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Blog Post 762 days ago

A Year After the BP Oil Disaster; A Walk on Mississippi Beaches

Last weekend I went to Mississippi's Gulf Coast beaches. I arrived just before sunset. Before the light was gone I photographed four dead sea turtles and a variety of other animals--birds, jellyfish, stingray, armadillo and catfish. I walked the beaches on Saturday and Sunday too, exploring different spots from Waveland…

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Blog Post 770 days ago

Dead Kemp's Ridley Turtles Washing up in MS and an Update from Bay Jimmy

Dead Kemp's Ridley sea turtle spray painted so it wont be counted twice�Dead Kemp's Ripley seaturtle in Waveland MSDead Kemp's Ridley Sea turtle in Pass Christina MSDead seaturtle left for days next on beach in Waveland MSDead Kemp's Ridley turtles on the Mississippi beaches, images I kept seeing on Facebook…

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Blog Post 791 days ago

Return Trip to Site Where Oil Coming From Unknown Source Was Found Off Grand Island

�Emulsified oil 1/2 mile due south of Grande Isle on March 21st�On March 21, I returned to Elmer's Island and Grand Isle, where the day before I photographed oil and oil sheen washing into Caminada Bay . The Coast Guard confirmed that there was oil on the water on March…

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Blog Post 791 days ago

As One Year Anniversary of BP Disaster Approaches As More Oil Washes Up On The Gulf Coast

Wildlife and Fishery Agents Check out Oil off Elmer's Island The mayor of Grand Isle, LA, held a press conference Sunday afternoon to say that reports of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, which started circulated on Friday, are heartbreakingly correct. Oil was spotted by fishermen, residents and members of OnWingsOfCare.org,…

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Blog Post 796 days ago

GREED- Common Ingredient in Compounding the Horror of Natural Disasters and Crushing Human Rights

I will not being going to Japan to cover the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. The threat of radiation and living in fear of its consequences scares me. With Japan on my mind, I took a trip to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, home of the National Data Buoy…

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Blog Post 796 days ago

Tsunami Detecting Buoys Program May See Budget Cuts

Do we really want to cut the funding of our own tsunami warning system? The GOP's proposed spending bill threatens to do just that, slashing the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by as much as $450 million. And that will effect the work of the National Data…

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Blog Post 814 days ago

Shooting the Revolution with a Point and Shoot in Cairo

I was in the Bahamas when the revolution in Egypt began. It was my first vacation in a long time. But while conversations about real estate and gossip swirled around me, I longed to be in Cairo. A massive protest there was nothing short of miraculous. Years back a friend…

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Blog Post 858 days ago

Ken Feinberg says "I don't work for BP". He gets paid by them tough.

Oil spill claims chief Ken Feinberg has held three town hall meetings in January, one in Mississippi and three in Louisiana, to explain new guidelines that impact on all claims against BP. On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 300 people attended the meeting at the Lafitte Community Center in Jean Lafitte,…

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Blog Post 859 days ago

Untitled

Flo McGarrell was on my mind a year ago today, and is again today, the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. Flo died in the collapse of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel. His sudden death stays with me. I feel powerless to ease the pain of Flo's parents,…

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Blog Post 870 days ago

First Pictures of the New Year 2011

New Year's Eve in New Orleans was a foggy affair, Click here to see a set of images of the fireworks over the Mississippi River.New Orleans' Superintendent Ronal Serpas held a press conference on New Year's Day sharing good news: There were no reports of injury due to stray bullets…

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Blog Post 891 days ago

NGO's Keep the Cholera Epidemic Under Control in and Around Port-au-Prince, but for How Long?

I went to Haiti to cover the elections and the cholera epidemic on November 25th- Dec 4th.Here are links to my multimedia work on the Atlantic's website about the elections- Haitian Voters Brave Chaos and CholeraHaiti's Elections: Images From Campaign's Final Days (Jude Celestin's Campaing) How Easy Was IT to…

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Blog Post 955 days ago

BP Oil Left Behind in Louisiana

I got a call from Grace Welch asking me to come to Terribone Parish to see the oil BP is leaving behind as the clean-up efforts to an end. Welch is a Pointe-au-Chien Indian from Pointe-au-Chien, LA. The community has taken a bad blow from the BP oil spill since…

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Blog Post 972 days ago

Third Major Fish Kill in One Week

On September 19th, BP pronounced its Macando well dead. End of story? Hardly. A September 19th trip along the coast of Bay Jimmy in Plaquemines Parish proved the oil is still out there , and more and more fish kills have been reported. According to the AP, Wildlife and Fisheries…

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Blog Post 993 days ago

Death Toll Grows as The Page Is Turned on Iraq

August 31, 2010, Obama declared it is "time to turn the page" on Iraq, yet he didn't declare the war is over during his speech from the oval office . The page is turned but the story is not over. A visit to Arlington West, illustrates the open book as…

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Blog Post 1019 days ago

It's Not Over Til It's Over!

While the end may be near for the rogue BP oil well, the damage to Louisiana's wetlandscontinues. More oil is washing up, oil that has sunk into the ground is resurfacing and tropical storms push it deeper into the marshes. Scientists are concerned about the long term effects on the…

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Blog Post 1043 days ago

Coast Guard's Reversal On Press Restrictions

The Coast Guard has reversed its restriction on the press!I just received an email from the Joint information Center: "NEW ORLEANS -- National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today announced new procedures to allow media free travel within the 20-meter boom safety zones if they have followed simple procedures for…

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Blog Post 1074 days ago

BP Oil Leak Update In Pictures

Politicians and BP officials who assure the public all that can be done is being done to protect and clean up the Gulf Coast might want to reconsider such statements. That is not what I have seen. Brown pelicans on Queen Bess Island are living dangerously close to splotches of…

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Blog Post 1127 days ago

Soccer Anyone? Displaced people evicted from Stadium

Thousands of people were evicted from the grounds of the National Stadium (Sylvio Center) on April 10 when the police came and smashed the remaining temporary shelters. People are now living in the parking lot and the surrounding grounds which were already full. The lives of these displaced people have…

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Blog Post 1154 days ago

Homage to Patti Lynn Gregory

I spoke with my friend Patti before I left for Haiti. She and I usually communicate by email and catch up in person when I'm in New York, but I decided to touch base with her before returning to Haiti so I called her from the airport before I left.…

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Blog Post 1156 days ago

Port-au-Prince 10 weeks after the earthquake

images top to bottom: Rodney Patrick in Miami field hospital in critical condition from gun shot wounds/Dr. Yvens Laborde treating three- month old Dedumes Christiano at a mobile clinic/Dr. Yvens Laborde treating Anita Buenieville (95 year old) for hypertension/Volunteers with The Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation distributing blankets at the National StadiumPort-au-Prince,…

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