Author: Rick Outzen

From Terry Holley, organizer of Hear Our Voice: I don’t get it. This disaster is happening in our community. People all over the country and…

Received at 10:08 pm DEP has reported plume of oil 12 miles off the Perdido Pass. Vessels are enroute to further assess the situation. One…

For weeks, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has visited Northwest Florida promising that he and the state would do whatever is necessary to help battle the…

Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Thursday, June 10 – 5 p.m. – Update #41 * Tar balls and sheen have been reported…

Tar balls and a light oil sheen were in Pensacola Pass today, as I reported earlier:

During the 9:30 EOC press conference, Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins told media that the coast guard found oil mixed with seaweed coming through Pensacola Pass….

Unconfirmed email: “My friend just phoned me from his boat (11:15 am Thursday 6/10). He reported large gooey clumps of oil inside the Pensacola Pass….

We are told that you will be visiting Pensacola Beach soon. While we are grateful for the attention and sympathy, photo ops and nice speeches…

Yesterday evening I walked the beach behind the Flora Bama, where the high tide had pushed specks of oil all along the shore. I was…

We are working on our annual Rant Issue – in which we ask readers to send us rants about what upsets them. The rants need…

From Miami Herald reporter who was allowed to attend yesterday’s pool media event: Your pool met Lucia Bustamante, community outreach director for BP, by the…

The State of Florida has 22 people, from the Department of Environmental Protection, at the Unified Command in Mobile. Why didn’t they notify Escambia County…

Spoke last night with Commissioner Gene Valentino who drove late yesterday an ATV on the beach from Perdido Pass to Eden Condominiums. He said that…

Escambia County Press Release: Boom will be deployed in the following three areas: Davenport Bayou Star Lake Palafox Marina Absorbent boom is being placed along…

Press Release: As Wildlife Death Tolls Climbs, PATH Inc., Calls On US Department of Interior and US Department of Justice To Take Action To Save…

Escambia County officials have confirmed that USCG Captain of the Port for Sector Mobile authorized the closure of Perdido Pass at 5:30 p.m. today, June…

Lucia Bustamante, BP spokesman, apologized for how the media event was handled today. “I didn’t mean that you weren’t to be invited. Our contractor was…

Escambia County and the Florida DEP did not learn about oil breaching the Alabama booming system at Perdido Pass. It was until the 3:30 p.m….

EOC has delayed the press conference so we’re waiting to get more information. I was asked not to send my report on the conference call,…

EOC is getting reports of heavy oil and mousse on the Alabama-Florida state line and in Perdido Pass. State officials are complaining that BP and…