The huge oil gush from the BP well has reached these beaches for two weeks now. The beach is closed as are the shrimping, crabbing and oyster fishing grounds. Farther to the east are the pelican rookeries where the pelicans and their babies are dying from the oil. It is absolutely heartbreaking to see a beautiful pelican covered in oil and unable to reach the nest where her babies are. It is cruel, unjustifiable and beyond human comprehension to watch what is happening to our Louisiana coast and wetlands and our fish and fowl. To see the majestic brown pelicans covered with oil and even unable to walk is beyond hearbreaking.
It is soul wrenching. One wonders how some members of the human race can watch this happen, people who have the ability to correct some of it, and not do everything humanly possible. The federal government and BP surely cannot be resting well in their beds at night and it is my wish that they are not.