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Cannikin

(8,359 posts)
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:00 PM Apr 2013

Mayflower Cleanup: Week 1

There are internet trolls on both local and national news sites claiming the spill has been blown out of proportion and that the area has been cleaned up. That is far from the truth. The area is a mess. Exxon is being very secretive. Tensions are still running very high. Please keep spreading the word.

These are from the Mayflower Arkansas Oil Spill Facebook page. This is what a "cleaned up" neighborhood looks like a week later. The first photo is where oil can be seen gushing into the street in the early video of the spill that was taken by a resident as he drove away.

















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Mayflower Cleanup: Week 1 (Original Post) Cannikin Apr 2013 OP
It looks like they've only scratched the surface, if that. Awful. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #1
That's horrible! octoberlib Apr 2013 #2
I hope the President has seen these pictures. Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #3
I totally agree. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #9
Will he care? nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #11
Cleanup Laborers Needed Life Long Dem Apr 2013 #4
They'll get ours, then. knitter4democracy Apr 2013 #6
Those people will not be moving back into their homes anytime soon, if ever. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #5
Not to mention watoos Apr 2013 #7
What a toxic mess! JaneyVee Apr 2013 #8
My only hope is that mercymechap Apr 2013 #10
kr HiPointDem Apr 2013 #12

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,712 posts)
1. It looks like they've only scratched the surface, if that. Awful.
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:23 PM
Apr 2013

Thank you for these pictures, my dear Cannikin.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
2. That's horrible!
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:26 PM
Apr 2013

If the spill isn't as bad as people say, why is Exxon doing everything they can to keep reporters away? They're probably paid internet trolls.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
3. I hope the President has seen these pictures.
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:39 PM
Apr 2013

Send them to Rachael and Chris. In fact, send them to everyone you can think of.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
9. I totally agree.
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 01:00 AM
Apr 2013

I've been a bit ambivalent about XL, but no longer.

Any industry that is so complacent to allow this to happen deserves no benefit of the doubt.

 

Life Long Dem

(8,582 posts)
4. Cleanup Laborers Needed
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:39 PM
Apr 2013

Craigslist:

Oil Spill Cleanup (Mayflower)
Need 40 HR Hazmat trained laborers. Emergency cleanup of oil.

Location: Mayflower
Compensation: Contract / OT.
This is a contract job.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/exxon-pegasus-tar-sands-pipeline-ruptu

knitter4democracy

(14,350 posts)
6. They'll get ours, then.
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 12:13 AM
Apr 2013

We had tons of contract workers come in to help clean up the spill into the Kalamazoo River. I'm sure those people are on their way to Mayflower now.

Alpaca hair. They need tons of it--helps absorb oil in those orange buffer things.

SunSeeker

(51,715 posts)
5. Those people will not be moving back into their homes anytime soon, if ever.
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 11:56 PM
Apr 2013

I would make Exxon buy me out. It is insane to live in that toxic environment, even after you can't see the oil anymore. It will still be there, soaked into the ground. Killing you.

mercymechap

(579 posts)
10. My only hope is that
Sun Apr 7, 2013, 01:07 AM
Apr 2013

many of the residents in this neighborhood are Republicans. They seem to think that Libs/Progs are not exercising good judgement because we are not in favor of the pipeline! Maybe this will change a few minds.

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