I took this photograph recently, while I sat at the water's edge eating a piping hot and fresh flounder Reuben sandwich. It was just before a bad thunderstorm and I sat there peacefully, while the wind blew gently across the Intracoastal Waterway. I watched the lightning strike violently in the distance. Hugh, long bolts lit up the sky and headed straight for the ground. Across the water from where I sat, I quietly watched a dolphin glide gracefully in and out of the clean and clear water. This pelican patiently waited for fish from a deep sea fishing boat that had just pulled in from a long day at sea. It deeply saddens me to think of what is happening in the Gulf. I feel so badly for the people! Their way of life is being ruined more and more every day by the worse environmental catastrophe ever! But, I feel more for the innocent wildlife that has no control over man's stupidity and greed! It appears and hopefully, I am wrong, that it is only a matter of time, this pelican and the dolphin will soon feel the ill effects of the oil spill when it hits our beautiful beaches on east coast of Florida. We should ALL pray there will be an end very, very soon, as this disaster is affecting each and every one of us, in one way or another! But, it seems extremely bleak that there will be an end soon to this nightmare! I hope I am wrong! I pray for the beautiful pristine beaches on the east coast, but... my thoughts and prayers are with the people on the Gulf Coast, their wildlife, their marine life and their beautiful white sandy beaches! The drilling in the Gulf must STOP! But, first... something HAS to be done to stop the worse environmental disaster to ever hit our shores! There HAS to be a way to stop this atrocious and senseless tragedy! We NEED a miracle! It looks as though... a miracle is our only hope! PRAY FOR A MIRACLE, PLEASE!!! A miracle may be all we have now! We all would like to see the light at the end of the seemingly dark tunnel and soon! WE NEED A MIRACLE!!!