I for one am a bit surprised that there is not more info posted about the oil spill. I thought this would be like a clearing house for all current info and contacts for what we, as divers, might do. I personally see this spill as the death knell for the Gulf, it's fisheries, the breeding grounds for many if not most pelagic fish, tourism and the economic stability of the state of Florida. Perhaps it's just too big for people like us. After all, BP, the coasties and government agencies have worked hard to keep people like us away while reporting that 6 birds here and 10 there have been rehabilitated and released. As if that made it all OK.
Look, back in the late '60's when they sank the first offshore wells off of Santa Barbara CA, one leaked for 9 days. The result was marching in the streets. People burned their gas cards. The EPA was actually born as a direct result of that spill. This leak is of a greater volume in one day than Santa Barbara was in it's entirety.
Perhaps someone who is a better organizer than I arrange a petition to name all people in the employ of BP and the Mines and Minerals agency who were instrumental in this spill. Charge them criminally. Confiscate all property and pensions and apply those funds to remediation. Since BP will not be required to compensate the victims families, perhaps that confiscated money can be given to them. They died with the same nobility of those in the twin towers on 9/11.
WHERE THE HELL IS THE OUTRAGE??
I also expected that there would be more reports from local divers who went out to see the Whale sharks off of the western coast of central Florida. Even if the reasons that they are present are such as disaster, this is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for divers from Sarasota to Cedar Key.