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To: Ilaine who wrote (108867)4/13/2005 11:38:26 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 793925
 

He's right - the Gulf is nothing nothing but water and mud for hundreds of miles, so any little thing that sticks up collects wildlife. Birds sit on them, nest on them, crap on them, fish hide from smaller fish behind and between the pilings, shellfish grow on them

I had a job lined up as a roustabout on a Gulf rig in the mid-90s. I'm glad something better came up, because I sure as hell would've hated scraping bird shit off thousands of square feet of rig. <g>

Derek



To: Ilaine who wrote (108867)4/13/2005 5:35:07 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793925
 
I grew up in South Louisiana, and was a full grown woman before I saw a rock bigger than gravel, on a trip to New York.

To me, oil rigs are a beautiful part of the ecosystem.

Apparently, SCUBA divers in the Gulf like to dive off the oil rigs because they act as artificial reefs, attracting a lot of sea life.


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