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» Shirley Siluk Gregory - Detractors and conservationism

Bob, thanks so much for your thoughts. I visit New Orleans regularly, and am pained more than ever now to see the destruction there, both environmental and human. Katrina had a terrible impact, but it's also true that if there had been better stewardship of the environment, in particular the wetlands that have long provided a natural buffer against storm surges, the damage could have been far less. Our environmental mistakes can have terrible human consequences as well.

Living as I do in the Florida Panhandle near the Gulf, I take the issue of gas and oil drilling personally too. Recent changes make it seem more likely such drilling will occur nearer to our beautiful beaches, and all it takes is one accident (or storm) to wreak havoc on the nature here. That, too, has a human cost, because our beaches and fishing are some of the top reasons poeple visit our area and contribute to our economy.

All things really are interconnected, aren't they?