Wednesday, August 4, 2010
HSU Student Helping With BP Disaster Cleanup
Posted By Ryan Burns @RyanBurnsy on Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:12 AM
The Huffington Post has this story about "bird triage units" on the Louisiana coastline, where volunteers, including 20-year-old Humboldt State University student Stephany Helbig (pictured at right), are rescuing, washing and exporting birds who've been drenched in oil after British Petrolium's Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Downsides to the work? Hot, humid, 12-hour workdays clad in a Hazmat suit. Plus side: the birds in Louisiana aren't such massive a-holes:
"I much prefer the small size of the laughing gulls to the giant western gulls at home," Helbig said. "Less painful when fingers are near the beak region."
Speaking of Environment, Humboldt State
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Ryan Burns worked for the Journal from 2008 to 2013, covering a diverse mix of North Coast subjects, from education, politics and marijuana to human suspension, sex parties and amateur fight contests. He won awards for investigative reporting, feature stories and news coverage.
Ryan Burns worked for the Journal from 2008 to 2013, covering a diverse mix of North Coast subjects, from education, politics and marijuana to human suspension, sex parties and amateur fight contests. He won awards for investigative reporting, feature stories and news coverage.
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