I lived in Texas for 8 years..... I spent a couple of vacations in Port Aransas around the time of the 79 leak. The beach was still beautiful, but you had to spend a 20 minutes cleaning the tar from your feet after a walk on the beach.

I grew up in Orlando with the summers filled with time at Cocoa, New Smyrna, Daytona and Melbourne Beaches. In the last 7 years I have grown to dearly love the keys. I am deeply depressed at the thought of what is to come. It affects me in a way that I have not felt before......

Basically the knowledge that life is about to change in so many ways that we never imagined would actually come true. What ever happens I will die in Florida because it is a very special place to me as is everyones native home. 45 of my 56 years have been spent here and I cry inside a little bit everyday now because of the calamity that we have all helped to occur.

I want desparately to believe we can avert the worst case senario, but it sweems to be fading into the sunset...... How many do we have left?