Podcasts History Mississippi Moments Podcast MSM 436 Floyd, Jewell, Lipps - Deepwater Horizon, Five Years Later

MSM 436 Floyd, Jewell, Lipps - Deepwater Horizon, Five Years Later

Published: April 27, 2015, 4:09 p.m.

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On April 20th, 2010, an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform, in the Gulf of Mexico, led to the largest crude oil spill in history. In this episode, commercial fisherman Peter Floyd recalls being confident that the Gulf Coast would survive. Joe Jewell of the Mississippi Dept. of Marine resources discusses the \\u201ctriple threat\\u201d faced by Coastal fishermen.

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After Hurricane Katrina, Crab fisherman Louie Lipps opened his own seafood restaurant in Frenier, Louisiana.\\xa0 Five years later, the BP oil spill brought a whole new set of challenges to the Gulf Coast seafood industry. Lipps remembers how his business was affected.

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Podcast Extra

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According to Peter Floyd, optimism is trait inherent in all successful fishermen.\\xa0 He feels that dire predictions in the media did more harm to the seafood industry than the spill itself.

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