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Here on the Moon

Jason writes:

Today we went to St. Bernard's Parish in New Orleans. I had heard a lot about it on the local radio and really wanted to see it. It is just next to the 9th Ward and it was totally under water. The kicker for St. Bernard is that it has an oil refinery and there was an oil spill because of the hurricane. The entire city lay under 9 - 10 ft. Of oily water until it finally drained out.

I was shocked at the devastation. No one will ever live in this city again before they bulldoze everything and re-build from the ground up. And who even knows if they'll ever do that.

Honestly, It was like being on the moon. The grass had died in a way that I can't explain with words. It was white and felt like foam under my feet. The cement had all cracked and it looked like a crater on another planet. The air was thick and hard to breathe. Needless to say we got in and out rather quickly.

We found canals that ran along the once beautiful communities that were now full of oil.

The environmental implications of some area like this sitting dormant in our country are beyond comprehension.

There was NO ONE there. We saw a dog a few guards and that was it for about 90min....

Where are the scientists and the EPA and the clean-up crews?

How can we let this toxic waste land sit there and not do anything?