Author: Rick Outzen
News: BP oil may hit Pensacola as early as Thursday
St. Pete Times is reporting that the latest set of projections from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the slick moving into Mobile Bay this…
McCollum Not Happy With Obama Oil Shun
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum released a statement today regarding his feelings on the state being excluded from a meeting with the U.S. Department of…
Contest: What should BP stand for?
TrueMajority.org has a contest: What should BP’s initials stand for? With millions of gallons of oil still swirling in the Gulf, BP has refused to…
Restaurant Assn. claims ads are working
Press Release: Florida Hospitality Industry’s Initial ‘Our Coasts Are Clear’ Message Resonating with Tourists Tallahassee, FL – In early May, television coverage of the spreading…
The Death of British Petroleum?
With the recent failure of the “Top Kill” plan to patch the oil leak at the bottom of the sea floor, many analysts are questioning…
Christian group continues to drive up Santa Rosa legal fees
Press Release for Liberty Counsel: Liberty Counsel Files Injunction Against Santa Rosa Schools Over Religious Expression www.LC.org Pensacola, FL – During the Memorial Day weekend,…
Tea Party “To Do” List
Ten Things You Can Do To Grow The Tea Party! [My favorite is #10] 1) Be Proactive: Join our blog, post your photos, join the…
Miller tells BP hurry up
Congressman Jeff Miller resurfaced yesterday for an interview with WEAR TV. He says BP needs to hurry up and have the well capped before August,…
BP Spill Response Plan (pdf)
Someone has posted BP’s approved Spill Response Plan online (here). According to the plan (page 509), the Worst Case Scenario for an offshore blowout of…
Latest official report on BP oil disaster
Progress Continues in Drilling Relief Wells The Development Driller III continues to drill the first relief well to a depth of more than 12,000 feet—10…
Don’t believe food poisoning stories
Floating out in the media is a story that the fishermen who became ill while helping BP skim oil off gulf waters were victims of…
BP payouts aren’t enough, layoffs expected
From Reuters, “Carol Terrebonne, a wholesale retailer who buys shrimp off the boats in southern Louisiana, laughs when asked about the $5,000 hardship payout she…
News: Locals comment on BP disaster’s impact
From Epoch Times, Sam Camariotes of Sam’s Seafood and Steaks: “The prices have definitely gone up depending on the types of seafood. Shrimp prices have…
Tea Party upset over Outtakes
Email from a Pensacola Tea Party protester: Mr. Outzen, I was taken aback by your characterization (in your Vol 11 #20 issue) of tea partiers…
Buzz: Super Tankers won’t work for cleanup
Another email: First there is not any room for a super tanker at the location they have three Dynamic Position (DP) rigs and one 600-foot…
Engineers believe relief wells should work
Last week, I heard rumors that the relief wells that are being drilled to stop oil spewing from the Deepwater Horizon well might not work….
BP hires uber Barbie
BP has found it has too many men speaking for it nationally and will now use its local BP Barbie approach nationwide. “BP Barbie” is…
Road Trip notes: Dauphin Island
The Dauphin lsland trip was uneventful, but great background for later. The island is south of Mobile, past Bellingrath Gardens. It is wider than Santa…
BP ad: We will make it right
Full page ads are running across the country, except for the IN, that declare “BP has taken full responsibility for cleaning up the spill in…
Next option has risk
The new option that BP has for the Deepwater Horizon well is to cut off a kinked portion of the riser and attempt to lower…
