Oil Still Spilling

I got home after a trip to the metropolis and discovered in my absence life has been continuing in the Keys. Including a visit to the island s by Grand Poobahs of various importance from the company that wants to be known as Beyond Petroleum. They held a sudden press conference apparently, not aware of the coconut telegraph that allows everyone to know everything and found themselves taking questions from concerned citizens worried about their livelihoods. The paper doesn't report how that went down but probably not well, as corporate representatives rarely have to mix it up with the people who are fearful of getting the actual taste of how Beyond Petroleum will flavor their lives. The good news is the Loop Current, which would bring oil to the Keys, is sliding south and a wide gap is opening up between the oil and the current. The bad news is Louisiana is getting screwed again. The fact that the Coastguard and local officials are talking about how to protect our shoreline is good but creepy. That all the corporate players involved are trying to pass the buck according to the paper is even creepier. They are sounding their own death knell it seems to me as they have absolutely no idea how to behave down here where we live on the frontlines.