The Oil: It's really here and still coming

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

For 43 days now we've been hearing about a spill in the Gulf. In my optimism, I kept thinking, it just won't be that bad. They (whoever 'they' are) will get this thing stopped and they will come up with some magic solution to make all of this oil go away. My optimism was starting to wane in the past week or so and yesterday was a turning point for me in my view of this thing.

June 1 marked the opening day of red snapper season in the Gulf. This is a day that I thoroughly enjoy. I love offshore fishing, though I really don't have the opportunity to go all that often. I took a vacation day and we made our plans to fish about 20 miles south of Dauphin Island. Then we learn that the fishing has been closed from the Gulf Shores pier all the way over the Louisiana. We debated whether we go out or not but ultimately decided to go ahead and fish out of Perdido Pass, well east of Dauphin Island.

As we were fishing our first spot about 7 miles out, we see what we thought was a grass bed (not uncommon to find). As we get closer, we realize it's a floating glob of oil about 12 feet in diameter. At that moment, it got real. We caught a few fish not far from there. The fishing slowed for a while so we decided to head out another 10 miles or so.

When we go out there, we started seeing more and more oil. It wasn't like a gigantic slick, just little softball size patches all over the place. We began to catch fish (lots of fish!). As our lines went in and out of the water and the fish were hoisted overboard, the oil began to accumulate on everything. The boat was a slimy mess and so were we. This stuff is nasty. It has the consistency of thick chocolate syrup and is just as impossible to get off of your gear and skin.

When this hits the beaches (not if it will) we are in trouble. Tourism is shot. Seafood is virtually done for. Charter boat captains are through (except those working with the clean-up). Though we had a great day fishing, it was somber for the three of us on that 20 foot boat. We knew this may very well be the last day of snapper fishing for a long time.

It's sad but real. Christians need to respond in a Christ-like way. It's a trial just like a hurricane, earthquake, war, or any other catastrophe. The market will have to reset and our economy will have to retool. But these things don't just happen. This means people go out of business and lose their incomes, this means hotels sit empty and someone now holds a bank note they can't pay.

I pray that as this disaster continues to unfold Christians would be mindful to respond in a way that pleases the Lord. This is what will set up apart. As everyone else is complaining, Phil 2.14 comes to mind to not complain. As others are in despair over the impact, we realize our ultimate hope and provision is in the Lord. In short, may God be glorified in the believers who are affected by this catastrophe.

2 comments:

Cody - Galatic Super Dog said...

There is fabulous news regarding the gulf oil spill..If anyone is interested the info can googled Hutchison-Lazaryan Frequency Generator
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Some of the article as follows
Hutchison-Lazaryan frequency generator clears polluted Gulf waters
by Sterling D. Allan
Pure Energy Systems News
Famous anti-gravity researcher, John Hutchison, and his associate, Nancy Lazaryan, have come up with a device that emits a combination of audio and radio frequencies that have the effect of clearing waters polluted by oil and dispersant in less than 24 hours, bringing the native life back.
Concerned about the BP oil gusher disaster, John Hutchison and his research partner, Nancy Lazaryan have come up with a combination of audio and radio frequencies that now have been shown scientifically to reduce the oil and grease in polluted waters in the Gulf of Mexico from 7 ppm to less than 1 ppm, restoring the water's vitality as manifest by the return of fish, dolphins and even barnacles to a region of Perdido Bay in Lillian, Alabama, USA, where they conducted their first test in situ.
John is world famous for his work in eccentric, maverick research creating anti-gravity effects, transmutation of elements, and energy from rock-like compounds. Now, with Nancy's help, he has applied his knowledge of frequencies to produce what could be a solution to the pollution from oil and dispersants in the Gulf and elsewhere in the world.
"The local residents may now finally have hope for getting their Gulf back and restoring it to the healthy body it once was, if not better, before the Oil Disaster," said Cara Fay, who is a friend of John and Nancy, and has been following their work on this project, which began in July, when a sample of polluted water was sent to John's lab in Vancouver, BC. Based on success in finding the right frequencies, John and Nancy recently headed to the Gulf to try a test on location, with scientific documentation by a chemistry lab to corroborate their observations
The exact reach and potency of the frequencies is yet to be determined, but the device John assembled for this research pulls two kilowatts and, judging subjectively, appears to effect a region of at least more than 1000 yards radially (like a sphere), as verified by sympathetic resonance in the water (detected by oscilloscope) from the projection of audio and radio frequencies over the water. Nancy speculates that the effected area could be as much as several miles. All of the equipment ran off of one extension cord (110 V, 20 amp).
The area was treated with the frequencies for four hours the first day, and by the next morning, the waters were cleared. They then did four more hours of RF frequency that day, to complete the test. The frequency device was situated about 25 feet up the beach from the water.
Nancy, who is from Minnesota, who has experience as a professional broadcast TV camera person, filmed the restoration of sea life, with clearing of the water, new green algae, dolphins, and fish, the day following their test. She said:
"The fish were jumping, ...the water that had been murky brown was a clear green. Two dolphins came into 5 feet of water to visit. Lots of schools of fish and crabs [were] very active in the 'healed waters'. These tones were used by the ancients to HEAL humans."
She doesn't have her computer equipment with her to retrieve the HD footage from her camera, but will be making it available later. John would like to use the footage to interest local media for coverage; to open doors for subsequent test locations.

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