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USCG Photo: A Coast Guard air crew from Air Station New Orleans spots an oil sheen off the coast of Elmer's Island, near Grand Isle, in the Gulf of Mexico, March 20, 2011. |
Captain Bligh
In one part of the region, optimism has replaced doom and gloom, at least for one Alabama resident. Jay Reeves, writing for the Associated Press, shows us a glimmer of hope within the region in his profile of Brent Shaver, a local fishing captain who is usually referred to as Captain Bligh. The full article is on AL.com, but basically it sounds like the area is back to business as usual - fishing is back to normal, the oil is gone, and tourism in the region is back to 80% of what it was pre-disaster.
Do you think the Gulf of Mexico is back to normal? Would you hesitate to vacation, swim, boat there or eat fish from there? Will history repeat itself?
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