Nature strIKEs again by Claudia Sonea

When Mother Nature gets upset we should tremble in fear. Whatever we create in a lifetime, she can destroy in an instant through calamities like hurricanes. For instance, Hurricane Ike took place last week and destroyed numerous properties, the effects you can still see now, while people are still declared missing. The Gulf of Mexico currents brought tons of debris hundreds of miles from the upper Texas to Padre Island.
The area coast just north of the Mexican border where the debris which includes parts of roofs, refrigerators, loveseats, TVs, was brought is a national park, a beach where birds and other animals live. Furthermore Kemp's Ridley endangered turtle that nests there would have a hard time in digging their nests. For the wildlife workers this raises serious concerns. About 2,970 industrial-size trashbags were filled with the junk, while farther south at Cameron County's South Padre Island beaches, seven 30-cubic yard recycle bins also got filled. Cleaning up is the responsibility of the feds. However, the fact that local governments were affected too by the Hurricane, made them ask for cleanup reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. So, it is good to hold the power.
Besides the turtles, the birds could be in trouble because they might mistake food with the small pieces of plastic. Therefore park rangers have began expeditions in order to collect the plastic and steel barrels, and then it follows big floating plastic bins. Some people decided to give a hand of help and clean the beach, they even made a shack. In trouble people get together and try to fix the mistakes by joining hands. Bravo to them!



related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_re_us/ike_debris;_ylt=Am2mMuETgMiz1gF3PB9UdlOs0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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