Posts belonging to Category Local Action Plan and Contacts

Destin Oil Spill Updates, equipment coming, Dep air and water results

Air quality test results continue to be consistent with values typical for this time of year and no obvious influence due to the oil spill is evident.  All   beaches are open the rain has started to clear Accommodations are still available Sandestin –  The weekend is looking very solid at the moment. Residence Inn is at 90% [...]

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4th of July parties short list Destin area and Walton County

4th of July 30% chance of rain scatter storms click for weather weekend report Harbor Walk Village (go early to find parking) or take a boat 1) Sunday, July 4, is the big day. HarborWalk will feature another Rock the Docks show on the main stage at 7 p.m. with Reggie and Co. The evening [...]

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Walton County and Destin area updates on oil Spill (water Quality info )

Walton County beaches are open and no health advisories have been issued. THE BIGGEST CONCERN ON THE WWW.DESTINOILSPILL.COM  IS  WATER QUALITY  WE ARE PUTTING SERIOUS EFFORT INTO FINDING THE BEST ANSWERS. We(my family) live here, breath here, swim here and eat here it is important to all of us. Walton County has worked to get [...]

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DEP and air quality

REPosted by Mike on June 24, 2010 DEP is the department of environmental services they starting to test water yesterday and the air has been monitored and is still consider a Good rating but here are the links for there departments. DEP conducted water and sediment sampling to use as a baseline and is monitoring [...]

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destin oil spill updates

Finally some good news after a week of up and down Winds and Currents pushing the oil away making for a good weekend westward wind arrived Friday and blew away the tar chips that had washed up on Destin beaches the day before. tar balls spotted off of Okaloosa Island Thursday had moved away without [...]

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Miramar Beach effects from oil spill

Here is video of Miramar Beach some tar balls / chips no smell of oil they have been working on cleaning the beach. Over-all beach appeared clearer than last couple of days. Just out of the surf it appeared to have few scattered tarchips, what was in the water appeared to be along the water’s [...]

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Sandestin Beaches updates (video)

Here is the video today of Sandestin Beaches. Beaches were crowded. Workers there were preparing the beach with a bulldozer making a shelf to stop oil if another wave hits. Today the beaches were clearer than yesterday with tarchips along edge of the water. Incoming search terms:sandestin oil

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Destin Florida beach updates oil spill (video)

This is video from today at the Crab Trap in Destin. The beach had a few tarballs mixed in the water The beaches were open people swimming no smell of oil had some june grass

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Miramar Beach update (Video) from Pompano Joes

Here is the video today Yesterday tarballs washed ashore on the beach clean up crews were on the beach We took video at 1030 this morning the beaches were open people swimming no smell of oil There was alot of june grass in the water but sporatic pebble size tarballs are all we saw

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DEP Water and Air quality test

DEP is the department of environmental services they starting to test water yesterday and the air has been monitored and is still consider a Good rating but here are the links for there departments. DEP conducted water and sediment sampling to use as a baseline and is monitoring air quality data. Statewide air quality monitoring [...]

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