oil hit florida pan handle

J Abbey

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Feb 7, 2010
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SOUTH WEST FLORIDA
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280 SUNDANCER 2005
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marinas are empty in some areas on the gulf. trailer prices are rising quickley. this is joke in the gulf. Where should us gulf boaters go? given time the oil will be all the way up the east coast. i left buffalo N.Y. for year round boating and less snow. i will not even pull into a BP station but i am dry stored and most marinas in my area only carry Bp fuel isn't that ironic. what are your thoughts. I use to manage a concret pumping co. up north and one of my unit broke a suction line on the Hyd. tank while in transit on the toll road. Dumping 135 gallons of oil. the operator pulled over and contanied the spill i responded with pallets of sppedy dry box broom and bobcat cleaning up everything we could. Fire chief said we did a first class jod as well as state police. thru way said mill the road and repave it. i contacted one of my customers and did just that. Milled the road and repaved it this was all done in 24 hours. the millings went to a sanitary land fill [ thats where household garbage goes Non hazerdous material]. A non secured land fill. I'm all for the enviorment and did not have a problem doing this. I think BP should return the enviorment the same way. Hire people unemployment is high. Pay decent wages that will put the money on main street. the upper management give up the millions of dollars in bonuses. they play the game they must pay price
 
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Another CSR idiot.

When the Space Shuttle exploded or burned up, we should have stopped manned space flight... where do you people come from? Under a rock?

I bet you eat your steak well done...

Frankly, I'm shocked that the government collects 100's of BILLIONS of $$ from the oil companies and has no technology/task force to handle this stuff... the government basically collects money and pisses it away on other stuff.
 
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I have a friend down there thats losing his a$$ off ...$$$$$$
Everybody is canceling their trips for this summer all his rentals are empty. :smt021
 
All of us driving cars and boats have to share the responsibility of the impact of oil - good or bad.
 
Let me tell you guys something. :smt001
You'll see the same trucks from Sunoco & Chevron & BP & Hess.
Getting the same gas from the same 1mill gal storage tank !!!.

If you don't believe me go to the nearest gas terminal and watch the trucks that pull in & out of there. :smt021
Who ever is selling it the cheapest that day gets all the trucks from the other gas companies
 
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Waynes World is right. Boycotting local BP dealers only hurts innocent little store owners - no measureable effect on BP.
 
I am upset about it as the next guy, But I'm not sitting here bitching about it. Instead I am working for BP to clean it up. I agree with Wayne. Flordia Tank Lines is less than a mile from my house and I have seen other tankers come in and fill up.
 
Oldsman,
What are you doing for BP? What type of jobs do they have?
Chuck
 
Seems that they piss away the oil money on manned space flight?

Another CSR idiot.

When the Space Shuttle exploded or burned up, we should have stopped manned space flight... where do you people come from? Under a rock?

I bet you eat your steak well done...

Frankly, I'm shocked that the government collects 100's of BILLIONS of $$ from the oil companies and has no technology/task force to handle this stuff... the government basically collects money and pisses it away on other stuff.
 
Oldsman,
What are you doing for BP? What type of jobs do they have?
Chuck

Well for the past 3 weeks I have done pretty much nothing.I will be pulling boom. Our boat will be going out Monday. I have 1 Hazmat class left to go to then I'll get my Yellow Card and will be able to go out on the boat.

BP is hiring for beach clean up among other things they need. They have an office set up here. Right now I think that they are hiring locals only but that may change at anytime.
 

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