People of Louisiana: Please Apologize to whatever deity you have offended. I don't think you can take much more of this.

[michaelb]

I found this article a really interesting discussion of the long past history of dumping and abusing the gulf; and the relative lack of any interest in environmental protection there by the residents.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30gulf.html?src=me