Kindra's Window: Gulf Coast Disaster Documentary

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This film follows the lives of Kindra Arnesen and family from Hurricane Katrina through the BP Oil Disaster from their perspective in Venice Louisianan; first land fall of Katrina and closest populated land mass to the Deep Water Horizon site. The disaster is ongoing.

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April 20th Gulf Coast Memorial Concerts

GULF COAST ARTISTS/ NON PROFITS ANNOUNCE: GUITARS FOR THE GULF/SOLUTION TO POLLUTION PROJECT

Dirty Cajuns 

On April 20th a series of concerts will be held in communities across the Gulf Coast on the one year memorial of the worst man made disaster in our nation’s history. Countless artist are giving their time and talents to honor the 11 men that lost their lives and address the long term environmental and health  impacts to the region.

Tipitina’s French Quarter location 233 N Peters St. will host Dr. John (Malcom Rebennack), Drew Landry, Shannon McNally, Michael Juan Nunez, The Treater Band, Grey Hawk, Fi Yi Yi and many other talented musicians starting at 7:30 pm. We see this spill as a catalyst for working toward energy Independence, self responsibility, and charting a sustainable course for our planet.

Millions of migrating birds heading to oil

The marshes, shores and islands of Gulf Coast are a bottleneck for birds heading south


Larry O'Hanlon
MSNBC

Nearly five million Migratory birds from Canada are now winging their way south across North America, and many of them could be in for a nasty shock when they reach the oily marshes and beaches along the Gulf Coast.

"There’s a lurking time bomb for many waterfowl and shorebirds that breed in Canada's boreal forest and winter or stop in the Gulf," said Jeff Wells, senior scientist at the Boreal Songbird Initiative.

There are several concerns ornithologists have about the birds. First of all, they could come into direct contact with oil that's present in many salt marshes, as well as just under the surface of shores and islands off Louisiana.

Then there is the problem of food. Many shorebirds eat small invertebrates that live in the sand along the shore. Now a lot of that sand is saturated with oil just below the surface, which has wiped out the invertebrates.

"The birds are actually dipping their bills down into the oil," said Wells.

The marshes, shores and islands of the Gulf Coast are a bottleneck for birds heading south, as they provide the last chance for many of these birds to fatten up before flying 500 miles across the Gulf to their wintering grounds in the Caribbean or South America. It's arguably one of the word's the worst places to have a major environmental disaster, said Melanie Driscoll, director of bird conservation for the National Audubon Society's Louisiana Coastal Initiative.

In order to see whether migrating birds get mired directly in oil, or if there are any other surprises in bird behavior or health due to the oil spill, the Audubon Society is planning on expanding teams of volunteer and professional bird watchers to monitor what happens in the coming months, and even years.

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