Current Situation The State Emergency Operations Center is activated at Level 1 or full activation. The State continues to focus on mitigating impacts to Florida’s shoreline. Tropical Storm Bonnie was located approximately…
Category: BP Disaster
NOAA Re-Opening 1/3 Closed Area
Press Release From Deepwater Response: NOAA will re-open 26,388 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial and recreational fishing on Thursday. The reopening of a third of the overall closed area was announced after…
Zombies Against BP
Local Daniel Pearson has organized a “zombie” walk on Aug. 6 for downtown in an effort to raise money for the city and oil recovery efforts. ZOMBIE WALK! August 6th at 8pm…
Buzz: Biden to make big announcement
My contacts in D.C. called to give me a heads up that VP Joe Biden will be making a big announcement today during his visit to Theodore, Ala. I suspect that the…
Restore The Gulf Petition
On Monday, Â Women of the Storm organization kicked off its Restore The Gulf petition to demand a proper cleanup and restoration response from the government in the aftermath of the BP disaster….
BP Photoshopping Image
Yesterday the Washington Post reported that BP photoshopped its Disaster Relief Response poster. “I guess if you’re doing fake crisis response, you might as well fake a photo of the crisis response…
$3.5 Million In State Loans From SBA
Update From the Small Business Association of Florida: As of the close of business on July 19, 2010 for the State of Florida, the SBA has issued 615 applications and 33 loans for over $3.5 Million have been…
Freshwater, Oil Woes
Researchers are finding many small “dead zones†in the western Gulf of Mexico, but so far there is little to no evidence they are related to the BP oil spill. According to…
AP has picked up RICO lawsuits
Last week, I wrote about the RICO suits being filed against BP (Is BP a Racketeer?). AP has picked up the story, too: BP: RICO Law Made To Combat Mafia Used Against…
How to deal with BP
Action Memo prepared for Hernando County, FL in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It contains a situation analysis and recommended actions for managing their risk. Note that the recommended…
BP Signs With Egypt
It looks like the oil company is banking on Egypt to bring its shares to life Wall Street Journal Article
New business suffer in BP claims process
New businesses are having trouble with their claims with BP. The lack of operating history is difficult to overcome with the adjusters. Mobile Press Register: “We have put a claim in with…