The whale has always flirted with this kind of danger. It was like that old children's cartoon, 'Are you my mother?' Orcas are very social animals, and this was the only way to get his social needs met.

If we don't do something completely stupid like gut the Magnuson Act or release some toxic load, it looks like nature has given us this second chance.

They really need to start monitoring marine acoustic pollution and how much whale watching goes on. We say there are problems but we don't know how big a problem it is because we haven't even measured that.

They know it's a problem spot.

I'm just amazed that they'd try to salvage this political train wreck and make a campaign issue out of it.

It's everybody's turn. It's about caring for your car so it doesn't leak oil, using organic alternatives in the garden.