Posts belonging to Category Local Action Plan and Contacts
Posted by Zach on July 15, 2010
We know quarterly earnings are due out soon and reporting the oil capping a sucess will help BP says oil has stopped leaking into the Gulf for the first time since April. BP has been slowly dialing down the flow as part of a test on a new cap. Engineers are now monitoring the pressure [...]
Categories: Blue Mountain Beach updates, Crystal Beach updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Grayton Beach updates, Horizon Oil Spill Progress, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Miramar Beach Updates, Oil Spill Tracking Maps, Okaloosa Island, Real Estate on the Gulf Coast, Rosemary Beach Updates, Sandestin, Santa Rosa Beach Updates, Seaside Beach updates, Status of Beaches, Top Sail, Videos of Beach, Water and Air Quality, WaterColor Beach Updates
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Posted by Zach on July 15, 2010
The beaches are open in Blue Mountain beach there are no smells of oil. The water will appear darker than usally becuase they are draining the coastal lakes in the areas to protect them. After weeks of rains the lakes fill and the relieve them to keep them from having a major breach They are [...]
Categories: Blue Mountain Beach updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Status of Beaches, Videos of Beach
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Posted by Zach on July 13, 2010
All the Beaches are currently open The predictions are still holding the oil far to the west 2010/07/13 at 11:41 am I wanted to say thanks for this site. I live in Delaware and am in the Air Force and followed this site for weeks trying to decide if I was going to take my [...]
Categories: Crystal Beach updates, Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Miramar Beach Updates, Oil Spill Tracking Maps, Okaloosa Island, Sandestin, Status of Beaches
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Posted by Zach on July 12, 2010
If you are on the 30A area Beaches like Blue Mountain, you will notice brown mixed water. This is from the Draining of the Coastal Lakes along Scenic 30A. This is done to protect the lakes and keep the lake levels from breaching. The water should clear within a week. beaches remain open. There are [...]
Categories: Crystal Beach updates, Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Miramar Beach Updates, Sandestin, Status of Beaches, Water and Air Quality
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Posted by Zach on July 11, 2010
For almost the last week there were no emegency reports of oil from the State Response Team. The Beaches remain open and there have only been a few isolated areas where patches of tarchips came ashore. This trend will most likely continue as there are streamers of weathered oil in the Gulf. The county [...]
Categories: Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Miramar Beach Updates, Okaloosa Island, Sandestin, Status of Beaches, Water and Air Quality
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Posted by Zach on July 10, 2010
Shrimp, grouper, tuna and other seafood snatched from the fringes of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico are safe to eat, according to a federal agency inspecting the catch. To date, roughly 400 samples of commonly consumed species caught mostly in open waters — and some from closed areas — have been chemically tested [...]
Categories: Destin Beach Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Miramar Beach Updates, Okaloosa Island, Water and Air Quality
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Posted by Zach on July 7, 2010
“July 6 water testing showed no dissolved petroleum hydrocarbons above what is normal at Navarre Beach Pier and Santa Rosa Island,” Tsubooka said. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) routinely tests coastal waters for more than 60 chemical contaminants related to the spill. Results for Santa Rosa, Walton and Okaloosa counties have shown no [...]
Categories: Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Miramar Beach Updates, Okaloosa Island, Real Estate on the Gulf Coast, Sandestin, Status of Beaches, Water and Air Quality
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Posted by Zach on July 6, 2010
According to the latest NOAA report, strong winds from the SE will continue for the foreseeable future, moving oil further westward. No Florida impacts are forecast through at least Wednesday. Unfortunately that means some rain this week for us, but helps 1) Weather the oil 2) push it west County and DEP and the EPA [...]
Categories: Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Okaloosa Island, Rosemary Beach Updates, Status of Beaches, Water and Air Quality
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Posted by Zach on July 5, 2010
The oil is predicted to withdraw to the west over the next 72 hours even farther from Destin and surrounding Beaches. This is the biggest movement of the oil to the west in over a month. After a Sunday morning flight, State Emergency Response Team officials declared an all clear for the East Pass area. [...]
Categories: Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Horizon Oil Spill Progress, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Oil Spill Tracking Maps, Okaloosa Island, Sandestin, Status of Beaches, Water and Air Quality
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Posted by Zach on July 3, 2010
We spent most of the day at the Beach we covered from Rosemary Beach to Okaloosa Island. We had a fly over Okaloosa Island we videoed Russ flying to give you an idea of some of our beach and water spotters. The surf is ruff today be careful of rip currents, even for expiranced swimmers [...]
Categories: Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Local Action Plan and Contacts, Miramar Beach Updates, Status of Beaches
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