BP’s love for numbers
I reviewed my posts on the BP oil disaster. BP has had a love for statistics from the very beginning. Sadly many of them are…
News: BP builds unnecessary facility
Mobile Press Register: BP has built a vast boat cleaning facility at Boggy Point in Orange Beach, Ala. But in bringing in a company from…
Why has BP not brought us skimmers?
Biloxi Sun-Herald: From Washington to the Gulf, politicians and residents wonder why so few skimming vessels have been put to work soaking up oil from…
and dumped over degraded oil on LA beaches
From SaveOurShoresFlorida: The sand covering most of the beach was of a much different consistency from the beach closer to the water (very gritty and…
If Marty and Jack didn’t like the stadium…
The right to petition a Pensacola City Council decision is not one that should be taken lightly. If the citizens have voiced their concerns in…
Senate Committee on BP Disaster to meet here
Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, announced today that the Senate’s Select Committee on the Economy will meet on July 12 here to examine the…
Donovan/Nobles PAC is formed
It’s Park Yes Stadium No. And here is the website: http://www.parkyesstadiumno.com/ City Attorney Rusty Wells, according to PNJ reporter Jamie Page, has determined the former…
Latest Health Advisory: July 2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2010 PR005 Health Officials Post Oil Impact Notice for all Escambia County Gulf beach waters PENSACOLA — Due to the…
Beach update: July 2
Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key Update Friday, July 2 – 10:45 a.m. – Update #29 * Weather – Temperatures are expected to be near 92…
News: Whale in the Gulf
From Huffington Post: In this video from CNN, hop on board the world’s largest oil skimmer, “A Whale”, to get a firsthand look at the…
Thank BP for fireworks
As we reported yesterday, BP is paying for the Sertoma fireworks on the Fourth of July. I am probably the only one who sees the…
Is it time to close EOC?
For 10 weeks, the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center has been operating. It is on W Street miles away from the impacted areas. This is…
News: BP oil penetrating inland waterways
Mobile Press Register: Following an afternoon reconnaissance flight, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach employees reported that oil of some sort — be it sheen, tarballs…
DEP: ‘If you see tar balls in the water, I wouldn’t get in’
From Northwest Florida Daily News: As tar balls washed ashore on Walton County’s beaches, a standing-room-only crowd met Thursday for a town hall meeting to…
News: Buck Lee comes off bad in national press
The Christian Monitor writes about people getting sick from swimming in the gulf ( After Gulf swimmers report illness, questions about opening a beach )….
Florida Nearing Louisiana In Dead Birds
The number of dead birds recovered along Florida’s coastline is nearing that of Louisiana. As of Thursday, there were 431 dead birds recovered in our…
BP Helping Sertoma Out
BP has agreed to pay for the tugboat and barge that will be used in the Sertoma 4th of July fireworks display. Angela Boroca, spokesperson…
Beach Health Advisory Extended
Health advisory issued for beach due to oil spill – All gulf beachside waters in Escambia now under advisory – Effective immediately, in response to…
Buzz:Beach Businesses Withholding Information
I’ve heard from several employees of Pensacola Beach businesses that say they are having trouble getting the green light from their employers for BP financial…
Perdido Pass system is working
From Thompson Engineering: As most of you are aware, over the past few weeks, Thompson Engineering has been under contract to install a prototype steel…
