Tragedy Strikes Orlando, Florida Again As Boy Goes Missing After Alligator Drags The 2-Year-Old Into The Water At A Disney World Hotel

Disney World's Grand Floridian hotel and spa in Orlando, Florida

The state of Florida has been faced with one tragedy after another over the past few days. Hurricane Colin circled the coast causing heavy rains and winds. "The Voice" talent show star, Christina Grimmie, was murdered in cold blood by a deranged fan, who was stalking her (he killed himself as well). On Sunday morning, Pulse gay and lesbian night club was the subject of a terrorist attack leaving 49 dead and 53 wounded, at the hands of ISIS terrorist Omar Mateen. Florida Governor, Rick Scott, has declared a state of emergency and publicly complained President Obama has not called or visited the state. 

Last night, a 2-year-old boy was dragged into the water by an alligator at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. A family of five was near the water at the Disney resort, when an alligator surfaced and dragged the child under the water. The boy's father tried to save him, but sadly was unable to, due to the sheer strength of the beast. That poor family. Alligators see humans as adversaries. 

A search is being conducted along the water at Disney's Grand Floridian hotel and spa for missing toddler
 

There is an alligator problem in Florida and the government needs to do something about it (cull them). I remember in the mid-1990s, I was at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami, Florida giving homeless people food and money on Christmas Eve. When I was done, it was about 7PM. I stopped to look at the water for a bit. After a few minutes, I saw the back of a large animal surface right in front of me and for the life of me couldn't figure out what it was based on its appearance, as certain animals are not known to go in Biscayne Bay. 

I didn't see the face or tail of the animal. The animal had ridges on its back. I wondered if it was a manatee whose back had been cut up by a boat propeller, another problem in Florida. However, the ridges on the back of the animal were too perfect, symmetrical and natural looking to have been healed wounds from a boat propeller. Then, I wondered if it was a dolphin, as they are known to be in Biscayne Bay, but they only have one fin on their back, not over a dozen ridges. 

It didn't dawn on me until last week that it was an alligator I'd seen in Biscayne Bay in the mid-1990s. Last week I read an article about a massive alligator walking on a golf course in Palmetto, Florida. The gator was so big, it looked prehistoric. I couldn't believe it, but it reminded me of what I had seen in the water by Bayfront Park in the mid-1990s.

Alligator walking on golf course in Palmetto, Florida last month. Alligators in Florida didn't used to be this big or surface in such public places.  

The golf courses in Florida have artificial ponds built in and gators are hiding in some of them. A couple years ago, a man who worked at a golf course in Florida, whose job was retrieving golf balls from the artificial ponds, lost an arm when he went into the water, which unbeknownst to him, had a gator inside it. 

Even sharks are coming in close on Miami Beach and other places off the coast of Florida. 10-years ago, there weren't so many shark sightings in Miami, Florida. However, over the past decade, it has been happening much more. Something is bringing the sharks closer to the shore. It could be a change in the temperature of the water or a change in the contents of marine life and what's being dumped into the water (what the larger animals are consuming).

There are all sorts of imbalances with the waters in Florida, via a problem that did not previously exist in this manner. There's been a significant amount of dumping in Biscayne Bay and the Everglades in Florida, damaging the natural ecosystem over the past 30 plus years. People illegally import exotic fish, snakes and other animals as pets from foreign countries, that are not indigenous to the state, grow tired of them, then dump them in Florida's waters (criminals have even dumped human bodies and cocaine in the Everglades, as seen on the news). People have also dumped garbage in the water.

When I was about 10-years-old my class took a school field trip to the Everglades, put on protective gear and went into the water to catch small marine life that we got to look at under a microscope. It was fun. Now, it is dangerous to go into the waters in that manner (Everglades). With all the drug money that has flown through and currently is in the state of Florida, the government should have put some tax money aside to clean up the waters of Biscayne Bay and the Everglades, among other places, but for years, many excuses have been made. 

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Authorities search for boy dragged into water by gator

June 15, 2016 - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Orlando are searching for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney's upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Speaking at a news conference early Wednesday, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says the family of five from Nebraska was on vacation and wading in a lake Tuesday evening when the attack happened. Demings says the father tried to rescue the child but was unsuccessful. Demings says more than 50 law enforcement personnel are searching the Seven Seas Lagoon for the boy and will keep looking. Demings says there have been no other recent reports of similar alligator attacks at the lake. 

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Congress Finally Comes To An Agreement To Give Financial Assistance To Local Flint Government Regarding The Lead Poison Water Crisis

Flint, Michigan 

This is a follow up to the January 28, 2016 Judiciary Report article “Congress Needs To Intervene In Flint, Michigan With An Emergency Clean Water Bill.” On February 25, 2016 the U.S. Congress tentatively pledged to allocate $250,000,000 to Flint, Michigan regarding the lead poison water crisis that has sickened and kill residents.

Extensive medical and science research needs to be done to assess the full scope of human damage in the crisis. One of the issues worrying me most about the crisis is pregnant women in Flint drank and bathed in the lead poison laden water for a prolonged period of time. Unborn babies consuming lead and at a steady rate during pregnancy will cause adverse health effects to mother and child. Toddlers and other underage children consumed and bathed in the tainted water as well.

There are medicines that aide in halting and reversing some of the effects of lead poisoning. A doctor supervised detox program can be beneficial as well. However, chronic exposure to lead means there is some permanent damage done (cellular, neurological). Consuming foods rich in anti-oxidants, such as green tea and oranges, helps to keep people health (but it won't fix the problem).

Something should have been done to stop the pollutants sooner, as the negative health effects on an sizable city is a human tragedy. Consuming lead can do an enormous amount of short term and long term damage to the human body. It was "pennywise and pound foolish" and a case of false economy in trying to save money via what was/is a tainted water source, as Medicaid and Medicare health bills will mount, as will massive lawsuits the State and federal government will face, due to their criminal negligence and years of inaction.

Where was the EPA while all of this was happening. Why did it take the Virginia Tech, a non-government entity, to go to Flint, test the water and sound the alarm. Brown water pouring out of people's taps in a city of 99,000, sickening and killing people and the government mysteriously thought the problem would just magically go away and fix itself. I don't believe in magic. Neither should the government. Real problems need real solutions.

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Congress proposes $250 million for Flint, others
 

05:53 PM CST Feb 25, 2016 UPDATED: 07:28 PM CST Feb 25, 2016 - Congress is proposing $250 million to assist residents of Flint, Michigan, and other American cities experiencing critical problems with their water supplies, Sen. James Inhofe announced Thursday. Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the proposed bipartisan legislation "helps to increase nationwide funding for Drinking Water Act State Revolving Funds and provide start-up funding for the new Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program."... 

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Flint City Officials Ask Congress for $55 Million to Replace Pipes

Feb. 11, 2016 - City officials from Flint, Michigan asked Democratic members of congress to find the $55 million to fund a plan to replace the city’s lead pipes. On Tuesday, Flint mayor Karen Weaver unveiled the plan to begin replacing the city’s lead pipes next month, the Guardian reports. Weaver and a number of other Flint authorities testified in Washington, D.C. the next day before the House Democratic Steering and Policy committee, led by Representative Nancy Pelosi. 

“I implore you, on behalf of the city of Flint, to help us restore our city,” Weaver said. “I submit to you that we are not disposable people.” Many have called for pipe replacements since the current system became contaminated with lead when the water supply switched from Lake Huron to the Flint River to save money.

Michigan governor Rick Snyder declined an invitation to attend the meeting in D.C. He presented his proposed budget on Wednesday, however, dedicating $37 million to the city for 2017, the Detroit Free Press reports. “My students cannot even walk to the nearest fountain to quench their thirst,” KMVT reports school superintendent Bilal Tawaab said at the hearing. “This has become their new normal.”

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Instagram post about Flint, Michigan water crisis (Courtesy of Industry On Blast blog)

Imagine you were being forced to drink suspiciously brown colored water every day that bears a foul smell. Imagine you had to bathe in it daily as well for years. Imagine you were charged $300 per month for this offensive, toxic water and if you didn't like it, you were forced to shell out hundreds of dollars per month in bottled water.

Well, that's what the 99,000 low income residents of Flint, Michigan have endured since 2011. They've been forced to pay for poison water that has killed some residents in Flint, while making others quite ill. Despite their protests, nothing has been done. Recent bad publicity is forcing the government's hand in addressing the problem.

However, cancer rates are going to soar in Flint, Michigan. In ingesting the lead polluted water, where other toxins are also present as contaminants, particles attach to the cells damage the cellular structure (of the human body).

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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder

The local government of the U.S. city, Flint, Michigan have come under fire over a water pollution scandal in the predominantly black and lower income region. People have died and many made ill, including children, from lead poison in the local water supply. The government was woefully slow to address the issue.

Flint, Michigan  

 

The scandal is being accompanied by cries of racism. A headline in Rolling Stone magazine bluntly blared, "Who poisoned Flint, Michigan?" The Huffington Post wrote "How Flint's Water Got Poisonous." The New Yorker wrote "The Contempt That Poisoned Flint's Water." A quote in the New York Times opined, "If Flint were rich and mostly white, would Michigan's state government have responded more quickly and aggressively to complaints about its lead-polluted water?" Things have gotten so bad the governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, was forced to speak to the New York Times in an article proclaiming, "Michigan Governor Says Race Had No Role In Flint Water Response."

Instagram post about Flint, Michigan water crisis (Courtesy of Industry On Blast blog)

It has been my personal view for years that the federal government has stopped giving a darn about Michigan over the past decade. The government, both state and federal (national) allowed Michigan, particularly Detroit, to rot. A city full of history that has done much for America by way of the auto industry and Motown in music, has gone largely neglected. Beautiful buildings and homes bludgeoned by the financial crisis were bulldozed and turned into parks and other variants of open spaces, while two administrations in a row spent trillions on destructive wars in the Middle East (Obama Could Rebuild American Cities If...).

Photos of Flint, Michigan child sickened by lead poising, leading to hair loss and rashes (Courtesy of Industry On Blast blog)

The Judiciary Report petitioned via the site for the auto industry in Michigan to receive a federal financial bailout and months later they did, which helped them preserve jobs and stay afloat during the financial crisis caused by the Bush Administration and its negligent Laissez Faire policies. The auto industry has paid back much of the loans. However, the government still has not done enough to help a state that played an integral part in the nation's history. 

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The Spill At Dan River In North Carolina Included Cancerous Toxins Such As Arsenic In Drinking And Fishing Water (Video)

Profits Ahead Of People

CBS News program “60 Minutes” aired a segment on Duke Energy and the company’s poor coal ash removal practices currently contaminating drinking and fishing waters in select U.S. states. The most damage has been done in north Carolina, where toxic items such as arsenic have been discovered in drinking and fishing water adjacent to Duke’s plants and their coal ash ponds. The ponds were never lined which has resulted in the coal ash contaminating soil and nearby drinking water.

Lynn Wood of Duke Energy being interviewed by Lesley Stahl of investigative news show "60 Minutes"

It is important that drinking and fishing water be kept to the highest standards of purity, as contamination with coal ash and by products such as arsenic, is cancerous. This is a prime example of corporation putting profits ahead of people. Initial government fines Duke Energy was assessed were paltry, totaling approximately $100,000. The most recent fines are approximately $100,000,000. However, it is not enough money to clean up the environmental damage that has been done.

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The Spill at Dan River 

2015 Jun 14 - Lesley Stahl reports on how Duke Energy is handling over 100 million tons of coal ash waste in North Carolina. The following is a script from "The Spill at Dan River" which aired on Dec. 7, 2014, and was rebroadcast on June 14, 2015. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Shachar Bar-On, producer.

Every year coal-burning power plants generate not only electricity but a staggering amount of leftover coal ash that contains heavy metals unhealthy to humans. Yet due in part to intense industry lobbying, oversight over disposal has been largely left in the hands of state officials and employees, who are often beholden to the powerful, local utility companies.

For decades coal ash was just dumped into giant pits dug by rivers and lakes, where toxins could leach into nearby water and soil. There are over 1,000 ash pits or ponds dotting the nation, many of them old, poorly monitored, all but forgotten. But as we first reported back in December, every few years we are reminded that this can lead to disaster like the coal-ash spill in February last year into North Carolina's Dan River at a power plant owned by Duke Energy, the biggest utility company in the country.

The spill at Dan River happened when a drainage pipe that ran underneath an ash basin and dam, collapsed, sucking out six decades of waste and spewing gunk directly into the river. Lynn Good: It was an accident. It didn't work the way it should have worked. It didn't meet our standards or our expectations. Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good, then only seven months on the job, had a crisis on her hands...

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Space Pollution - Part 2

Space Shuttle

In the November 30, 2010 article "Space Pollution" the Judiciary Report warned of the ills of pollution and debris in space and the prospect of it worsening, due to commercial space travel. The article was derived from an unpublished item I wrote weeks earlier.

Two weeks later, on December 14, 2010, NASA announced, in conjunction with the U.S. Federal Government, via a new RAND report entitled "Confronting Space Debris" they wish to create a "super fund" to clean up space pollution.

Hey, knock yourselves out *cough* just don't look for any donations. As I see it, this isn't my mess, because that kite I released could not have gotten that far.

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Individuals not only seek to set up colonies in space, creating pollution and disturbing the natural balance of the universe, some seek to engage in exploration that sounds environmentally risky. After witnessing the environmental abuse earth has taken at modern mankind's hand, it would be a disgrace if the same transpired in space. We've already messed up earth, do we really need to mess up space as well. Rules need to be drafted.