It's a 20 meter (65 foot) safety zone. It's designed to protect the Anderson Coopers of the world from mucking up the response effort. In twenty years of oil spill response, I have seen reporters (mostly TV reporters, who for some reason seem to consider themselves omnipotent):
- drive outboard skiffs over containment boom, cutting it in two.
- walk through uncleaned beach areas and then track oil into command centers and hotels
- ignore warning signs and set up cameras in nesting areas, crushing arctic tern eggs
- cut off response vessels, forcing them to drop their towlines and release oil from inside containment booms
- ransack my lunch while I'm working
- ignore hazardous environment warnings (like smoking in front of a "Flammable Liquids - No Smoking" sign)
The litany could go on for pages. 20 meters is enough distance so that they can't screw up the response but close enough that they can see/smell/hear what's happening. If 20 meters puts them too far away for the classic camera shot, too bad. If they want to see the details, get a pair of binoculars.
I would agree that Reform is bring some interesting concepts and partnerships together. To me it is to early to tell what or when credible news might come from it..
There are not many smokers about who started smoking after the age of eighteen. In fact, the majority of smokers took up the habit in their early or mid teens. Many children start smoking because their friends have tried it or smoke themselves
The stadiums will be used by the SA Rugby teams. SA is the reigning world champions.
Also the sport of soccer is growing in SA, there are several playing across europe, and the quality of SA soccer is getting better.
Bottom line, the stadiums will get used.
Doesn't the rest of the world have a right to know what is going on? What better way to teach our children and future generations how important it is to look after and protect our oceans, than showing them the effects of a disaster like this.
It's a 20 meter (65 foot) safety zone. It's designed to protect the Anderson Coopers of the world from mucking up the response effort. In twenty years of oil spill response, I have seen reporters (mostly TV reporters, who for some reason seem to consider themselves omnipotent):
- drive outboard skiffs over containment boom, cutting it in two.
- walk through uncleaned beach areas and then track oil into command centers and hotels
- ignore warning signs and set up cameras in nesting areas, crushing arctic tern eggs
- cut off response vessels, forcing them to drop their towlines and release oil from inside containment booms
- ransack my lunch while I'm working
- ignore hazardous environment warnings (like smoking in front of a "Flammable Liquids - No Smoking" sign)
The litany could go on for pages. 20 meters is enough distance so that they can't screw up the response but close enough that they can see/smell/hear what's happening. If 20 meters puts them too far away for the classic camera shot, too bad. If they want to see the details, get a pair of binoculars.
Doesn't the rest of the world have a right to know what is going on? What better way to teach our children and future generations how important it is to look after and protect our oceans, than showing them the effects of a disaster like this.
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