Oceans, Waves and Beaches

Meanwhile back in the Gulf of Mexico they are still cleaning up oil. They’ve evolved their approach, using UV light to identify oil on the beaches.

Let’s start by establishing the value of the coastlines we’re talking about in the United States.

Coastal tourism in CA, FL, NY, NJ, TX and WA alone account for $175 billion dollars in leisure and hospiutality companies, services and jobs.
Fishing from both coasts accounts for $11.8 billion and $1.9 billion in recreational and commercial fishing respectively.
If [...]

The Atlantic’s list of the 14 biggest tech stories of 2010 is full of the usual suspects; ipad release, netflix gobbling up net traffic, etc. One caught my attention, the BP oil spill.
Here is an excerpt
“All of our fancy technology and (you know) civilization sit perched atop a distressed and risky energy system. While [...]

Online and on tv, starts tonight, looks worthy. Check local listings.

File this one under “Activists in the Gulf.”
You can think of Mike Sturdivant as our Gulf of Mexico point person. He’s the Chair of Surfrider’s Emerald Coast Chapter, covering the Pensacola to Panama City region.
I caught up with him on August 2nd to get his take on what had happened, how it was affecting the [...]

Tropical depressions mix things up. This time around the tropical depression is mixing up the oil which was sunk by the extensive use of dispersants and is washing it onto the shores of beaches.
This shouldn’t be surprising to us… at all. Especially when you think of the things in perspective. The government has said “half [...]

I travel a fair bit and it’s usually not my practice to write a blog series after a trip; however, the Gulf oil spill is in it’s own category. It’s happening in real time so I thought I’d continue to share my perspective. Here is a link to my “Gulf trip lessons” series.
I feel the [...]