This scene is one from the beach near Isla Vista... near the UCSB campus. I remember going to the beach there frequently when I was at University... (of COURSE this was AFTER I had studied all I could to ace my exams..LOL)... On this Isla Vista Beach I invariably would get a big blob of oil on the bottoms of my feet or on a towel. The ocean between Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands in California is dotted with oil platforms. In the past I've thought of them as a necessary evil... an annoyance. Even though we were often told that the oil blobs form naturally in that area and were not because of the platforms and the drilling, I never really believed it. Now that we've seen the horrific devastation of coastline and wildlife and livelihoods that can happen, I more and more think we should never sink another off-shore well ... ANYWHERE. I'm hoping those that work on platforms that are already there are redoubling their efforts at safety and caution.
