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Carpinteria and CI....more popular surf spots.
Stay home, barney! The fewer tourists, the better. PS how can you have tar on your foot and not "notice" until an hour later? You would have made a lousy dinosaur.
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An oil contamination, no way. Keep in mind, people surf with high levels of raw sewage in the water. A little Texas Tea isn't going to stop someone if the swell is pumping. My point is, tourism will not be affected at all. Back in the day, the fear was that all the mass commercialization of waikiki would kill the local charm of the beautiful beach. Fast forward to today...Waikiki is basically one massive outdoor shopping mall with ABC stores on every corner (literally), hotels creeping down so close to the water that the shoreline is about 30 feet wide.....and you know what?.......the tourists cant get enough of it. If oil rigs dissuage tourist, then open a Starbucks, a Hard Rock Cafe, and a California Pizza Kitchen....people will still keep coming.
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I think locals have a higher tolerance for all things local. It is like those who come up to Utah in the winter and then wonder why it is cold and barren. What else do you expect? One thing you may want to do is simply not step in the tar. That is just my own personal idea, admittedly may not be for everyone. In case you were wondering, tar is black and sticky, so should be easy to spot on a sandy beach.
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If you are vacationing in Carpinteria, I doubt you have ever been to Hawaii.
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No, they're never quite good enough.
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Does the risk of an oil spill change appreciably when compared to the risk of a spill from oil tanker transportation? Think of all the big spills you can recall; are any of them from an offshore rig?
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When I go into the woods, I'm continually disgusted by the amount of animal crap I have to avoid stepping in. I spend more time looking at where I'm walking than the beauty of the surrounding terrain.
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