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[Pennyprof]

Swimmers who did venture into the water questioned whether it was really safe to wade, swim and play in the Gulf, especially when they had to walk through a line of tar balls and stay clear of skimmers scooping up oil just 25 and 50 feet from the shore.
"I only went into the water up to my ankles. That's as far as I wanted to go," said Joe Chambers, 28, of West Pensacola as he scrubbed off oily residue from himself and his son, Ethan, 4, in the public showers at Casino Beach. "It doesn't smell like the beach. It smells like a gas station. There are no fish in the water. There's nothing alive in the water. I don't know how public officials can just look at the water and make a call to reopen it for swimming."


Those people must have really needed a swim...they are stupid for going in the water especially if the beach "smelled like a gas station". Sometimes people should take responsiblity for their own actions and not rely on the "authorities" to tell them what is right or wrong.


As far as BP not being around next year"100% guaranteed"...well nothing is for sure or guaranteed. I don't care to argue with you, even though you seem like a real thoughtful caring individual... I'm just saying that there's more like a 50% chance, IMHO. Right now everyone and their grandma is trying to short BP and at some point they will have to cover. It's not going straight down like FNM from $80 a share to .30 because this company for the time being has some value and actually makes money. If the price of oil goes up because of something bad in the supply chain then they will make more money. Granted they have a lot to pay and I'm sure they will still be paying for years to come.

We'll see. I think some of the downward momentum is slowing and doubt we'll see less than $25 in the next week. Just my opinion.