That first tweet was not a discussion of off-shore exploration safety or conservation.
If that were to impede further off-shore exploration here, it might give an advantage to a foreign oil exporter.
Still, a glimmer of environmental hope has come from the unlikely source of Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who withdrew his support to expand off-shore exploration off California's coast in the wake of the BP oil spill.
Yet whether these early migrants put out to sea deliberately in boats or simply drifted with the tides in rafts meant for near-shore exploration has been a matter of fierce debate.
Off-shore explorations located a fifteen course brick structure, three courses of dressed stone blocks, brick bats and pottery.
Many brick structures have been located at Kaveripumpattinam during on-shore, near shore and off-shore explorations; these provide proof for building construction during Sangam age.
"You have to think twice to make that kind of commitment," said David Kloss, a 53-year-old retired off-shore oil exploration rig manager from San Francisco, who came to city hall the other day pick up a marriage license application with his Canadian partner.
Ghana has dismissed links between off-shore oil exploration activities and the deaths of whales, after several carcases washed up on its beaches.
Or, if you prefer to avoid the steep climb down to the shore here, begin your explorations at Flodigarry instead.
And when President Barack Obama saw Americans struggling with higher gasoline and home energy prices, did he encourage more domestic oil exploration, off-shore drilling or coal production, while lowering taxes on energy?
Further exploration off the shore rewarded us with schools of fish and sea slugs.
