Serious Question about the Gulf "Dead Zone"

[MadHatter]

And that same land today is back producing. Agriculture learned and developed new practices. I don’t disagree that plastic bottles and pollution doesn’t have an effect but it **** sure isn’t the end all that’s claimed. That’s been proven time and time and time again. You folks take the extreme and try to make it the norm. Bottom line industrial pollution was way worse 50,75, 100 yrs ago.

So what's extreme?
Who's taking the middle ground?
If it's either be extreme or do nothing, I'll choose to be extreme.
Look at all the reports on here, the pictures, time and time again about the nasty beaches of Texas. The trash everywhere.
But who's doing anything?
Just the small groups of people, here and there, the organization that help get people together to clean up, etc..
They are all part of the extreme movement.
Look at the post talking about how nasty Galveston waters have become.
Look at the number of ships that have collided in the port system there over the last 10 yrs. Spilling millions of gallons of who knows what.
The BP incident.
The run off into the rivers, from Americas agriculture land.
It only grows, yr after yr, after yr.
The only people who care, are the extremes, because who else is doing anything.
Do you think it's not all adding up little by little?
Do you think Galveston(the gulf) water at some point will just start getting cleaner and cleaner, as we pump more and more into it?
What do you think it will look like, when your son(?) is your age?
Sure it's been there millions of yrs, and gone through a lot of things, but that was natural. Not man made, synthetic.
There's a different sort of catalyst this time, and people pay it no mind, as if the world is so big, we couldn't possible have any effect on it.

[BrandonA]

So what's extreme?
Who's taking the middle ground?
If it's either be extreme or do nothing, I'll choose to be extreme.
Look at all the reports on here, the pictures, time and time again about the nasty beaches of Texas. The trash everywhere.
But who's doing anything?
Just the small groups of people, here and there, the organization that help get people together to clean up, etc..
They are all part of the extreme movement.
Look at the post talking about how nasty Galveston waters have become.
Look at the number of ships that have collided in the port system there over the last 10 yrs. Spilling millions of gallons of who knows what.
The BP incident.
The run off into the rivers, from Americas agriculture land.
It only grows, yr after yr, after yr.
The only people who care, are the extremes, because who else is doing anything.
Do you think it's not all adding up little by little?
Do you think Galveston(the gulf) water at some point will just start getting cleaner and cleaner, as we pump more and more into it?
What do you think it will look like, when your son(?) is your age?
Sure it's been there millions of yrs, and gone through a lot of things, but that was natural. Not man made, synthetic.
There's a different sort of catalyst this time, and people pay it no mind, as if the world is so big, we couldn't possible have any effect on it.

As I said I agree on the pollution debris on Texas beaches. My disagreement is the end all devastating long term effects of the BP oil spills and flooding and agriculture effect. But flooding isn’t one of them. Oil spills isn’t one of them. Chemical fertilizers used today isn’t one of them. **** water isn’t one of them even though I don’t agree with. Plastic trash that are non- biodegrable and the like is one of them.

[100%TtId]

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/th...-QmrC5Si9kcf2Q

Interesting reading at that link.

[lovemylegacy]

Hey Guys (and Gals)! In the last couple days I have seen news feeds about the growing northern Gulf "Dead Zone" primarily off the coast of Louisiana and Texas. But, I also see news feeds about great fishing in the same general area's. Anyone know what the real story is here? Much appreciation on real info. Thanks!

Fake news brother, the only Dead Zone I know of is Washington DC

[Quickstand]

I work offshore servicing GOM rigs approx 65 to 80 miles southeast of Port Fourchon, La. No dead zone here. Tuna are running, plenty of Dorado (Mahi Mahi), always see barracuda, blue runners, bait fish jumping all around. I'de say the Gulf is doing just fine. At least where I'm at.

Good to hear! Thanks.

[Quickstand]

Fake news brother, the only Dead Zone I know of is Washington DC

Yeah I know all about the one in DC - LOL!

[Quickstand]

Didn't mean to start something controversial. Thanks all for the insights and info. Much appreciation.

[Dale Moser]

Interesting reading at that link.

Yep, the United States gets the blame for just about everything these days, and stuck with 90% of the cleanup, when the VAST majority of the garbage in the oceans come from those filthy cultures along those rivers who don't give a ****.


The left primarily, would have you believe it's ALL our fault.

[Smart]

Yep, the United States gets the blame for just about everything these days, and stuck with 90% of the cleanup, when the VAST majority of the garbage in the oceans come from those filthy cultures along those rivers who don't give a ****.


The left primarily, would have you believe it's ALL our fault.

Yep, the Dems, the folks that claim "they are not Dems", and bunny huggers blame it all on the US to get their global cash cows rolling.... and the hippies fall right into the Fake News trap..

[RaginCagin]

Fake News. They are burning up the trout and reds along the coast of Grand Isle right now. I'm sure the trout aren't as close in to the river around Venice as normal but saying there is a dead zone all the way to Mississippi and Texas is stretching it. I'll be in Grand Isle in 2 weeks and wouldn't be wasting my time going if they weren't catching fish.

[Shane]

https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/n...gulf-of-mexico

Seems they have spelled it out pretty good.

Yep. It explains that the annual dead zone occurs at the bottom of the ocean, where all the algae that dies and sinks is decaying. Happens every summer. This year will be a big one with all the extra runoff.

Probably won't affect any fishing, other than bottom fishing.

[DEADEYE1]

water

So why all the squack on the news.... Trust me...I don't trust the news, but I would love to hear some first hand takes.

Typical media trying to scare everyone Same thing with global warming
My question for the Dems on this issue is, if other countrise are not following what they want to do are we going to go to war with them and wipe them off the planet since they will be the ones destroying it

[DEADEYE1]

news

Fake news brother, the only Dead Zone I know of is Washington DC

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[Full Throttle]

Wasn’t dead last week.






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[Quickstand]

Man I sure am glad to see that the stories are over-hyped (as predicted). Very glad of that!