Well, it has been an interesting week here in Oily Creek. The elections happened, Halloween, and our first snowfall.... really just a sleet. Yes, Cold weather has arrived along with the unique noxious odor from the oil... Lots of people in the park have been ill. I am tired of having to deal with it on a daily basis. Even the dogs have seemed worse.
Today, I woke up and stayed indoors until this afternoon when I heard the airboats... I decided to go and photograph them as they passed under the bridge... Sometimes when I focused on getting a shot I don't notice what is in my frame (not something a photographer should admit to)
I am snapping photos when a woman comes out of the home asking if I am taking photos of her kids... yep there are 3 kids in a Barbie car... (I have blurred them to protect them but I think the photo shows how close we are to the river and the sprays of the airboats (this one was going slow )).
Tonight was a meeting put on by the EPA as they are getting ready to turn over a lot of operations to the MDNR.... I wanted to be there to see a couple of things... a guy who was introduced to me on Facebook who worked for Enbridge during the clean up and is turning whistleblower. He has been very busy with video tapes and info on facebook... and a previously woman who had dealt with Enbridge CEO Pat Daniels and supposedly was taken care of .... well now she has turned activist.... I guess Pat didn't take care of her... but that is no big suprise after seeing how the company has dealt with the residents of the park.
So EPA gave their slide show... I left after I started seeing new numbers and info on their air quality slide show.... why.??? I am tired of the finger pointing, the legal manuvering, the politics and lies.
3 weeks ago, my husband and I were told by Enbridge attorneys to give them a couple of week.... they were working on settlements for the park. Well, its been 3 weeks.
I have watched the residents (without lawyers) being told week after week ( just give us a little time..) Well, time is up... If Enbridge has hated my photography and blogs up to this point... They are really going to hate my next series.
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