Riley gets burned and some rock ‘n’ roll therapy

Alison Wadley/The Ranger

Alison Wadley/The Ranger

So Alison, Trish, Irene and I are driving in the “flashy” red car and passing through Mississippi right now on the way back to Louisiana… and after a while of listening to Jimmy Buffet we are listening the some rock ‘n’ roll I find a bit more familiar, the Rolling Stones. Sadly not everyone knew much about Buffet (myself included) but we still had fun at his sister’s restaurant, Lulu’s, which was very much the opposite of my beloved LuLu’s near SAC. But the crew was awesome and helped Riley in aiding his swollen fire-hot, sunburned feet. He forgot to apply sunscreen on his feet and walked barefoot along the beach on Dauphin Island. Poor thing, at one point we thought they were turning blue, which turned out to be the aloe vera mixing with some other lotion. We are monitoring the situation and hopefully he’ll be feeling 100 percent for school on Monday.

Anyway, today has been nice. We took the scenic route back toward New Orleans and got kicked out of a BP contracted company’s worksite because we didn’t have a BP access card. The security woman didn’t say much but it is interesting to say I’ve been kicked out of somewhere. Hey lady, we are just investigating and reporting on what’s going on over here. It’s just a bit odd how many people signed contracts saying they wouldn’t speak to anyone about what BP is doing on the Gulf Coast. We are still getting bits of the story albeit many won’t give us their name for fear of losing their jobs.

Oh and we ran into the director of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium who clarified a lot about where the oil is being dispersed right now. He had just attended a meeting where many officials are trying to spread the word that seafood from the area tested safe for consumption. Anyway more info on what Dr. LaDon Swann says later!

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