In a Fox News article posted over the weekend, Ken Feinberg said the claims process was winding down. He also told the Telegraph he’d processed over 80% of claims, “I’ve used just over $4 billion dollars…I don’t envision a flood of new claims.” Interesting, and potentially problematic… With the terrible beginning to the brown shrimp…
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Judge Barbier Gives BP One Week to Declare their Intentions on $75 Million Cap
Making things right…? The other shoe dropped in court on Friday where BP’s lawyer suggested the very company that made all those promises to everyone in the Gulf Coast… well, they may finally be ready to hide behind the Oil Pollution act of 1990 which caps damage claims at $75 million dollars. BP’s attorney, Don Haycraft suggested the…
British Petroleum’s $52 Million Dollar Mental Health Grant Leaves People Suffering
On Monday, British Petroleum finally ponied up $52 million dollars to assist providers throughout the Gulf Coast in delivering mental health services for residents in need. Two studies, one by the Ochsner Medical Group and the other by National Center for Disaster Preparedness have both found Gulf Coast residents to be highly susceptible to symptoms…
Mental Health on the Gulf Coast…the numbers keep coming…
A new survey, conducted between July 19th and 25th by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia found what most have suspected, confirming the results of the Ochsner survey released last week… people in the Gulf Coast are feeling it. When your livelihoods, culture and earning potentials are taken away or reduced…when your overall quality…