Tarballs hit Dauphin Island

Mobile Press Register is reporting that tarballs suspected to be part of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak have been sighted along the shore at Dauphin Island. This sighting was at Saturday noon from around the fishing pier at the public beach and areas westward on the island that is south of Mobile, Alabama.

The tarballs are reportedly being found in isolated spots, not covering the water like an oil sheen would.

If anyone sees tarballs on our shores, email me rick@inweekly.net and send us some photos.

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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.”