Author: Rick Outzen

Got this email from Carrie Stevenson, Coastal Sustainability Agent, Escambia County Extension “We’ve gotten an overwhelming response from volunteers interested in registering for the hazmat…

The Miami Herald has an interactive graphic on how the BP oil slick might spread and impact the entire state. Click on the red dots…

This cool animation was created by the New Orleans Times-Picayune by using overflight information and forecast models from the NOAA and Unified Command. The red…

Yesterday’s Beast article moved from #5 to #2 – competing with Times Square bomber story. You are helping to keep the nation’s attention on the…

From Chasidy Hobbs, Emerald Coastkeeper: Latest projection shows possible landfall of oil sheen in Perdido as early as Thursday. This changes everyday and keeps getting…

The Daily Beast is working with the Independent News to create “Voices from the Gulf“- a special section that collects and publishes stories, views and…

I do like Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. The former president of Florida Operations at Bank of America doesn’t take much bull off of…

Commissioner Grover Robinson just called to say the Unified Command Post in Mobile and the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection have signed off on Escambia…

This is my fault. Apparently at the Escambia County EOC the media must stay in a closed off meeting room away from the elected officials…

I did receive a phone call from an Escambia County official late last night. He told me that the word from the Unified Command in…

Please forgive any typos in these notes. Have been operating on pots of coffee, Bud Light and NY Nick’s wings for 72 straight hours. Gulf…

LIST OF MISSING ELECTED OFFICIALS Commissioners Marie Young, Wilson Robertson, Kevin White Pensacola City Council, expect for P.C. Wu, Larry Johnson, Diane Mack and Mayor…

First has anyone seen Escambia County Commissioners Marie Young and Wilson Robertson. Neither has shown for the briefings for this unprecedented environmental disaster. Maybe BP…

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I have been booked to open Keith Olbermann’s Countdown tonight at 7 p.m. The Daily Beast article has dominated today’s traffic and they have requested…

Congressman Jeff Miller is worried about the impact of cleaning up the BP oil spill will have on local governments that are already operating under…

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink was told by the PR girl for British Petroleum that Sink, who is also a Democratic candidate for Florida…

I am committed to making sure our local voices are heard on this environmental disaster. I published an article today on the national website The…

I called last night the BP Hot Line for oil spill claims ( 1-800-440-0858). Got a call center and was told that I had to…

I have been trying to find a fisherman who attended the Bayou La Batre town hall meeting. I found Capt. Thierry: Capt. Mike Thierry, who…