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Many question whether the berms succeeded in keeping oil off Louisiana coasts. AP Photo
For many weeks during the Gulf oil spill disaster Governor Bobby Jindal (R-La.) complained about the inability to gain federal permits to build sand bernms off the coast of Louisiana. Gov. Jindal claimed the berms needed to be approved quickly to stop the oil spill from coming ashore along the Louisiana coastline. The Obama administration eventually approved many of the permits, but the conservative community claimed that the bureaucratic delays were unjustifiable.
However, new evidence shows that there may have been good reason to delay the permits, or possible reject them all together. A number of the berms which have been built have now washed away because they were built improperly. A number of experts along the Gulf Coast claim they were not consulted on the steps which must be taken to build permanent berms, as opposed to temporary stopgaps. The berms were put in place built by dredging up sand from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and this sand is very limited in quantity. Scientists now fear the Gulf Coast is throwing away its ability to protect itself because of the rushed plan implemented by Governor Jindal.
In addition, the berms seemed to have had very limited effectiveness in actually stopping or containing the oil spill. In many cases the oil simply went around the berms since they were small in number and not strategically placed along the coast. Some oil was certainly caught by the berms, but many claim the same amount of oil could have simply been contained using skimmers.
The Gulf oil spill disaster was partially created by lax governmental oversight, and a rush to get oil while skipping safety guidelines. It seems that the response to the spill may have followed the same pattern of mistakes, wasting away precious resources in a rush of judgment.
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