Category: BP Disaster
Innovation Improves Tar Ball Removal
From Unified Command: The crew of one of the thousands of Vessels of Opportunity (VOO) working in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill recently…
Tallahassee Thievery
Escambia County has seen the State of Florida take all the $25 million BP block grant for clean-up and recovery. The County has been told…
Photos from Santa Rosa Sound
Oil is getting through Pensacola Pass and into Santa Rosa Sound. Photos courtesy of Kim Carmichael:
EOC: Update June 13 4:30 pm
Two plumes south of Pensacola Pass – a large plume of weathered oil nine miles out, it’s two miles wide and 40 miles long; non-weather…
Update on Pensacola Pass (photo)
More from Pensacola Pass: A small clean up boat has arrived now. Keep in mind there is quite a bit of oil and there are…
Tea Party doesn’t get it
Here is the latest message from the National Tea Party. Instead of talking about British Petroleum, Cheney’s hand in the deregulation of offshore drilling and…
Text messages from readers
My readers are the best sources for what is happening: I’m in the sound on the boat right now directly across from the ranger station….
EOC: Wiggins report
Mayor Mike Wiggins reported that Bayou Texar now has triple booming. City staff is booming the grass areas near the trestle and Wayside Park. The…
EOC: Unified Command
Two barges recovering oil collided last night in Perdido Key, sparking a small fire. The incident has been contained according to Unified Command.
Grover’s message for President Obama
Comm. Grover Robinson: We need better communication. We need more boats to fight this battle. I don’t want to hear about EPA regulations, Jones Act…
EOC: Oil in Pensacola Pass
Twenty vessels fighting it. Commissioner Grover Robinson flew over the area in an ECSO helicopter. Pensacola Beach appeared clear. There were orange patches in Pensacola…
News: Storage tank from Deepwater Horizon washes
Panama City News Herald reports: “Bay County’s first tangible landfall from the Deepwater Horizon crisis is not tar balls or oil plumes. Instead, it’s a…
News: Bama beaches turn black
The Mobile Press Register had two reports: Beaches turn black: The picture that I posted yesterday was only the beginning of the problem for Gulf…
More clean-up workers needed
The PNJ reports that 90+ workers were let go on Friday due to having an uncertified instructor. WEAR TV reports Able Body Labor of Pensacola…
BP asks customers not to boycott
I spent yesterday in the Mississippi Delta. People asked about the BP oil disaster constantly. Many of them vacation annually at Orange Beach, Perdido Key,…
No Oil On Pensacola Beach
County and City officials said at this morning’s EOC briefing that there has been confirmed oil mouse on Orange Beach but none on Pensacola Beacb….
Fire vortex in Gulf
A fire vortex erupts inside of a controlled burn (left side) during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, June 9, 2010. A fire vortex is…
June 11 p.m. update – Joint Command
The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill Prepared by the Joint Information Center UPDATED June 11, 2010 7 PM PAST 24 HOURS…
Low Risk in Near-Term to Florida Peninsula
Press Release – Joint Command: Florida Sentry Program Confirms Low Risk in Near-Term to Florida Peninsula and Keys MIAMI – Surface and aerial based monitoring…


