Samantha Joye, a scientist with the University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences, is in the Gulf tracking the movement of undersea oil. She writes a lovely description on May 31: "In places, there was a thin oily sheen on the water... In other places there were odd-looking ‘pancakes’ of oil floating on the surface. In these same places, there were bizarre orange and black stringers, some 10’s of cm long, as deep in the water column as you could see. These stringers looked like mucous strings but they were the color of oil... There are mats of oil and then there are thick ropey sea rows of oil. There were a lot of surface burns today, more than we’ve seen since we got out here. When it got dark, you could actually see the flames reaching high into the air."
The Florida Tribune has a good summary of the oily positions of the state's GOP leaders. Apparently, these natural born "steal and spend'ers" have retreated from support of offshore drilling only when faced with bigger and more successful thieves. I continue to be interested why there is no photo essay on the Gulf Oil Spill from The Miami Herald or McClatchy; both have resources and photojournalists up to the task. Great photos from newspapers far from the scene of the crimes. Check out the LA Times.
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