Buzz: Huge oil plume 30 mi. off our beach


The talk among some of the workers hired to fight the BP oil disaster is that a huge plume of oil has been found 30 miles off of Pensacola Beach. It’s approximately eight to 10 feet below the surface and is eight feet thick in some spots.

Folks, the BP oil hasn’t evaporated.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”