SPILL, BABY, SPILL Behind the Scenes of an Environmental Disaster By Sean Boone… Since the Transocean-owned Deepwater Horizon oil rig ignited on April 20, killing 11 people and placing the entire Gulf…
BP Blueprint for Pensacola
After fighting the oil giant for four years, Texas attorney Brent Coon says, “Nobody knows more about BP than we do.†Coon heads Brent Coon & Associates, Beaumont, Texas law firm with…
DEP rejects beach plan
County Commission Chairman Grover Robinson called last night. He is furious that DEP has rejected Escambia County’s plan for saving the sands of Pensacola Beach. The proposal was to scoop up sand…
Escambia County issues first emergency purchase orders
P.O. # 101304: James Lee Witt Associates: $49,000 -To assist BP Horizon and Escambia County Project Number OILSPL10. Witt was the FEMA director under Pres. Bill Clinton. P.O. # 101304: Beck Disaster…
Buzz: From inside the oil industry
Friends are sharing their conversations with people in the oil industry and emails that are circulating under the radar of the news media…here is compilation of interviews, emails, etc: THE DRILLING OF…
Oil Fix isn’t helping…yet
Remember how BP told they had their “best minds” working on this. The cap and dome idea might work but we won’t know until all three leaks are capped. Until then, Overnight,…
DEP changes mind on Gulf Breeze plan
by IN reporter Sean Boone With the oil slick impending upon the Gulf Coast, The City of Gulf Breeze is in a crunch to receive more emergency assistance. Yesterday the City sent…
Holy C#$P: Sea surface temps getting out of control
From HurricaneTrack.com: I have never seen the sea surface temperature anomaly map look like the one below. It is the NHC’s Reynolds method anomaly map which is updated once per week. This…
Haz Mat courses full
Got this email from Carrie Stevenson, Coastal Sustainability Agent, Escambia County Extension “We’ve gotten an overwhelming response from volunteers interested in registering for the hazmat safety courses being offered at the Civic…
How the oil slick might spread
The Miami Herald has an interactive graphic on how the BP oil slick might spread and impact the entire state. Click on the red dots in the legend and colored boxes on…
See Oil Spill in Action
This cool animation was created by the New Orleans Times-Picayune by using overflight information and forecast models from the NOAA and Unified Command. The red dot indicates the location of the Deepwater…
BP’s $25 Million Insult
Yesterday’s Beast article moved from #5 to #2 – competing with Times Square bomber story. You are helping to keep the nation’s attention on the Pensacola area. The Beast’s editors and the…
BP spill: Possible Landfall at Perdido Thursday
From Chasidy Hobbs, Emerald Coastkeeper: Latest projection shows possible landfall of oil sheen in Perdido as early as Thursday. This changes everyday and keeps getting pushed back later and later. Hopefully it…
The Daily Beast wants to hear your voice
The Daily Beast is working with the Independent News to create “Voices from the Gulf“- a special section that collects and publishes stories, views and ideas from your blogs and tweeter accounts….
Sink plays tough with BP
I do like Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. The former president of Florida Operations at Bank of America doesn’t take much bull off of corporate “suits.” Yesterday after a briefing at…
Escamia County gets approval for Local Action Plan
Commissioner Grover Robinson just called to say the Unified Command Post in Mobile and the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection have signed off on Escambia County’s Local Action Plan for dealing with…
Oh yeah, I was booted from another meeting yesterday
This is my fault. Apparently at the Escambia County EOC the media must stay in a closed off meeting room away from the elected officials and county staff. The room has glass…
DEP holding up Escambia County oil spill plan
I did receive a phone call from an Escambia County official late last night. He told me that the word from the Unified Command in Mobile is that the Florida Department of…
Notes on Beach Town Hall meeting, May 3
Please forgive any typos in these notes. Have been operating on pots of coffee, Bud Light and NY Nick’s wings for 72 straight hours. Gulf Breeze idea Mayor Beverly Zimmern and City…
AWOL Elected Officials
LIST OF MISSING ELECTED OFFICIALS Commissioners Marie Young, Wilson Robertson, Kevin White Pensacola City Council, expect for P.C. Wu, Larry Johnson, Diane Mack and Mayor Mike Wiggins. ECUA Board – all of…
