UNbelievable

Crist may decide fate of natural gas port off Fort Lauderdale
By DAVID FLESHLER |South Florida Sun-Sentinel

CRAZY!!!!!!!! Headline from Sun Sentinel

OK... This is a bad idea. The Suez Energy North America's Calypso Deepwater Port is a joke. Part of the report says that it is hurricane proof. Is anything? Do you remember the Andrew damage? I do, and there is a lot of potential for something not to be hurricane proof. I hope that Crist does the right thing here but I am doubtful as the state is in desperate need for money.

The reefs are in serious danger. The beach could sustain a large blast not to mention a bad view. Three football fields large, sitting on the ocean approx 10 miles offshore.

Right now I am ranting, but I am starting to ramp up on actions we can do to stop this as well as delve deeper into this thing to prove my gut reaction to the thing being a BAD IDEA.

PS: The "hurricane proof results" images are from Katrina. Another area that thought the rigs were "Hurricane Proof". Also another area that thought the companies would take care of them. The "toxic sludge" that everyone was dealing with was t he direct result of an oil company's due diligence. The dredging to get the rigs in compromised the outer islands, making the impact worse on the residents.

Great book to read on the perfect storm that was called Katrina: The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley. He is a professor from Tulane and this happened in his backyard.

Let's not forget the best shortcoming from this: "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva a job." -w