BP Oil Spill Approaching Gulf Coast

[essies]

Pensacola Beach now closed.


Pensacola Beach is closed after oil from Gulf spill washes ashore

Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:12 PM Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:24 PM

Florida's Pensacola Beach was closed to visitors for the first time because of the Gulf oil spill Thursday as workers tried to remove pools of black sludge from Pensacola Beach's once-white sands.

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-s...pensacola_beach_closed_after_o.html#incart_rh

[video=youtube;A2_kFJK_PM8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_kFJK_PM8[/video]

 

[kai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_kFJK_PM8

This just makes me cry... Prayers are with every one of you who lives there and loves these beaches. raying::cry:

 

[essies]

Slideshow: Florida oil spill update two counties close beaches, health advisories issued (photos)
http://www.examiner.com/x-55379-Tam...lose-beaches-health-advisories-issued--photos
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The Florida Health Department advises people to stay clear of oil impacted waters and recommends that people keep away from any area where oil is visibly seen. Avoid skin contact with oil and oil products and do not touch dead or dying oiled wildlife.


Children, pregnant women, those with compromised immune systems, those with underlying respiratory conditions and pets should stay clear from oil impacted areas. Those close to the Gulf coast where heavy amounts of oil have been detected may experience irritation in the nose and throat. The oil emits a bad odor and some people state that the smell makes them feel nauseous. Exposure to oil impacted areas results in different symptoms in different people. If you are suffering from exposure to oil contact your health care provider if needed.


[video=youtube;9Xv3OnVMlEs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xv3OnVMlEs[/video]

 

[Wise Old Owl]

Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse.................

Our hearts and our prayers are with you all on the Gulf coast. May the Lord be with you!



http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/215913.shtml?5-daynl#contents

 

[2curious]

For all of you that live near the coast

***today is Hands Across the Sand


For more info: http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/



See you there

 

[essies]

http://www.visitpensacolabeach.com/what/bp-oil-spill.asp


June 25, 2010

Santa Rosa Sound is clean, clear and open for swimming along the north side of the island. Beaches are also open for swimming east of the Fort Pickens gate entrance.

While all beach areas on Santa Rosa Island/Pensacola Beach are open, due to the presence of emulsified oil in near shore waters and/or along the shoreline, Gulf waters are closed to all swimming and wading from Fort Pickens gate west to Pensacola Pass. The Escambia County Health Department has placed signage along the beaches advising beach patrons to avoid contact with the water, oil, oily materials or affected wildlife.

This reminds me of the scene from the movie Jaws-where the mayor tell Sheriff Brody "The Fourth of July is coming and these beaches will be open!!":banghead:
You can come to the beach-just don't go in the water!! Looks like the sand isn't too healthy either!!:snooty:
[video=youtube;5zQydQB7TOQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zQydQB7TOQ[/video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggOZbwffuM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7viQ12sCow

 

[Quiche]

Those Pensacola videos were frightening! I just cannot believe they are allowing the public access... horrifying! Will sheeple be smart enough to think for themselves?

I found this very informative report about the health effects/risks one would take spending some time on that beach.

http://www.sciencecorps.org/crudeoilhazards.htm

 

[Wise Old Owl]

Hey, I just noticed something with my above post with the map. The projection map is updating itself here. I posted that last night when it first became TD#1. Now, its Alex. Look at the info down on the bottom where it shows date and time and advisory #. Those numbers now are this morning's (Sat. AM) numbers - so its updating itself.

I guess its doing that because I used the actual NHC's URL in the image (and mods - yes I did post the NHC's website below the map - copyright ya know?)

I'm going to watch this with each advisory and see if I right - but it has to be because I posted this last night (Friday) and now the map itself says today (Saturday).

 

[babycat]

GRRRRRRRRR

http://www.sunherald.com/2010/06/25/2290037/taylor-views-oil-calls-response.html

Suddenly Gene Taylor thinks it's time to worry.

&#8220;I&#8217;m having a Katrina flashback. I haven&#8217;t seen this much stupidity, wasted effort, money and wasted resources, since then.&#8221;

Wow. Far cry from, oh, last month.-

&#8220;This isn&#8217;t Katrina. It&#8217;s not Armageddon,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;A lot of people are scared and I don&#8217;t think they should be.&#8221;

Not to mention he described the spill as looking like "chocolate milk and rainbows" and went on to say:

&#8220;It&#8217;s breaking up naturally; that&#8217;s a good thing. The fact that it&#8217;s a long way from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, that&#8217;s a great thing, because it gives it time to break up naturally."

NOW he's complaining because he says nobody is doing anything?!

Really, politicians treat us like we are complete idiots. We didn't forget what you said a month ago, and I ESPECIALLY didn't forget Phil Bryant trying to convince me I didn't smell the oil from my damn porch! I literally wrote him three letters inviting him over to get a whiff for himself...and offered to take him 9 miles down the coast where you can still smell it!


Oh, I am hot right now!

:furious: :furious: :furious:

 

[jjenny]

Hey, I just noticed something with my above post with the map. The projection map is updating itself here. I posted that last night when it first became TD#1. Now, its Alex. Look at the info down on the bottom where it shows date and time and advisory #. Those numbers now are this morning's (Sat. AM) numbers - so its updating itself.

I guess its doing that because I used the actual NHC's URL in the image (and mods - yes I did post the NHC's website below the map - copyright ya know?)

I'm going to watch this with each advisory and see if I right - but it has to be because I posted this last night (Friday) and now the map itself says today (Saturday).

Yes, it's definitely updating itself.

 

[Wise Old Owl]

Yes, it's definitely updating itself.

Yes it is! And its looking a lot better than it was. Seems like the boats will still probably have to get outta the way - but the only effects will be the high surf and swells.

Thank the Lord - maybe it was all of us praying!!!!!

 

[legalmania]

I hope this works, I pray this isn't an active hurricane season, because they will have to stop and they are closer than ever. They've got to be kidding me, they are really surprised their stocks are down?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill

 

[legalmania]

Yes it is! And its looking a lot better than it was. Seems like the boats will still probably have to get outta the way - but the only effects will be the high surf and swells.

Thank the Lord - maybe it was all of us praying!!!!!

I don't know if the BP people believe in a higher power but, I suggest they start praying to something. If there is a hurricane and it hits the gulf coast, oil will spread throughout the towns and probably will contaminate the drinking water, not to mention all the buildings will probably have to be condemned. When Katrina hit it spilled a few thousand gallons from an oil company and it ruined peoples homes and businesses, imagine this.

 

[PorcineGranny]

I don't know anything about how to stop this, but I have heard mention of blowing the well up, is that something that could be done?

I find it hard to believe with all our technology no one can stop this oil. And now, all the animals that will die, so sad, my heart breaks for them.

 

[Wise Old Owl]

There has been talk of them "nuking" the well, but all I've read and the scientists say that if they try that it could trigger some very serious tsunamis!

There is also talk about the well "blowing itself" - all the methane that is down there could very easily blow. And, again, if that does happen - the tsunamis will travel hat hundreds of miles per hour and devistate that beaches that those waves will reach.

 

[Gypsy Road]

Pensacola Beach. You can see how gooey and thick this stuff is.

[video=youtube;K22BmB1nUug]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22BmB1nUug&feature=related[/video]

 

[Gypsy Road]

Those Pensacola videos were frightening! I just cannot believe they are allowing the public access... horrifying! Will sheeple be smart enough to think for themselves?

I found this very informative report about the health effects/risks one would take spending some time on that beach.

http://www.sciencecorps.org/crudeoilhazards.htm

Thanks for the link!

I live in Pcola and I think the water and the beaches should have been closed sooner than they were. I saw oil out there 2 weeks ago - in the form of tar balls and sludge. It was a small amount compared to what's out there now, but little kids were playing in the sand - and no doubt coming in contact with it. I wouldn't even think about getting in the water now. No way. I wouldn't even get in two weeks ago, yet tourists and locals were all getting in - adults and children alike. So many of our city officials were in denial about it too - which really pixxes me of royally. They like to sweep things under the rug here. They are worried about tourism over people's health! Yup, someone mentioned it earlier. It's like the sheriff in Jaws. Come on in - the beaches are fine. Fine - my arse! The denial around here is MIND BLOWING! I hope the city officials finally have their head out of the sand after the last few days of that oil coming in like sheets!

 

[essies]

Gulf oil spill: Could 'toxic storm' make beach towns uninhabitable?
Residents fear mass relocations should a hurricane kick the Gulf oil spill onto resort towns. ‘Hazmat cards’ are a hot commodity among residents, since they could be the key to return.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0...ld-toxic-storm-make-beach-towns-uninhabitable
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Orange Beach, Ala.
Ron Greve expects the worst is yet to come in the oil spill drama that is haranguing beach towns all along the US Gulf Coast. So, like a growing number of residents, the Pensacola Beach solar-cell salesman took a hazardous materials class and received a “hazmat card” upon graduation.
Those cards, says Mr. Greve, could become critical in coming weeks and months.
In the case of a hurricane hitting the 250-mile wide slick and pushing it over sand dunes and into beach towns, residents fear they’ll face not only mass evacuations, but potential permanent relocation.
Storm-wizened locals know that it can take days, even weeks, for roads to open and authorities to allow residents to return to inspect the damage and start to rebuild after a hurricane moves through.
In the case of a “toxic storm,” only residents with hazmat cards would be allowed to cross bridges to return home, Greve says, since toxicity risks would be too high for untrained residents.
“You’d have to have these cards to be able to return,” says Mr. Greve. “In these classes, they basically tell you that swallowing even a small amount of the oil or getting some on your hands and then having a smoke could be deadly.”
God help us get thru this hurricane season!!

 

[hockeymom]

This feels like something out of a science fiction movie!!! Its so sad.

I thought I posted this question before,but can't find it. What happened to the very vocal James Carville? He hasn't said "boo" since his initial rant. Was he told to shut up? Also why isn't FEMA down there? Thats unbelievable to me.

 

[jjenny]

Yes it is! And its looking a lot better than it was. Seems like the boats will still probably have to get outta the way - but the only effects will be the high surf and swells.

Thank the Lord - maybe it was all of us praying!!!!!

We don't know where it will end up yet. It seems to be changing in either direction, with different models predicting different ways for this thing to go. At least right now it does not appear to go directly through the oil spill, but it's only June and it could be a very active hurricane season.