Monday, May 24, 2010

Gulf Coast Oil Spill

on may 23, 2010 Port Fourchon, Louisiana was faced with a serious problem, an oil spill. it covered the beach. poor innocent animals were harmed and many washed a shore dead covered in oil. the cost of Louisiana is home to hundreds of herons, brown pelicans, terns, gulls, and roseate spoonbills who have to sit an die slowly because they are unable to fly away do to the oil covering them. clean up crews are working hard to make the ocean safe and beautiful once again.

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Monday, May 10, 2010

8 horses and a barn fire, how will it end?

Sunday afternoon a barn fire broke out killing 8 horses near Commerce City, Colorado. Dennis Moon (Commerce police spokesman) said the barn was engulfed in flames when the South Adams County Fire Department arrived. 8 horses and several chickens were killed, but several other animals escaped. as for now investigators are working to find out what caused the blaze, but they suspect it was deliberately set. Do you think it was set on purpose or was it an accident?