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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 recovered approximately two tons of tarball material…
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 to go to BP for any reimbursement….
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 oil plume three miles out. BP is…
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 numerous clean up crews parked along the…
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 the corruption of Mineral Management Services, the…
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. There is globs (a lot) of thick…
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 second phase of Greenshores (near Pitt’s Slip)…
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.
EOC: BP report
Lucia Bustamante, BP spokesman, said the much-anticipated beach rakes (which will scoop up the BP globs) are at the Bayou Chico staging area. The new deputy incident leader for BP, Ian Livett,…
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 impeding the boats being deployed. Whatever is…
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 Bay near the Ranger station. Boats were…
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 storage tank officials think was onboard the…
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 Shores and Orange Beach. Thousands of people…
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 will provide residents with the 40-hour hazmat…
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, Pensacola Beach or Destin. They said that…
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. Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins said Bayou Texar…
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 formed when rapidly rising hot air pulls…