Received at 10:08 pm DEP has reported plume of oil 12 miles off the Perdido Pass. Vessels are enroute to further assess the situation. One option may be to try to burn…
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Crist and Tallahassee keep BP funds for state
For weeks, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has visited Northwest Florida promising that he and the state would do whatever is necessary to help battle the onslaught of BP crude oil that is…
EOC Update June 10
Escambia Disaster Response – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Thursday, June 10 – 5 p.m. – Update #41 * Tar balls and sheen have been reported coming through Pensacola Pass and into Pensacola…
Photos from Pensacola Pass. 11:30 am June 10
Tar balls and a light oil sheen were in Pensacola Pass today, as I reported earlier:
EOC This Morning
During the 9:30 EOC press conference, Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins told media that the coast guard found oil mixed with seaweed coming through Pensacola Pass. He said the pass would remain open…
Buzz: Oil in Pensacola Pass
Unconfirmed email: “My friend just phoned me from his boat (11:15 am Thursday 6/10). He reported large gooey clumps of oil inside the Pensacola Pass. This area is open to the gulf,…
Dear Mr. President,
We are told that you will be visiting Pensacola Beach soon. While we are grateful for the attention and sympathy, photo ops and nice speeches won’t make a difference here. We have…
Pics From Yesterday
Yesterday evening I walked the beach behind the Flora Bama, where the high tide had pushed specks of oil all along the shore. I was told by one local that the oil…
We want your rants
We are working on our annual Rant Issue – in which we ask readers to send us rants about what upsets them. The rants need to be one sentence – two max….
Pool report: Clean up workers
From Miami Herald reporter who was allowed to attend yesterday’s pool media event: Your pool met Lucia Bustamante, community outreach director for BP, by the Navarre Beach Pier at 7 a.m. CDT….
Buzz: Where was DEP in Mobile
The State of Florida has 22 people, from the Department of Environmental Protection, at the Unified Command in Mobile. Why didn’t they notify Escambia County and their bosses in Tallahassee about the…
Problem on Alabama side of Key
Spoke last night with Commissioner Gene Valentino who drove late yesterday an ATV on the beach from Perdido Pass to Eden Condominiums. He said that the Alabama side had “dinner table size”…
Additional Boom Closures & Tar Ball Sighting
Escambia County Press Release: Boom will be deployed in the following three areas: Davenport Bayou Star Lake Palafox Marina Absorbent boom is being placed along the protective boom in the following locations…
PATH CALLS ON DOJ TO BRING SUIT AGAINST BP
Press Release: As Wildlife Death Tolls Climbs, PATH Inc., Calls On US Department of Interior and US Department of Justice To Take Action To Save Wildlife People Protecting Animals & Their Habitats…
Perdido Pass closed
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.
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…