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DAY 1- SCENE FROM BP’S FIRST MEETING WITH PEOPLE OF VENICE, LA.

May 4th, 10 / 3 Comments

Drew Landry

What you can do now..

May 3rd, 10 / 0 Comments
I will update the story about the first 3 days in Venice, La. and the plight of those who work on our Southeastern Coast this evening, but just want you to know because of the Oil Act of 1990 BP is running the show. Like it or not means wedlock and the fastest way you can make to make a difference is to go to work for BP or a company they contract. Also, All of my friends in the oil patch tell me things are finally moving and this is what you can do…
There is a company in New Iberia looking for  people right away..
AMPOL is paying $9/hr + hotel and per diem if onshore. You can use me as a referral  and keep in mind they are looking for young men who can work long hours with protective gear in the sun.
#800 48 AMPOL www.ampol.net
Do whatever you can NOW, in a week it will be too late…. I’m sure you can make a lot more, but I don’t think money is an issue at this point. also, Deep Horizon is BP’s environmental branch.
Drew Landry

Day One

May 1st, 10 / 6 Comments

Before a Thursday night gig in New Orleans I spent a few minutes in Jackson Square. I thought about the helpless feeling I had watching the aftermath of Katrina from a hotel room, knowing my old National Guard Unit that had helped with past hurricanes was stuck in Iraq. So before I left the Quarter I looked up the Louisiana State volunteer website, which provided a toll free number that turned out to be an environmental wing of British Petroleum.

I figured that if oil was going to hit the Gulf Coast today I needed to be there. So, I hitched a ride with local activist Valerie Gonsoulin and we headed south to meet a crew from Lafayette in Venice.

Sunrise came & there were no booms going out, no volunteer tents waiting, nothing that any of us could do.

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Drew Landry