PEOPLE REPORTING ON THE GULF...NEWS FROM THOSE MOST EFFECTED

I saw this link to a website named Oil Spill Map at The Coming Depression. It seems to be a site designed to allow Gulf Coast residents a place to report what's going on in their lives. the company that set it up, Radical Designs, seems to be primarily a social change, social justice operation so keep that in mind.

Migraine like headaces, etc.
5+ continuous weeks of the first migraine I've ever had, and 3 weeks of severe double vision and eye pain. I have immune system problems, and have... 2010-06-12 Venetian Isles - Bayou Sauvage

Black oil 1 mile x 15 feet wide spotted 2 miles S of Bayou La Mere.
Black oil 1 mile x 15 feet wide spotted 2 miles S of Bayou La Mere. 2010-06-12 bayou la mere plaquemines LA

Heavy Oil 3x5 yards wide in Bastian Bay.
Heavy Oil 3x5 yards wide in Bastian Bay. 2010-06-12 Bastian Bay, Plaquemines LA

BP discouraing crews from using respirators
BP workers discouraged from using respirators because it could cause public "hysteria". 2010-06-12 Gulf Coast

headache from stench
headaches and coughing in morning from oil smell. day after day. 2010-06-12 Biloxi, MS

oil spill clean up worker with open sores on his hands and arms
Supervisor for BP subcontractor reported to first aid tent that he had a worker referral from a physician to the nurses for open sores on his hands and... 2010-06-12 BP Worker Compound, Grand Isle, LA

Boom stockpile
Boom stockpile at chef harbor. 2010-06-12 21135 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, LA 70129-2585

Barges blocking channel
Big barges used to block off the mouth of the channel north of little bayou magill 2010-06-12 Bayou Magill, LA

Bayou Magill booms
Booms washed ashore in little bayou magill 2010-06-12 Bayou Magill, LA

Citrus cleaner smell
Citrus cleaner (like lysol times 100) coming off beach at Grand Isle. Could smell it from 1/2 mile away. 2010-06-12 Grand Isle State Park,

out of seafood
Restaurant out of oysters and shrimp- Grand Isle 2010-06-12 Grand Isle, LA