News: BP oil may hit Pensacola as early as Thursday

St. Pete Times is reporting that the latest set of projections from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the slick moving into Mobile Bay this week and touching our beaches around Thursday.

According to the St. Pete Time, Jeff Masters, chief meteorologist of Weather Underground, has the spill reaching the Florida Panhandle a little later, by Saturday, as winds out of the southwest will push the spill near us.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”