Showing posts with label Gulf Coast Oil Spill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gulf Coast Oil Spill. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Oil Spill Damage | Checks in the Mail

Florida Oil Spill notes and Fox 13 reports, "financial compensation from the BP fund" has begun to flow to businesses claiming losses from the Florida Oil Spill. The Tradewinds Resort received "Tradewinds recently received most of its $1.3 million BP emergency claim."



Source: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/pinellas/Oil-damage-checks-flow

Oil Spill Damage | Checks in the Mail | Florida Oil Spill

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Video | Disturbing Aerial Video of Florida Oil Spill

Florida Oil Spill .com has just reviewed the most disturbing video of the black tide from the air. While we have kept continuous feeds of the oil blasting into the deep Gulf of Mexico, we now go airborne and see dolhins and whales struggling to stay alive. We expect more video from the air next week as the team flies the Florida coastline. Standby.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Oil Spill From Space | Florida in the Picture

Florida is clearly visible in the latest oil spill pictures taken from space. While most of our earlier stories did not show satellite images showing the coast of Florida, the new images now clearly show the black tide is hitting the coastline in the panhandle. 

No oil has been found on Florida West coast including Sarasota, Hillsborough, Pinellas, or Manatee Counties (as of June 27, 2010). It has been a few days since we last posted the latest image from the NASA Earth Observatory. Previous posts are here or you can use our search Florida Oil Spill Tipline using search term "space" located on the right.

Image from June 25, 2010

Coastal cities in Manatee County, Florida are: Anna Maria, Bradenton, Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach, Longboat Key.

Coastal cities in Sarasota County are: North Port, Sarasota, Venice, Longboat Key

Beaches in Sarasota County are: Blind Pass Beach, Brohard Beach, Caspersen Beach, Lido Beach, Manasota Beach, Nokomis Beach, North Jetty Park, North Lido Beach, Palmer Point Beach Service Club Park, Siesta Beach, South Lido Beach
Turtle Beach, Venice Beach

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Timeline of The 2010 Oil Spill

We have been online, one of the first sites devoted to the Disaster in the Gulf. Here is our new timeline that will be updated continuously. We expect many more people and sources to come forward and provide tips and information about what really happened in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico this year.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Oil Spill Disaster - Louisiana Students Look for Solutions to the Oil Spill

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From wetlandwatchers.org
Louisiana Students Look for Solutions to the Oil Spill
Students at Hurst Middle School usually study science by rebuilding and preserving wetlands near their homes.  Now they are searching for solutions to the Deep Horizon Oil Spill off the Louisiana coast line.  Their science teacher, Barry Guillot has been guiding them to use the scientific method to find their own solutions to save our precious wetlands.

source: http://www.nbc33tv.com/news/hurst-middle-school-students-wetland-watchers
source: http://www.wetlandwatchers.org

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Florida Oil Spill From Space in HD


This link downloads a huge HD Image from the NASA Earth Observatory and was taken from space on May 1, 2010.







Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/450147main_gulf_tmo_2010121_lrg.jpg

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Oil Spill Disaster - Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico

NOAA Emergency Response Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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For information directly from the Oil Spill Damage Assessment Scientists at NOAA get info directly from them at the Office of Response & Restoration here's the link
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Emergency Response Team  Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Oil Spill Disaster - How You Can Help!

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Oil Spill Disaster - How You Can Help!
Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary 18328 Gulf Blvd., Indian Shores, Florida is asking for donations to prepare for injured birds and coastal cleanup from the Gulf Oil Spill.  They are asking for: linens, kennels, towels, sheets, dawn detergent, pepto-bismol and toothbrushes.  Call 727-391-6211 for more information.  Source: www.seabirdsanctuary.com

Oil Spill Disaster - Simulated Drifter Trajectories from College of Marine Science USF

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Oil Spill Disaster - Simulated Drifter Trajectories created by a collaborative effort between the Ocean Circulation Group and the Optical Oceanography Laboratory at College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, and the results are provided as is can be found at http://ocg6.marine.usf.edu/~liu/oil.html 

"This is an effort to track the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo well, designated by the red circle) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after the oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010. Drifter trajectories were calculated based on the three-hourly surface currents from the West Florida Shelf ROMS hindcastt/forecast system. Particles were released from the sunken rig site every three hours since 05/02/2010 18:00 UTC, assuming continual oil spill from the well. The initial locations of the drifters were taken from satellite remotely sensed oil slick patches at that time. The particles (difters) are shown as black dots, and their trajectries in magenta. Sea surface temperature (color contours, units in deg C) was superimposed with the surface current vectors to indicate the surface ocean circulation. The velocity data were subsampled every the third grid points in both east and north directions for better visulization." Source: http://ocg6.marine.usf.edu/~liu/oil.html 
Oil Spill Disaster - Simulated Oil Drifter Trajectories

Oil Spill Disaster - US Coast Guard District 8 Photos


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 There are Situation Status Maps, NOAA Fishing map, NOAA chart showing potential oil locations, U.S. Environmental Services photos and a graphic showing the proposed shoreline boom locations at Oil Spill Disaster - US Coast Guard District 8 Photos 

Oil Spill Disaster - US Coast Guard
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Oil Spill Condominium Reservation Cancellation

One local Panama City Beach, Florida condominium has established a policy for vacation cancellations:

"Panama City Beach Florida Oil Spill Vacation Refund Policy ..."


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"As you all know, the oil spill disaster has the potential to impact us all this year. We are already receiving calls from concerned booked guests who are asking our policy about cancellations and refunds. As a result, I wanted to make you all aware of our policy concerning the oil slick.. . . If Federal, State, or Local authorities close the beach, we will issue full refunds to any vacationer that has booked a condo through [Name Omitted]. If the beach is still closed 2 weeks prior to a vacationers arrival, we will issue a full refund. This will eliminate someone from canceling now a vacation scheduled at the end of July." Emphasis Added.

"If any vacationers wish to cancel their vacation prior to any official closing of the beach, we will issue refunds based on our rental refund policy that was in effect at the time of booking." Emphasis Added.

Source: http://www.bluesunproperties.com/blog/panama-city-beach-florida-oil-spill-vacation-refund-policy/

Oil Spill Condominium Reservation Cancellation Policy

Oil Spill Field Note - Pinellas County, Florida


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Oil Spill Disaster Tipline has received a report of a "strong smell of plastic" from someone on the Gulf Coast along the Pinellas County, Florida coastline.

Eye Witness Account From Sunset Beach, Florida:

"Yesterday, May 1, 2010, I went swimming at sunset beach in Pinellas County, Florida. there was plenty of sun, sand, wind and surf. I was there from 11:30 in the morning until around 4:00 pm. Several times I would get a strong smell of plastic. The first time I thought that it was from my goggles but I don't ever remember that happening before. The next time I wasn't even wearing my goggles."

Strong Plastic Smell

Oil Spill From Space - Latest Image

May 1, 2010

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Latest Satellite Images from NASA April 25, 2010 Versus April 29, 2010

April 25, 2010
Beach Condominium Oil Spill, Deep Horizon, Florida Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Oil SpillApril 29, 2010













High Definition Image from NASA 2 Megabytes is Here

Oil Spill - Capping The Leak - Video



Oil Spill - Capping The Leak - Video

Raw Video From Helicopter of Disaster - Black Tide

Video Update - Oil Spill To Hit Florida Monday

Help Wanted - Oil Spill Cleanup Jobs

An anonymous source in Louisiana has told us, "Job One will be taking applications on Saturday, May 1st from 9am – 3pm. anyone you may know have who does not have a criminal record can apply for the Oil Spill Job. They will place them in a hotel to stay while on the job. They need workers to work 7 days on and 7 days off.  The pay is $10.00 - $ 12.00 per hr.  They must bring their Id and SS card with them.  Good Luck……  They need to go to the location on Canal right off of Galvez."

Oil Spill Cleanup Jobs