Posts belonging to Category Water and Air Quality
Posted by Zach on January 11, 2011
The Destin oil spill effects appear to have cleared up for the most part in Destin and Walton County. When visiting the beaches, you will likely not know the oil was here. After storms you might find small weathered tar balls if you look hard enough. Some oil is in the sand and although you [...]
Categories: Blue Mountain Beach updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Miramar Beach Updates, Okaloosa Island, Status of Beaches, Water and Air Quality
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Posted by Zach on July 30, 2010
The oil spill has caused us so much damage and the many different attempts or lack of attempts by the federal government have came up with little protection or solutions. It seems the wonder of nature has a answer to try and clean itself. In the form of Microbes, oil eating microbes. Along with evaporation [...]
Categories: Blue Mountain Beach updates, Crystal Beach updates, Destin Beach Updates, Destin Oil Spill Updates, Grayton Beach updates, Horizon Oil Spill Progress, Miramar Beach Updates, Okaloosa Island, Rosemary Beach Updates, Sandestin, Santa Rosa Beach Updates, Seagrove Beach, Seaside Beach updates, Status of Beaches, Top Sail, Water and Air Quality, WaterColor Beach Updates
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Posted by Zach on July 16, 2010
Santa Rosa Beach The beaches are open and no smell of oil. No current threat for the oil to come. You might see some tarchips while there 2010/07/16 at 3:26 pm Just got back from Destin! We wanted to THANK YOU so much for updating us daily since the spill!! If we didn’t have your [...]
Categories: Santa Rosa Beach Updates, Status of Beaches, Videos of Beach, Water and Air Quality
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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 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 8, 2010
Walton County will post water quality and air quality test here are the latest reports http://www.waltonso.org/NewsMedia/release/WaltonSpecialReport-2010July01.pdf Air and Water Sample Reports Air Quality Report for July 2, 2010 Air Quality Report for July 1, 2010 Water & Soil Sample Report for July 1, 2010
Categories: Destin Beach Updates, Miramar Beach Updates, Rosemary Beach Updates, Sandestin, Santa Rosa Beach Updates, Water and Air Quality, WaterColor Beach Updates
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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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