On June 23, 2010, investigative journalist Wayne Madsen had an exclusive (for subscribers only) report claiming that his sources in the federal government, specifically the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers, told him that emergency planners are dealing with a prospective “dead zone” within a 200 mile radius from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf. Madsen wrote:“A looming environmental and population displacement disaster is brewing in
the Gulf. The oil dispersant used by BP, Corexit 9500, is seen by FEMA sources
as mixing with evaporated water from the Gulf and absorbed by rain
clouds producing toxic precipitation that threatens to kill all marine and land
animals, plant life, and humans within a 200-mile radius of the Deepwater
Horizon disaster site in the Gulf. Adding to the worries of FEMA and the Corps
of Engineers is the large amounts of methane that are escaping from the
cavernous grotto of oil underneath the Macondo drilling area of Gulf of
Mexico.
…federal officials dealing with the short- and long-term impact of the
oil disaster report that the “dead zone” created by a combination of methane gas
and Corexit toxic rain will force the evacuation and long-term abandonment of
cities and towns within the 200-mile radius of the oil volcano.”
Madsen then wrote that “Plans are being put in place for the mandatory evacuation of” the following 18 cities and towns: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mandeville, Hammond, Houma, Belle Chase, Chalmette, Slidell, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pensacola, Hattiesburg, Mobile, Bay Minette, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Crestview, and Pascagoula...READ MORE...
