I am encouraging you to read Shannyn Moore's post about the Incident and it's after effects all of these years later. She is an Alaskan Resident and Blogger that has a unique perspective, it is a piece written with heart and insight. ( You may remember her from her interviews on Countdown with Keith during Sarah's VP run .....)
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Most Videos on Youtube are sadly not embeddable on this Subject....
An amazing video about the Spill.
October 1993 Documentary on Youtube -18 Minutes.
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Journey Man Videos made the two videos linked to the post...I will try to find more.
Background Information:Oct 1993
Alaska's Prince William Sound is a uniquely beautiful Place. But the lives of its people of this remote USA state were changed forever when the Exxon Valdez ran aground. The fragile ecosystem of the Sound was destroyed by the resultant oil slick and the local fishing community in the town of Cordova has been locked in battle with Exxon ever since. Exxon told the world that it was doing all it could to clear up the mess but locals say that was a lie. Salmon have failed to return and fishermen have found themselves going slowly bankrupt. When the spill first occurred Exxon threw money at the problem. Now they are throwing money at their lawyers to contest claims for compensation.
Shannyn is an awesome blogger.. she is such a talented writer..
Annette:::
she really is....and that she told the story weaving her story with the Real story of that moment....she is a true writer....
Enigma: Thanks for linking to Shannyn Moore's reflections on the Exxon Valdez tragedy.
Rarely do I come across something written by someone so deeply affected and emotionally attached to an event with such incredible feeling who transmits it to all who read it of their suffering, anger and pain.
"Sarah Palin is to Alaska what Velveeta is to cheese"...and "to do business with Exxon was like having your parents rent the basement to the guy who date raped you on prom night. Am I clear?"
That's powerful stuff, obviously from someone who's been force fed a lot of Velveeta over the years since the Exxon Valdez spilled its guts into Prince William Sound.
Thank you so much for this story!
you are welcome Dada...
it was and is a moving piece....it impacted her life...it's odd how big events like that change people forever...they are a gift and a curse....
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