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Coast Guard tests revealed that Captain Joseph Hazelwood’s blood alcohol level was .241, which is more than six times the legal level under Coast Guard regulations. He put the vessel on automatic pilot, left the bridge, and the rest is dark history. Though the media has chosen to fixate on the city of New Orleans, the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina actually covers a land mass nearly equal in size to Great Britain. Over 90,000 square miles. With the lifeless bodies of those not lucky enough to escape Katrina’s wrath floating in the murky floodwater that covers the streets along the coast of New Orleans and Harrison County, Mississippi combined with raw sewage, garbage, gas and oil, and a completely compromised drinking water system, those left living in the filthy flooded aftermath are facing many potential perils. When an abundance of carbon is released into the atmosphere by something like an oil fire, we’re stuck with that. “Children living close to petro-chemical industries along the Ship Channel are exposed to higher levels of toxic pollutants than children in far west Houston.” |
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