OceanAngel

I have to hang on a lil longer!! LOL We have a court date June 11th will be a GREAT day then!! LOL Thanks for asking :)

Did you know that Almonds is in the peach family??

I dont remember it raining. I do remember talking bout it might rain. I think those stops at the Atrim bar in the AM helps to forget about rain! LOL

POLLUTION Green group sues EPA over cruise pollution The environmental group Friends of the Earth has sued the U.S. government over pollution released by cruise ships. BY ANGELA TABLAC atablac@MiamiHerald.com Seven years after asking the U.S. government to regulate cruise ship pollution, an environmental group is now heading to court. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, national advocacy group Friends of the Earth alleges the Environmental Protection Agency didn't act on a March 2000 petition to research and regulate cruise ship waste. Miami and Fort Lauderdale are the two busiest U.S. departure spots for ships, and cruise lines are building more -- and bigger -- vessels. These ships mean more pollution, the Washington, D.C., non-profit says. After Friends of the Earth petitioned on behalf of 53 environmental organizations, the EPA held public meetings about cruise pollution and promised to publish recommendations. But action stopped when the Bush administration took office in 2001, said Teri Shore, the campaign director. The group hopes the lawsuit will motivate the EPA to respond to the petition and investigate ways of curbing cruise pollution. ''We've reached the point of unreasonable delay,'' said Shore, who added that the group planned to file the lawsuit in March -- near the seventh anniversary of the petition -- but took until May to organize legal documents. The U.S. government has 60 days to respond to the lawsuit, which was first reported Thursday by The Sun-Sentinel. But EPA spokesman Dale Kemery said the agency wrote a paper about cruise pollution in August 2000 and plans to release a report this fall analyzing cruise ship waste and its effect on water quality and marine life. ''There was a response, and there was advanced notice that this report was going to be released this fall,'' said Kemery, who declined to further comment. Although ships do produce sewage, cruise lines use water purification systems and recycling programs, said Christine Fischer, spokeswoman for Cruise Lines International Association, the main cruise industry group. Plus, some ships are able to reduce air emissions. ''The most important thing to us is what happens to the waste, how it's treated,'' she said. According to Friends of the Earth, a typical one-week cruise with 3,000 passengers creates 210,000 gallons of sewage, 1 million gallons of dirty water from laundry and other activities and 37,000 gallons of oily water gathered at the ship's bottom. Newer cruise ships can carry around 5,000 people -- and generate even more waste, Shore said. Current law prevents raw sewage from being dumped within three miles of land, and some states have enacted regulations, but not Florida. There need to be more consistent standards, Shore added. http://www.miamiherald.com/103/story/103126.html

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Your Welcome Chuck, To bad it was your first, I would be begging for your Fantasy Past Guest pin!! LOL

SO I missed him, guess I scared him when I said i would have the lights down low!!! ROFL Tonight is my Fri night WOOHOO!!

Pinky swear ? Pal talk tonight?? For sure?? Lisa did he pinky swear??? Chuck I will have the low lighting on if you come on!! LOL

Guess he thought I was crazy when I said I was looking for that room where the lady was holding the gun! LOL

No the cabin steward that seen I was lost was sending me away. Till I said Dewy was the room steward, then he knew where I needed to be. LOL

Dewy the room steward said they would be getting that in drydock which was 2 weeks after we sailed her.

You had the new comforters but not the new matress. Thats what we had

The room we was in didnt LOL Unless you took it!? ROFL

Good!! I thought the Miracle would be it didnt!! LOL

does the Liberty have the new comfort bedding??

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make that 8 away!! WOOHOO

Here you can get 6 bottles each duty free!! doing both trips you would have enough to stock a good bar! LOL

Yeah I am getting closer!! Well anything else for the list??

Ok I get the hint LOL

Thank you Jacketwatch, Have you cruised the Fantasy Class Ships??

Being its a long story I will tell you one night one Pal ok? LOL

Bill heard the saying a Apple aday will keep the Dr away? LOL

Oh we cant forget the Designated Apple gather! LOL

Crowns for the King and Queen of Troublemakers