Welcome to the Official website of Alabama Coast United formerly known as The Alabama Oil Spill Aftermath Coalition .As we move forward as Survivors of the BP Oil Disaster we have changed our name ; ACU remains a community based action group dedicated to helping those affected by the 2010 BP Oil disaster..and ALL COASTAL ALABAMA ISSUES !!
Looks like all of our Tar ball Flyer Fridays and Staying on the Alabama Dept. Of Public Health Paid off . Orange Beach now has Tarball / Oil warning signs . Thanks Susan B. Forsyth for sharing this pic
Here is just a few of the things we did in 2011 !
As we begin 2012 we have many things in the works .. The most important of which is an Upcoming Gulf Wide Campaign called
” FISHERMEN FIRST”
Check back regularly because more details are coming soon .. We are going to continue to hold Direct actions throughout 2012 along with Food Drives . We can and will make a difference in 2012 . We at the Coalition also feel that “CLEAN AIR & CLEAN WATER ARE A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT ,ANYTHING LESS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION !! ” SO WE PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR CLEAN AIR & CLEAN WATER AND TO CONTINUE TRYING TO BRING RENEWABLE ENERGY TO THE GULF COAST !!
Here is an important announcement from our Co founder Kimberly McCuiston
Big Announcement for the Alabama Baldwin Co. Area.
On Tuesday March 6th at 7:00 pm Michele and I have been asked to Speak to the Eastern Shore Democrats about our Communty Action Group, and the true State of the Al. Gulf Coast and her people. This is a excellent opportunity for outreach within our own community and we are very excited.
Link to more information on the Eastern Shore Democrats
Here is a video of conditions on the West End of Dauphin Island ..
HEY BP THE OIL IS STILL HERE AND SO ARE WE !!!
THIS VIDEO IS COMPILED OF PICTURES TAKEN BY OVER VERY OWN
Kimberly McCuiston !! Thanks to her for all of her hard work and dedication!
Keep in mind this is the very near the same area where Local Newspaper Reporter Ben Raines caught 14 fish with skin lesions just last week.. See our Blog post Sound Science on Seafood safety for more information on the Fish!
I’D LIKE TO THANK JIMMY FALLON AND EDDIE VEDDER FOR THIS SONG !!
TAR BALLS IN YOUR MOUTH !!!
This was written by my Mother and I wanted to share it with the World ,because we along the Gulf Coast are all indeed
Fed Up!!!
by Kathy Walker Gordon on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 12:07pm
I have been listening, reading and watching all the BS that has been going on since the Oil Spill and folks I am totally fed up!! Just to clarify this note, this is my personal opinion and no one elses. It isn’t just the oil spill itself it’s how the local, county and state governing bodies have disappointed all of us with their roll over and play dead for BP and their money. It sickens me to know that people that I worked hard for and pushed for to help them get elected are only showing a side to the public that all is well here. Bull Shit, nothing is well here, everything is a big mess here. The Gulf is full of oil, tar mats, and dispersants, as proven by scientists not owned by BP and their “Good Ole Boys”. I never thought I would see the day that the people of South Alabama would put money and greed before the safety and well-being of our locals and our tourists, I am totally ashamed of the people who now hold office in OB and GS, they are allowing BP to show ads on television stating that all is well here, telling ppl to come on down and enjoy our clean beaches and seafood. They are busy spending BP money to build bridges that will destroy natural habits and areas of the island that may never have been touched before, for what, to make more money. There was a time that truth and honesty stood for something, that protecting peple from harm above everything else meant something, obviously that is no longer true. For me, in all good conscience I could not and would not tell ppl to come on down all is fine because that would be a boldface lie!! We have to many outsiders who have come to our area and seen dollar signs because of what we used to have and they have over time destroyed what we did have. This area is now catering to the tourist trade and to hell with the locals and the ppl past and present who made this area what it was, a beautiful, quiet, close knit community, no loner, just a bunch of money grubbers and greedy poloticians. They keep saying that the area had a great summer season, well why not ask all the businesses how great their year was, not just the beachfront condos, hotels and resturants. You will find that the smaller, off the beach businesses are mostly hanging on by a thread or just don’t exist anymore, tell them how wonderful their summer was.
As for the fishing industry, well they have been hurt the most, their livelihoods basically depleted. When fishing started here it was with a handul of strong pioneering men who fished for a living on small wooden, some homemade, boats. They made their living from the gulf and took great care to protect her. Now days I see the majority of boat captains coming in from other states and only fishing for the sport and the money. I haven’t fished a tournament in over 25 years because they are too expensive for the local fisherman who is not running a Million dollar vessel, or back by some corporation. If I were still fishing for a living it would be tag and release only, no fish brought in and cleaned for customers to take home and get sick from, I value my name and neck more than that.
The oil spill has taken away all the good things about south Alabama, fishing, swimming, the beaches, you name it it’s all gone. If everyone continues to bury their heads in the sand, which by the way is full of oil and dsipersant, then in time you will see all of this area die, either from not being able to use the beaches, fish the gulf or from the fact that BP and their oil have killed every living thing here. Go ahead and continue to believe all the BS propaganda that the local tourist associations, fishing associations, government and BP, go ahead because in the not too distant furture it is going to come back and bite you all in the A__. Keep clear cutting the trees on the island, adding more bridges, more building and in a few years when their aren’t any locals left you will be sitting around with your fingers up and orface and saying”Gee maybe they were right”. I as an individual will continue to voice my disproval of BP and all their cronnies, including local, county, state and federal governments who continue to allow these attrosities to unfold.
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HERE ARE SOME OF THE VIDEO’S THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED IN 2011
Download the data sheet (PDF) used in this seafood safety video
We would like to help educate and raise awareness about the ongoing continuing problems and concerns with the BP oil spill. This has been for many years the traditional time for great celebration and to partake of the bounty of our beautiful, clean, clear Gulf seafood. But make absolutely no mistake about it as there will apparently be no more warning than this from any official source. Either there has been the largest man made Oil Spill and Corexit combined disaster in the entire history of the United States or there has not. There has. If there has then there will be serious consequences. There are. The data in the above video comes from the EPA and the FDA web sites themselves. Pay heed. Take Care. Do NOT indulge in the seafood.
Coming up empty: Shrimp catches are down 99 percent in areas hard hit by gulf oil spill.
Since Captain Lori’s Video was recorded her health degraded further. This site is all about what’s going on in these Alabama Gulf waters because you need to know, and you’re not being told. We’re here to warn you and give you a choice – Be very careful how much seafood you, and particularly your children, consume and please keep your children out of the water. Listen to the voice of a father who’s 3 year old son is nearly dead from having gone into the water:
The father of a young boy (now 4 years old) sick with 2,400 times OSHA allowable Hexane limits after visiting the gulf encourages those who are ill to go for VOC testing.
LISTEN BELOW TO A PAINED FATHER’S POIGNANT TESTIMONY
READ HIS PRECISE TESTIMONY BELOW
“My son was in the ICU twice last year. The doctors all refused to give blood tests. I went and saw a specialist, a urologist, because his kidneys had failed – this was three weeks after being in Orange Beach Alabama. He’s 4 now, he was 3 then. I just wanted to let everybody know that even four months after being exposed I finally found a doctor that would do the tests and the results came back with hexane. He was 2,400 times the allowable limit by OSHA standards.
We went to Washington DC this past week and we met with the CDC and some others, not necessarily the CDC – some other task force I guess is what they were – and one scientist said ‘Even though he seems fine now the chemicals have done their damage and that his DNA has probably changed.’ …so I know that I’m pretty much yelling at a wall when I go in to the government about this. People need to go get (VOC) tested and then there will be numbers (of sick people) to back it up.”
NVDA The Oil is Still Here and So Are We
Stuart Smith Law
I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THE UPDATES AND CONTINUES TO REALIZE THAT THE FALL OUT FROM THE DEEP WATER HORIZON BP OIL/DISPERSANT DISASTER IS ONLY JUST NOW STARTING TO BE SEEN IN THE ENVIRONMENT !! THE ALABAMA OIL SPILL AFTERMATH COALITION IS HERE TO STAY !!
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BP America just posted on Facebook:
“The long wait has come to an end, for the 40th Annual National Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama is now underway. Over what is to be a beautiful fall weekend, more than 300,000 shrimp eaters will converge on this quiet beach town for one of the nation’s biggest outdoor festivals. In addition to lots of delicious Gulf shrimp, there will be great live music, too.”
Hopefully each of the visitors will take at least one shrimp from each plate they eat & then bag it, tag it, label it, and put it in their freezers at home. Then, later, when they come down with weird cancers in a few years they can all pull out the freezer bags, give them to the class action suit lawyers and make sure their families are taken care of by BP. Because BP cares. Grab a few tar balls while you’re at it.
Thank you so much for doing this and being a voice for all who are sick up and down the Gulf Coast. My children and I have had a great deal of health issues since the Deepwater Horizon incident. It really doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the seafood is not safe! There is no way that much oil and chemicals can be dumped into our water and everything has been made “right!” People have been misinformed through the BP ads, the media (or lack there of) covering this disaster. What you are doing is truly admirable! And to the people going out everyday, taking these photos and video footage, they are the true heroes! The individuals who are trying to make a difference and let the truth be known are the true heroes! God bless you – Trisha J., Trisha S., Diane, Michele, Captain Lori, Kimberly M., Charles T., Linda L., Shirley T., Cherri F. and everyone else who is fighting the fight! I love you, all!!
I forgot to mention: Denise R., Paul G., Laura R., CJ, Fritzi P., Misty M. (love you girl!), Jennifer R., Maggie, Holly C., Lorrie, Paul & Kathy, Tucker, RDavid, Wil, John B. … all of you have a huge place in my heart.
Most of the web site is good. However your presenter with the weights and measures comes off with the wrong type of attitude and presence, that the average person will become annoyed and stop listening to the video before the message is delivered. Get straight the point. Loose the attitude, deliver the message.
I remember Captain Lori when we video’d her. She wasn’t feeling too well. Afterwards we went out to eat and she really wanted to have a Shrimp Po Boy Sandwich – well let me tell you, THAT was a mistake! She got really sick after that. Just goes to show you, this stuff is cumulative – and the latest scientific inquiries are looking into just that to account for the increasing numbers of fish with ever more serious lesions. It’s better to err on the side of safety.
As someone who lives on the coast and is a “Captain,” your telling me she was unaware of the dangers until she decided to put her face in it to get internet fame, like the the rest of the wanna be’s here? Maybe she should stop posting current pics of her joy rides in her boat, if she is so ill.
Lori is not going to roll up into a ball and quit. She has the free fighting spirit of a woman of the sea and a love of the marine life and the water. There are days when she can’t go out – and to take the above video two days of feeling ill went by before she was able to take us out to document what was there – and it had to be early before the mid-day sun and heat exhausted her. Anyone who exposes this on camera long enough as a fighter will become known over time. If you call this fame then so be it, but which came first, the fame or the actions? Lori is a rare person of action and words – and such rare people must be called upon to step up to the plate, to carry the burden a little while longer, because not everyone has the means, the ability to reason, argue and speak compellingly and the heart to do what is right for those who cannot speak for themselves. “Hates Crazy Liars” has no videos, hides behind a pseudonym, and uses derision and name calling to attack the person and not the issues in what is a very serious matter. Sorry Hates Crazy Liars – according to the rules of scientific debate, you’ve lost your argument before you’ve even begun. Next time try sticking to the issues and not attacking the personalities.
Call me wind becuase I am absolutely blown away.
Die hippy, die.
While I do not condone the content of this comment as it is a direct threat on my life , in the intrest of being fair and balanced I’ve approved it to show how Stupid and Immature some people can be!!
I’d hardly worry Michele – we have the precise hardware location (adsl-74-243-135-184.int.bellsouth.net) and time (October 4, 2011 at 7:54 pm) (which may or may not need to be adjusted for time zone difference) of the threat. If anything happens to you or to any of your associates we have the server records and the ISP has the precise physical address. In other words, by logging in they have left their fingerprints.
Thanks David I appreciate that!!
You’re the garteset! JMHO
AMEN….I live here too. So much BS drama on this page. Things are not perfect but this is a joke, right?
Are you schizo? You just posted like eight conflicting opinions on this one page alone.
And a big THANK YOU to Emerald Coastkeeper for the oyster sampling tests and results. Hard to imagine that 90 percent of the oysters for Apalachicola are distributed throughout the United States and 10 percent are distributed internationally. For some strange reason, the Apalachicola oysters were not included in this study. I have been told the local government knew it would destroy them economically. But, if you are not aware of the oyster conditions, you will SUFFER the consequences.
http://emeralcoastkeeper.posterous.com/nwfl-oyster-sampling-results
AMEN thanks to Emerald Coast Keepers and the Surfriders.
Trisha
Which is WHY EVERY menu has a warning label regarding eating them. It is NO SECRET! DUH
http://hoodooed.blogspot.com/2011/09/pete-sick-victim-of-gulf-oil-gusher-and.html
Look at what this guy is going through in Florida the Seafood is NOT SAFE and neither is the Water, this is not near as bad as what you all have in Alabama.
Damn, when are you all going to wake up.
People are Sick and Dying from this.
Dr Richard W Sprinstead MD and Trisha Springstead RN MS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptqs_iiH28U&feature=youtu.be
Now this is Louisiana but if you think our oysters are safe, YOU are nuts.
Thanks,
Trisha
They have never been safe. Read the warnings on the menu!
Help, I’ve been informed and I can’t become ignanort.
Thanks to everyone who is making this possible, it is an honor to be a Radical friend of the People of the Great State of Alabama.
Love from Florida,
Trisha
and Trisha James thanks for all the work you do.
Could not do it without you – you are my inspiration.
I really wish there were more artciles like this on the web.
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/fda_not_considering_gulf_seafo.html
How about all those fish tested as soon as they came in from the Dauphin Island deep Sea fishing rodeo? Why aren’t you posting those tests. cause crazy people are one sided obsessed!
I am pressed for time right now…However I will return after work with comments on here. I have lots I can say about all of this mess as a lifelong Mississippi Gulf Coast resident. BP has not made this right! It has only begun and the effects are becoming worse day by day. Add Coastal Justice to your Facebook for anyone who reads this. And as I said previously I will return with comments on this.
Thank You.
LOTS of work still needs to be done in Mississippi. The only way to get this done NOW is to sue. Billboards all across the coast for Attorneys willing to take the cases!
I am pressed for time right now…However I will return after work with comments on here. I have lots I can say about all of this mess as a lifelong Mississippi Gulf Coast resident. BP has not made this right! It has only begun and the effects are becoming worse day by day. Add Coastal Justice to your Facebook for anyone who reads this. And as I said previously I will return with comments on this.
Thank You.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204641512928642
The Bp bought Puppets in Gulf Shores are trying to kill our right to free speech!!
http://blog.al.com/live/2011/09/gulf_shores_says_shrimp_fest_n.html
And finally, take a look at Charles Taylor’s excellent documentation of BP “cleaning up” their mess. (They literally just cover it up with sand.) http://blackoilredblood.com/2011/09/is-this-a-literal-bp-cover-up/
It is INSANE that the maximum daily allowable amount of shrimp is 1.25 shrimp. And if you want to eat oysters? Well, you can only safely eat less than one. And as for fish, don’t even think about eating a whole fish every day unless you want to die.
Here’s what the Gulf Coast looks like right now: http://blackoilredblood.com/2011/09/videos-and-pictures-of-oil-and-corexit-on-the-beaches-before-and-after-hurricane-lee/
NOAA reports that there is an unusual mortality event going on in the Gulf right now. Here are some shocking images of what’s washing up on shore: http://blackoilredblood.com/2011/09/bp-america-blues-shocking-images-of-oil-and-dead-marine-life-on-the-beaches-right-now/
Finally, the Huffington Post reported today that oil is still leaking in the Macondo field: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rocky-kistner/the-macondo-monkey-on-bps_b_988262.html
Call your congressperson and demand justice!
This informtaoin is off the hizool!
I love this video. It’s a perfect demonstration on how our government misleads the public! I live on the Gulf Coast – I don’t eat the seafood. I know better!
What a joy to find someone else who tnhiks this way.
Watch this vid and educate yourself !!
http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/09/study-bp-oil-spill-lasting-damage-fish/
The problem is not being wiped out as the cleanup process progresses. While much of the oil has been removed or dispersed with chemicals that one recent study indicated may be carcinogenic, oil that has made it to the gulf floor is not degrading. So storms, such as the recent tropical storm Lee, can dredge up the hydrocarbon-rich sediment and expose more species.
“You can have a fish that’s safe to eat but is still not healthy,” said Whitehead. “The sediments are going to act as this long-term reservoir of oil, of potential exposure.”
Are you comfortable enough to eat gulf seafood?
Because of all I have seen, I would not eat anything from the gulf at this time
METHYL MERCURY had me scared of Gulf Seafood LONG before the spill. Everything in moderation. make sure you hold your breath when you pump gas too. All that benzene from it could kill ya early too!
If your going to “care” about the people, you should include many ways they are being poisoned daily.
It’s wodnreful to have you on our side, haha!