The Deep Water Spill is a horrendous environmental and economic disaster. The under statement of the century maybe. Everyone who lives on the Gulf of Mexico is waiting with great anxiety, hoping the spill will soon be stopped and clean up efforts will be ramped up. Still, the oil, because of currents and wind patterns, should stay about 200 miles off Pine Island, Florida. Our Florida Senator Bill Nelson said On Friday June 11, that Southwest Florida area is "the least threatened part of the Florida penisula, at least for the immediate future". Nelson is calling for the military to take over cleaning up oil, and I agree. Please everyone contact your elected representatives, in support of greatly expanded clean up efforts on the Gulf of Mexico, and for BP to put $20 Billion into an escrow fund to pay for the clean up. So far, BP is only suggesting $2 Billion to put in escrow to pay for the cleanup, that certainly won't cut it. For more informative websites on how to help, go to
http://www.noaa.gov/ and
http://www.seizebp.org/, and
http://www.handsacrossthesand.org/ Please help save the Beautiful Gulf of Mexico. Contact your representatives! Thank you, Erika Foye
