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Post by moabiter on Jun 5, 2010 13:43:38 GMT -8
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Post by wtf on Jun 9, 2010 12:30:37 GMT -8
Oil spill's toll on Florida could be 195,000 jobs and nearly $11 billion Posted: 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010 The depth of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill's economic devastation in Florida is beginning to take "terrifying" shape in the predicted loss of 195,000 jobs and nearly $11 billion in revenue. And while the forecast, released Tuesday in a report by a University of Central Florida economist, considered only Gulf Coast counties, the author said that all of Florida will suffer the oil's wrath, from Pensacola fishermen to Orlando theme parks to Palm Beach luxury hotels. www.palmbeachpost.com/money/oil-spills-toll-on-florida-could-be-195-734476.html
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Post by moabiter on Jul 4, 2010 20:12:46 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Jul 8, 2010 7:05:48 GMT -8
Tests Still Out For Cocoa Beach Tar Balls Lifeguards Say Some Collecting Them In Buckets POSTED: 3:32 pm EDT July 6, 2010 UPDATED: 2:04 pm EDT July 7, 2010 COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- Tests are out on more than a dozen tar balls that have been found in a 2- to 3-mile stretch of Cocoa Beach during the past two days, according to Brevard County authorities. www.wesh.com/news/24159259/detail.html
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Post by moabiter on Jul 27, 2010 17:59:14 GMT -8
Gulf oil spill health UPDATE: Hundreds of people get sick after swimming in Gulf [Pensacola Beach] July 4, 1:15 PM Recent testing has indicated dissolved chemicals in the water near Pensacola Beach. Biologist Dick Snyder from the University of West Florida said, "There are molecules dissolved in the water and you can't see them," and, "We don't know how much of that there is, but we suspect there's a lot."EPA official Charlie Fitzsimmons told the Pensacola News-Journal on June 25, "My recommendation to the Santa Rosa Island Authority was to keep the beach closed until we can get a better handle on the actual material out here and to get more of it up." Last month, the US Coast Guard confirmed that two clean up workers had died. Details about their deaths has not been released. www.examiner.com/x-33986-Political-Spin-Examiner~y2010m7d4-Gulf-oil-spill-health-UPDATE-Hundreds-of-people-get-sick-after-swimming-in-Gulf_______________________________ US Coast Guard confirms two Gulf oil spill clean up workers have died: Video - June 23, 1:38 PM The US Coast Guard is reporting that two of the workers involved in cleaning up the Gulf oil spill have died. As of June 11th, 71 oil spill clean up workers have been hospitalized in Louisiana, due to exposure to vapors from the toxic dispersants. Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the Daily Beast, “"We're very concerned about the impact of the disaster on the public health of people in the gulf region." CBS News reports, “Seven weeks into the oil spill crisis, there is still confusion and uncertainty about how to protect the people cleaning up the mess. Commercial fisherman George Jackson was overcome by fumes while inspecting boom; BP gave him no protective gear. Earlier in the crisis, BP CEO Tony Hayward attributed the sickness of clean up workers to “food poisoning,” despite suggestions by medical experts that the symptoms of food poisoning are very different from findings from exposure to toxic chemicals. www.examiner.com/x-33986-Political-Spin-Examiner~y2010m6d23-US-Coast-Guard-confirms-Two-Gulf-oil-spill-clean-up-workers-have-died
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Post by moabiter on Jul 27, 2010 18:09:35 GMT -8
BP and Government Misleading Public About Safety Of Florida Beaches As a tide of tarballs from the BP Gulf Oil Spill assaults the Florida coast line local Florida residents, businesses and county officials are demanding action from BP, State, and Federal Government officials in charge of monitoring and responding to the spill. Local residents in Walton County, Florida demanded a Town Hall meeting to discuss the lack of response to the oil assaulting the coast line. They are also demanding answers to other questions like why local beaches have been declared safe and remain open even though tarballs have been washing ashore for weeks in Florida and the DEP hasn’t tested the waters for hydrocarbons since May 1st.Ed Berry, a local businessmen, urged the commissioners to make sure the appropriate parties are being held accountable. In his testimony he said “The children were in the water swimming. They were coming out of the water with tarballs on their face; they were wiping their face and having tar in their eyes and on their mouth.” blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/06/23/residents-businesses-local-florida-officials-bp-government-misleading-public-safety-florida-beaches/
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Post by moabiter on Sept 9, 2010 7:42:52 GMT -8
OKALOOSA COUNTY FL DESTIN - It was a smelly sludge that looked like oil and made the holiday weekend a disappointment on one Destin beach. BP says it was a seaweed called black algae. But as Channel Three's Laura Hussey found out, some people aren't convinced. Robert Herrin "You could see nothing but pitch black water. The waves were almost just sludge like, just rolling in sludge it was so thick. And it was matting on the shoreline. I would say at least this thick in some places." It washed in Friday behind the Sterling Sands Condominiums in Destin, a smelly black mat, hundreds of yards long and full of debris. www.weartv.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wear_vid_10681.shtml
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Post by clone on Sept 17, 2010 12:01:05 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Sept 20, 2010 9:55:44 GMT -8
Feds threaten man on oiled Florida beach: "ILLEGAL TO DIG" -- NO SAND CASTLES www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIWI_KVGxA4Where You Can And Can't Dig At The Beach, WEAR ABC, September 17, 2010 * Gulf Islands National Seashore * Feds say BP can't dig into the ground more than 6 inches to dig for oil * Reporters can't dig at all * There's oil well below the 6" limit * Parks service police officer asks for documents and says it's illegal to film in a national park unless reporter can prove he's with the media * no decision to dig to 18" for a couple of weeks Northwest FL -
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