Oil Spill Birds Cooked Alive: Spill Will 'Cook The Birds' (VIDEO)

NBC's Kerry Sanders walks through one of the worst areas hit by Gulf oil spill on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. He examines the extent of the disaster, sinking his boots into the thick substance, and shows why this particular area, which has been there for 5 days without any attempts of clean-up, is so detrimental to the wild birds.

Sanders explains that the beached oil absorbs the heat from the sun and can get to 100-plus degree temperatures. When heated to that extreme level, bird experts say the oil begins to "literally cook the birds" as they get coated in it.

WATCH Kerry Sanders walking through the hot oil spill:

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Comments

[sunnyside]

09:27 AM on 06/14/2010

Anyone believe BP when they say that they are going to send big vacuum cleaners to suck up this oil on East Granterra Island? Nope. Just words for the cameras. If BP really had giant vacuum cleaners that could suck up oil they would be showing them on TV for good PR. Wish the media would press BP harder, like show us these vacuum cleaners.

[Richard Colley]

02:27 PM on 06/14/2010

BP certainly has a credibility problem right now. It is in their interest to mean what they say and to deliver on their promises. For the time being, lets not disparage BP because nobody can divine the future. Time will tell what BP will or will not do. If BP fails to follow through the egg is on their face.

[phantomcat]

02:32 PM on 06/09/2010

Hands Across The Beach is one way.

[phantomcat]

12:04 PM on 06/09/2010

Just an idea:

Anyone who is willing to help to stand up walk to the gulf area, a stand in, sit in, clean in.

We will go to where it is happening. We will need maps, places to camp or reside while we are in the area.

I believe like any other event we can manage without various official organiazations to approve of our efforts or not.

We are adults and can take care of our needs with a little help from residents.

Lets network about this.

We are comming down to do something even if it's just join hands and sing or pray, whatever it takes.

Lets do something!

[LiberalDem]

09:51 AM on 06/09/2010

I'd pay money to have Tony Hayward, the BP board of directors, and the execs at Deepwater Horizon dunked in the Gulf oil spill, and then leave them all gasping for air.

[Billyguitar]

08:47 AM on 06/09/2010

Apparently only 1% of cleaned birds survive. Kill them quickly and humanely, please.

[Havana Thinks]

08:19 AM on 06/09/2010

Louisiana, it seems noone cares about you. I am so disgusted that for at least 5 days this oil slick and sludge has been there. BP is not there...why not? Is this going 2 B another Katrina? I can guarantee the powers that B will go 2 Florida and clean up there. When will we realize how the poor and minorities are so often the last 2 get help!

[phantomcat]

07:56 AM on 06/09/2010

My heart is breaking too.

If we can agree that cleaning it up, putting our lives on the line down there on the beaches, we can cross the barriers without permission, get in the way and create a spectcle of ourselves.

Best case it may force the hand of whoever is in charge to join us in cleaning it up once and for all. Worse case we get jailed and come away with medical conditions caused by exposure.

We agree that this addiction to OIL has to stop and like any intervention the bottom has been reached.

We can at least all go down to the gulf and make an effort without permission and not just stand by. I need a place to stay while I'm down there.

I propose an intervention with the help of residents of the gulf we can do this. I have already started making a bird suit.

[phantomcat]

08:00 AM on 06/09/2010

PETA where are you in this effort?

[4CleanEnergy]

09:31 AM on 06/09/2010

I live on the Gulf (Florida) and have had the very same thoughts. Why are we waiting for approval from people who obviously don't care and have no intention of taking care of this situation? I've taken the basic 4-hr haz mat training to help clean up tar balls. Unfortunately, I haven't been called yet.

Of course this is extremely dangerous work -- no one denies that. However, are we really going to sit back and watch this unfold without trying to help?? We need are supplies to keep ourselves safe and effective. If we were to start networking, I'm certain we could find all that we need, including the appropriate gear.

That said, I didn't understand your "bird suit" comment. It made what I thought was a serious post look like a joke. ???

[4CleanEnergy]

09:33 AM on 06/09/2010

That was supposed to read "What we need are supplies..."

[phantomcat]

11:45 AM on 06/09/2010

Listen here!

I'm an artist and part of what I do is considered performance art.

I provoke and a bird suit is a good way to get attention and I am making one and I am serious.

I do what I can any way I can without permission.

Lets get fired up here it's getting late.

All your suggestions are helpful. keep them comming I'm going down as soon as I can possiabily can.

[Ravyn]

07:56 AM on 06/09/2010

As if it couldn't get any worse. Yet this is something like day 40 and, at best, it'll be day 120 before the relief wells are finished. The wildlife really doesn't stand a chance unless it can be intercepted and removed to safety which, in most cases, will be impossible to do. I'm hoping that at least turtle hatchlings will be rounded up and put temporarily in aquariums to stay until the worst of this is over. I'm furious and heartbroken. Just want to round up the entire BP board of directors and dump them into this goo for a few hours of misery. And I also want to see Dick Cheney and his Halliburton pals join them.

[montclair6]

08:08 AM on 06/09/2010

Why stop at a few hours?

[DingoDave]

05:48 AM on 06/09/2010

Perhaps we should set up a 'water-board' to review the matter.

[Paladine]

02:19 AM on 06/09/2010

You HAVE to see what's going on...please...read this link!


"Doomed Pelicans: British Petroleum Neglecting Booms in Pelican Rookery"


http://goo.gl/6XoD

[DingoDave]

02:28 AM on 06/09/2010

It's worse than I thought.

[Paladine]

02:43 AM on 06/09/2010

I know...it's a nightmare...and BP won't let people in to see them, to help them!

I've read of so many wildlife groups on 'stand by"...STAND BY! Waiting for a call from BP while the poor animals drown in oil...

Someone needs to stop this.

[Ravyn]

08:07 AM on 06/09/2010

Yes. And this is why Obama is facing criticism because for all the words, on the ground there is not a sufficient government presence, there is still so much red tape that wildlife is dying while "i's" are dotted and "t's" are crossed and the entire naval operation is moving too slow. BP is also in charge of too much and this just is not a priority to them.

I read that in Florida, after observing how things have gone in Louisiana, they're jump starting their preparations and not waiting for the Federal response, already signing on thousands of volunteers to train how to lay down boom and help clean beaches, etc.

I know why the Coast Guard has been put in charge but the CG has been underfunded and undermanned for years, is stretched to the max guarding ports from terrorist attack, protecting and rescuing boaters in distress, intercepting drug trafficers, etc. and just doesn't have the manpower or budget to handle this. The navy really should be called in because this is a state of an emergency on the national level and they certainly ought to have more manpower available and certainly a bigger budget to get what's needed than the CG. Even now you see news footage of Louisiana marshes surrounded by oil and hardly a boat in sight when you should be seeing a flotilla of ships skimming, sucking up oil, rescuing wildlife, and putting down and monitoring and replacing the oil soaked booms.

[efmo]

02:36 PM on 06/09/2010

Rachel Maddow has been talking about this, too, on her show every night. BP clearly does not really care about cleaning wildlife or preventing oil from washing up on beaches and/or cvleaning them once there. This is the area I really feel th govt. (esp executive) has done a very poor job. I can't believe the stupid media is complaining about Obama's "lack of emotion" and ignoring this!!

[plooger]

01:32 AM on 06/09/2010

This shouldn't be left to BP. The Feds and state govts should be out there cleaning this up, and posting the bill to BP.

[piggybackmom]

01:34 AM on 06/09/2010

I agree with you.

[Angiefranci]

02:07 AM on 06/09/2010

Yeah, basically it should be cleaned up no matter who does it, all paid by BP, of course.

[piggybackmom]

01:07 AM on 06/09/2010

BP and Washington should consider Willy Nelson's technique of cleaning up the oil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIH5LCmrmM

http://open.salon.com/blog/myriad/2010/05/23/willy_nelson_to_help_in_oil_clean-up

This is a very interesting way to clean up some of the oil.

[Angiefranci]

02:12 AM on 06/09/2010

The Willie Nelson solution looks like a good one. With his method, the oil could have been collected before hitting the shores, gathered and reused as well.

[Payam Ghassemlou]

12:44 AM on 06/09/2010

One resource such as oil is being set up to destroy another life saving resource, water. What does this mean? On the surface, it means corporate greed is in action. On another level, it means most people are asleep or too busy playing with their latest electronic gadget while the planet is being raped out of its vitality. It hurts to witness this level of destruction and abuse of life resources. Unless people get angry enough to make changes, the mistreatment of the planet will continue. We need to put our emotions into motion and protect the life of the planet. We need to be present with our anger and not put up with such criminal acts. What would it take for people to wake up and protect the planet?

[plaidsportcoat]

02:19 AM on 06/09/2010

This IS the question.

[Paladine]

02:47 AM on 06/09/2010

humans lived before oil usage. we cannot live without water. I think we sometimes forget that.

[Dr Juan]

12:26 AM on 06/09/2010

If you watch the segment with the attorney interview he says Cameraon may be also liable because "only 3 out of 14 BOP's could cut through the pipe at these depths and stop the flow"

I believe this means in tests, these BOP's are known to not be able to stop a gusher even if the deadman switch, accoustic switch whatever is tripped. The comment about depth likely refers to the fact that on the actuation side of the shear ram piston, they have 10,000psi hydraulic pressure from accumulators. But at 5000 feet down there is the opposing sea water pressure of around 2500psi on the other side of the piston and this drops effective ram force to that of 7500psi. Presumably under these conditions the shear rams are known to be woefully inadequate to shear through drill pipe and stop a blow out. And I saw TWO drill strings in the cut off riser, not one. This would make it doubly hard or impossible for the shear rams to do their job in a blow out.

Yet BP said in their permit that drilling at these depths is no problem and great safety back-up systems provide a negligible chance well blow out.


Scroll over to the attorney interview at: http://www.frequency.com/video/penn-bp-gas/99242

[Billy D]

12:17 AM on 06/09/2010

Doesn't the Colonel cook the bird in oil?

[DingoDave]

12:54 AM on 06/09/2010

Yeah. But he uses vegetable oil.