Here is the opening statement for Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, at a hearing today with the CEOs of the top five oil companies: 57…
Obama’s visit
The IN staff is spread out from Pensacola Beach to NAS Pensacola. We may not be able to update the blog much this morning. However, post what you see and hear today….
BP hot line calls go nowhere
KHOU in Houston, TX recently interviewed, under the condition of anonymity, an employee hired to receive calls for BP to talk about how the call center handles the calls from our area….
Remember the Three Little Pigs
In May, I wrote about how BP cut corners at its Texas City refinery and it cost 15 workers their lives in a 2005 explosion. We got a copy of the infamous…
Fogg withdraws
Former Pensacola Mayor John Fogg has withdrawn from the mayor’s race, according to the Supervisor of Elections office. The inside scoop is that fundraising hasn’t gone well for John and he didn’t…
EOC: More Vessels Skimming In Bay
Escambia County Chief of Emergency Management John Dosh said at today’s EOC afternoon briefing that more skimming vessels had entered Pensacola Pass and that a lot of oil that had entered the…
EOC: Commissioners to raise bridge toll
I’ve asked the Escambia County Commission to hold a special meeting today and raise the Bob Sikes Bridge Toll to $30 Million for one day only….Tuesday, June 14. Credit cards and checks…
BP responds to Coast Guard for more capacity
A letter dated June 13 from Doug Suttles to the USCG on the additional options for creating more capacity to capture oil and increase redundancy: 1) An FPSO (floating production, storage and…
Suttles outlines plan
On the Deepwater Horizon Response website, BP reveals its new plan for capturing more oil in letter from BP COO Doug Suttles. Temporary Riser System that was attached last week is capturing…
How Much Can BP Fork Out?
Investors are increasingly worried that BP will fold under the federal government’s request for an escrow account to pay for oil damages. New York Times Reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/business/15bp.html?src=busln
The Fluoride Debate
Escambia County United Against Fluoridation (ECUAF) is hosting Dr. Paul Connett at the Silver Screen Theatre on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for a discussion on the harmful effects of fluoride in our…
Oil hits Sound side of Pensacola Beach
Oil has reached the neighborhoods on the beach SOUND side including the grass beds in and around Lafitte Cove (Peg Legs). Heavy oil is in the sound and entered the pass subsurface….
Road closures
The following roads will be closed from 5 to 9 p.m. today within the city limits of Pensacola for the Presidential visit: Garden Street to Alcaniz Street and Interstate 110 entrances and…
Buzz: Are there more leaks at well site?
We heard a rumor last week that there was a rupture on the casing that prevented “top kill” from working. The rupture is somewhere below the floor of the Gulf and that…
DEP Update
Landfall Reports and Predictions: Reconnaissance missions are ongoing. On June 14, as of noon, light sheen, streamers of weathered oil and tar balls were detected within five miles of Pensacola Pass. On…
Wiggins skewered on Daily Show forum
Pensacola Mike Wiggins is getting compared to Jaws’ Mayor Vaughan by a blogger on the Daily Show forum. Read more.
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…
