Originally Posted by Fletch XXX

my cousins post vids on facebook and it makes me want to get involved, every single day - so it was easy choice. Hardest thing will be being away from my wife and daughter, but working from home for 10 years has left me very, very, bored lately and I need something like this.

After seeing the white pelicans turned black (my cousins iphone vids) from the bay near us, I decided it was now or never, and went down to sign up. Its not easy to get on, you gotta take a BP HAZMAT (hazardous material) class (40hours) and take drug test, physical exam etc,... but in the end I keep thinking of my grandfather taking me fishing in these waters as a kid and there will be no fishing from them for a very long time - I MUST help.

My uncles/cousins have had to shut down their shrimping businesses, lay off all their workers in teir Fishing Charter businesses and there will be no work for a long time. Its a sad state down here and I have to help, I simply must. My family has provided the coast guard with camps to sleep and are even shuttling them (on airboats and flatboats) back and forth to drop off points and are heavily involved in the cleanup, so I really want to be a part of this.