Author: Rick Outzen
Special EC County Commission Meeting
Press Release: The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 10 at 8:45 a.m. to handle issues relating…
BP hires unemployed to work beaches
Actual Press Release [I kid you not]: Date June 5, 2010 MOBILE, Ala. – The Unified Command in Mobile announced today the first deployment of…
Rants & Raves
Because we have been so tight for space in the paper, we’ve not run Rants & Raves for the past month. Here are some the…
Commissioner says don’t believe BP
I returned to the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center for the first time in four weeks…and I got some memorable quotes and answers that reputed…
BP offers photo op to national media
BP is still working hard to win over the national media. Here are photos taken by Kim Carmichael of the media looking at the tugboat…
Pensacola Blogs ranked in Top 10
BlogNetNews ranks the most influential blogs in the state. Our area has top in the top 10: Ricksblog.biz and Pensacola Beach Blog: 1: ricksblog.biz 2:…
More BP globs headed our way
From The Ledger: Oil Crisis Focus Now On Tactics Pushed by the strong prevailing wind and currents, the globs of today will become the tar…
OIL IMPACTS BON SECOUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Press Release – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Tar balls of weathered oil began washing up along Gulf beaches at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge…
Escambia EOC Update #36
Press release – Saturday, June 5 – 5:30 p.m. – Update #36: # The beaches at Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key remain open. # For…
Storm washes more BP globs on Pensacola Beach (updated)
Just got a phone call from a friend renting a house on Pensacola Beach at Avenida 15. He says that the tide line is filled…
BP Claims chief here on Sunday
While most of Pensacola is in church tomorrow, BP Chief Claims Officer Darryl Willis will visit the Escambia County EOC (6575 North “W” Street, Pensacola)…
Perdido Key: Photo ops and few BP globs
I drove over to Perdido Key this afternoon. Very few BP globs could be found on the beach. The ones I did see were the…
“What we’re going to be dealing with the rest of the summer”
The Mobile Press Register isn’t covering up the magnitude of the oil disaster: The slick that struck there was spotted early in the day by…
Peaceful Rally against BP
From Chris Slick: Sunday, June 6, 2010 Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Pensacola Downtown BP Gas Station Street: 1 West Cervantes Street City/Town: Pensacola, FL…
Tony, it may be time for soap on a rope
On Thursday morning, I was interviewed by Jim Sanborn and Don Parker on WCOA 1370 AM They asked me what I thought about BP CEO…
Media Roundup 6.05.10
We are in Day 46 of the BP Oil Disaster and 16 days before the Pensacola City Council meets again to express its “outrage.” cfnews13.com:…
Gaetz report
The following is the Friday report from State Sen. Don Gaetz. The only exception I have is that we were told that BP initially responded…
Update 35: Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Friday, June 4 – 5:30 p.m. – Update #35 * If you see tar or oiled debris…
Photos from the pass
Kim Carmichael sent us these photos with a note: “I took these pics from the boat late today. These guys were laying this along the…
Oil Workers Still Not Wearing Respirators
During a national press conference this afternoon, David Michaels of OSHA said spill clean-up workers are still not being advised to use respirators. “We are…
