Category: BP Disaster
Oil near Bob Sikes Toll Booth
Oil was found in the rocks between ECUA water tanks and the toll booth facility at approximately 4:30 p.,m. Thursday.
EOC Update
Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Thursday, June 17, 5:00 p.m. – Update #48 (Day 59 of the oil spill response) * Report…
First 50 years of offshore drilling
A reader sent me this presentation. Have no idea who put it together, but it does have some good information. Definitely pro-oil. Read: 50 Years.
Bravo, Jeff Miller
Our Congressman Jeff Miller has called for fellow GOP Congressman Joe Barton to step down after Barton apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward today. “I…
Beach Update – June 17
Sorry, I’m late on posting this from the Escambia County EOC: Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key Update Thursday, June 17 – 11:00 a.m. – Update…
Local firm helps with clean up
Press Release: Pall Corporation Repurposes Filter Material to Help Oil Clean Up in Gulf Breeze, Florida Port Washington, NY, & Pensacola, FL, June 17, 2010…
Mounds of dead fish at Grand Isle
New Orleans photographer Jack Moran put this on his blog: ” I am very familiar with the area having spent a considerable amount of time…
First dead whale found in Gulf
NOLA.Com is reporting: Scientists are investigating whether an approximately 25-foot-long sperm whale found dead in the Gulf of Mexico died due to the massive oil…
The Nightmare Scenario
A comment from well-regarded energy policy website The Oil Drum has been making the rounds: “All the actions and few tid bits of information all…
Letter to Sarah Palin
Cries From the Gulf by K. Lea Morris “Drill Baby Drill†Isn’t that what you said? I remember the chill that ran up my spine…
Photos – Gulf Shores June 16
A reader sent me these pictures from Gulf Shores, Alabama:
Message from Coastkeeper: Two upcoming events
Last week I was at the Waterkeeper conference and checked in nearly everyday to watch from afar the oil sneaking into our Bays and onto…
IN photos of Obama at NAS Pensacola
Our art director, Samantha Crooke, took these photos yesterday – http://www.flickr.com/photos/45429438@N06/sets/72157624290497190
White House: Fact Sheet on Claims and Escrow
FACT SHEET: Claims and Escrow INDEPENDENT CLAIMS FACILITY A new, independent claims process will be created with the mandate to be fairer, faster, and more…
Buzz: BP makes proposal to beach businesses
We’ve heard the BP representatives met with Pensacola Beach owners today. They are proposing to pay owners whatever they are down in income from last…
Deal cut with BP – $20B escrow created
Associated Press reports: President Obama has announced that BP has agreed to create a $20 billion escrow fund, calling the move “an important step toward…
June 16 Beach Update
* Winds from the south will continue to push oil towards our shores. Today we have a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs in the…
New (Brew) Orleans launches ad campaign
From Gambit: The New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) plans to launch a rapid-fire public relations and advertising campaign across major US markets starting…
