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BP Oil Spill
Locals point of view
Noah Sadoff, Leah, Maria and JoJo
Before the oil spill
• Fishing• Tourists
Fishing• Shrimp• Crab• Lobster• Oyster
Tourists
• 45% of people• Summer• Locals money• Hotels • Crowded stores• Crowded Restaurants
BP
• British Petroleum• Offshore Drilling• Gas company• Made in U.K.
What happened
On Earth day 2010 Bp was offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. When they capped the oil they did not cap it right. Then the oil spread across the Gulf of Mexico. The biggest oil spill of all time happened on earth day.
No Shrimp
No Oysters
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No Shrimp
• Oh wait I already said that
How it hurts hotels
• No tourists are coming• No seafood for the hotel restaurant• Employees are being fired• Stores renting space have lower rents or are
kicked out
How it hurts restaurants
• No tourists• Less customers• No local seafood• Cheaper food• Less Waiters• Less Chefs
Interesting Facts
• 91% of children are doing less outdooor sports south east gulf strip
• In the strip there was an 8% job loss• 26.6% of people moved from the strip
Gulf Coast oil spill map.wloceb
How should locals push politicans to change laws
Responses
• Slightly over half of all coastal residents felt that BP's response was "poor," and 41.3% said that the President's response to the oil spill was poor.
Sources
• http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=40&contentId=7061813
• http://www.examiner.com/gulf-oil-spill-in-tampa-bay/bp-slow-to-pay-oil-spill-damage-claims-while-tampa-bay-fisherman-struggle
• http://picayuneitem.com/local/x1271727222/Oil-spill-affecting-local-businesses
Sources Continued
• http://www.witn.com/stateregional/headlines/103762574.html
• http://www.portlavacawave.com/articles/2010/06/25/news/doc4c2362ef2b754441181726.txt
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100803132740.htm
Sources Continued
Gulf Coast oil spill map.webloc
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