Memorial Weekend Ruined
I just left Refugio State Park hours before the spill and there were many campsites that were set up or were setting up for the Big Weekend. Refugio Oil Spill
Forum Discussion
Jbrowland wrote:Water-Bug wrote:bgum wrote:
Travelyn that was a cheap shot.
But the reality of life in the US, in 2015.
So if I came over and accidentally spray painted your house would you be outraged or just say it is reality in 2015? I am guessing many would threaten me with a gun for destroying their property. As a Californian who pays for and uses (and just used this beach last weekend) I am outraged that someone destroyed my property and the animals within it for some time to come.
I find it interesting that more people were outraged by the RV'ers lost their weekend comment than by the earth will heal itself no big deal comments.
Here is a better example of irony. Santa Barbara is in the process of opening water desalination plants to ease the record breaking drought it is currently in. Guess where that desalinated water was going to come from? This is a prime example of how we as humans disallow the earth to heal itself as it once did.
Travelyn was suggesting that EVERYONE on this furum could claim damages (no matter where we reside or camp).. That was the "cheap shot". I lived on Monterey Bay (central coast) for over 20 years. I lived in Silicon Valley in 1956. I know what people are doing and have done to that state. That is part of the reason that I am no longer there. The wonderful people of SB are offended by the oil industry but think nothing of diverting millions of gallons of water from the Sacramento River and SF Bay eco-system, so that they can water their lawns and wash their BMWs. The only true environmentalists in California, moved to Oregon years ago. The people there today are of the "I got mine and don't you mess with it mentality" and are using the environmentalist movement to meet their goals.
