Escambia County officials have confirmed that USCG Captain of the Port for Sector Mobile authorized the closure of Perdido Pass at 5:30 p.m. today, June 9.
Category: BP Disaster
BP apologizes for pool media
Lucia Bustamante, BP spokesman, apologized for how the media event was handled today. “I didn’t mean that you weren’t to be invited. Our contractor was told to have the media decide who…
Complete communication breakdown
Escambia County and the Florida DEP did not learn about oil breaching the Alabama booming system at Perdido Pass. It was until the 3:30 p.m. statewide conference call that officials learned from…
Buzz: Oil is in the Intercoastal waterway
EOC has delayed the press conference so we’re waiting to get more information. I was asked not to send my report on the conference call, but I felt the news was too…
EOC: Oil in Perdido Bay
EOC is getting reports of heavy oil and mousse on the Alabama-Florida state line and in Perdido Pass. State officials are complaining that BP and the Unified Command aren’t reporting back to…
Buzz: Scattered Oil Near Alabama Line
We’re hearing reports that oil has dotted the beaches in significant patches from Perdido Key to the Flora-Bama Lounge. From what we’ve been told, you can’t get to the water without getting…
BPGlobal PR Asked To Identify Spoof
This week BP asked the creaters of the BPGlobal PR Twitter feed to identify that it is fake. The “about me” box on the account now reads: ““We are not associated with…
EOC: Delegation speaks out
State Reps. Dave Murzin, Clay For and Greg Evers, Tax Appraisers Chris Jones (Escambia), Pete Smith (Okaloosa) and Greg Brown (Santa Rosa), Lisa Berneau from Esc. Clerk of Court addressed the media…
BP says ban was a symantics error
Associated Press is also upset about being dropped from the pool media event today. Mayor Mike Wiggins expressed his anger at AP, WCOA and the IN from being excluded. He demanded that…
Sheriff wants BP to sign agreement
On WCOA, Sheriff David Morgan said that he is recommending to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum that the Florida and all the other Gulf states impacted by the BP oil disaster. He…
Facts continue to belie BP statements
Yesterday BP spokesperson Lucia Bustamante told us that all claims were be handling within seven days. This morning, we learn that Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen has sent a letter to BP…
Beast Corps: 594 birds, 250 sea turtles dead
By Beast Corps Jen Bullock For nearly four weeks after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, British Petroleum insisted to journalists and government representatives that the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of…