
Sorry for the rant, but I have my US Senators on speed dial on my cell phone & I call them all the time.

[dana]

Human errors and greed for sure were the culprits that caused the initial disaster. . . lack of leadership and decisive actions from our government have compounded the problems. The stories from the gulf are heartbreaking....the government red-tape that is keeping what action could be taken from moving forward are disgusting. This makes the aftermath of Katrina look like a walk in the park.