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so frustrated
I want to smack every adult, especially the parents of the kids that say "pretty cool", in this clip. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/47788805
Oregon Parks staff had to BURN OFF all vegetation and animal life that was on the dock because we are so fearful an invasive species could wreck havoc on our ecosystems. They also had to test it for radioactivity, and thank god it was negative. No one has any idea how to get the dock off the beach.
Are the tourists going to be flocking to our communities (which need for our financial survival) when our beaches are inudated with debris in the near future? Are they going to be helping us clean the beaches? Are they going to help pay the transport and landfill fees to clear this up? No, of course not.
/end rant
Re: so frustrated
I showed Lance the picture of the dock you linked and the first thing he said was 'That's going to be a b!tch to move'.
In the mean time maybe it will bring people into the community to see it? Hopefully they can figure out how to get rid of it sooner than later.
Maybe it will draw people in to see it.
Are tourists usually expected to pay transport and landfill fees? Or help clean the debris? Some times other states will send in volunteers to help if it's bad enough or requested, or the National Guard.
Do you know if the state is preparing for future debris or setting up the locals with information on how to help clean up when and if the time comes? Granted if they have to test everything for radioactivity they may not want people touching anything.
Im sorry you have to deal with this mess washing up on your beaches. At least no one there had to live through the terror that caused the mess.
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Wow - that is beyond rude. It affects her b/c she lives by the coast. She live sin the communities that have to clean this up and that will suffer is tourism slows down due to closed beaches. Plus, what part of dock from a huge catastrophic event is 'cool'? It is a reminder of all of the lives lost.
It is definitely an amazing thing to see that this traveled so far, but by no means is it cool.
Stop coming on here with your stupid made up name and being ignorant and rude. It is getting annoying.
No, obviously tourists aren't expected to pay those costs. It was a rhetorical sarcastic question, because they are there now oogling at something that is not "cool." Sure go see it, but our beaches and limited state troopers and park staff cannot handle 11,000 extra people coming to a small beach.
The point is while the tourists (and locals, I know that 11,000 includes many locals) are here now for one large dock, the beaches may be closed and/or tourists will not want to come when they are littered with tons of debris in coming months. How are we to survive the decrease in visitors and increase in costs and resources?
It's not a hassle. It will be a true economic hardship to our community. This dock is just the tip of the iceberg. The majority of the debris is still coming, and far ahead of the timeline we anticipated.
If you need a play-by-play of how it affects me - the plant and animal life from Japan was still very much alive and thriving on the dock when it hit our coast. These organisms could set root here and create a competition with our native species, which could send our ecosystems out of whack. This could devastate our local fishing industries, which would put fisherman out of work and our restaurants out of luck for local fish. This would result in lower populations in coastal towns over time, which would result in decreased funding for our public services, which means personnel cuts at the ambulance district, which means my husband loses his job. Do you get it yet? And that's all without taking into account the costs to the state parks system to remove the debris from beaches, the health impacts if any of it is radioactive, the danger of large debris like this floating around with boats, the decrease in tourism and its effect on our local economies, and just the immaterial fact that I walk the beach multiple times a month.
And if you still don't understand - read this article http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/06/tsunami-loosened_dock_on_orego.html
I see. I didn't know you were being rhetorical. And l wasn't trying to be rude in what I said. If they are anticipating a lot of debris floating to shore hopefully they have a plan laid out on how to handle it. Again it won't be up to only the locals. The National Gaurd is here for this type of thing and will hopefully help your area before you eperiance total economic breakdown.
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