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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