Enviromental impact of Drumbeat

Wulfmann · 05-31-10, 08:21 AM

By the time I turned 5 years old in May 1954 my family had been living in Boca Raton Florida for 4 months (Population 1,200 people then).

We went to the beach often and always brought a can of gasoline to rub off the oils we got on our feet as it was everywhere in small balls.

We all knew it was from tankers sunk more than a decade earlier, just accepted it.
Most tankers sunk off the coast would have had the larger part of their cargo taken out to see in the gulf stream so the impact would have been small compared to the Exxon Valdez or the BP accident in the gulf.

Wulfmann

05-31-10, 08:21 AM	#14
Wulfmann Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,010 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	By the time I turned 5 years old in May 1954 my family had been living in Boca Raton Florida for 4 months (Population 1,200 people then). We went to the beach often and always brought a can of gasoline to rub off the oils we got on our feet as it was everywhere in small balls. We all knew it was from tankers sunk more than a decade earlier, just accepted it. Most tankers sunk off the coast would have had the larger part of their cargo taken out to see in the gulf stream so the impact would have been small compared to the Exxon Valdez or the BP accident in the gulf. Wulfmann __________________ "The right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed upon, if only to prevent tyranny in government" Thomas Jefferson,; Constitutional debates