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Oil has began washing ashore in Destin
Posted on 6/23/10 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 6/23/10 at 2:10 pm
Here on vacation, and about an hour ago tar balls started washing ashore. It's pretty depressing to see.
Eta: Looking down the beach from our balcony there are still people in the water. It may be isolated.
Eta: Looking down the beach from our balcony there are still people in the water. It may be isolated.
This post was edited on 6/23/10 at 2:32 pm
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Posted on 6/23/10 at 2:13 pm to TigerByte
That really sucks!!!! Link below shows the sheen approaching Destin with a southeasternly flow.
Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
Posted on 6/23/10 at 2:19 pm to Chad504boy
There were tar balls rolling up last week as well.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 2:52 pm to Chad504boy
The black is a wave anomaly could be seaweed or could be oil.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 2:58 pm to CE Tiger
just made my reservations for next week in Rosemary 
I figure just a few miles further east means tar balls we can avoid/step around.......I need to get one more Seaside fix just in case all hell breaks loose on 30-A.
I figure just a few miles further east means tar balls we can avoid/step around.......I need to get one more Seaside fix just in case all hell breaks loose on 30-A.
This post was edited on 6/23/10 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 6/23/10 at 3:02 pm to TigerByte
NOAA nearshore surface oil forecast: Moderate SE winds (7-12 kts) are forecast to continue through Wednesday then become E on Thursday/Friday. Trajectories indicate developing westward currents within the Mississippi Bight region will begin to inhibit further movement of the slick to the east. Coastal regions between Ship Island, MS and Panama City, FL are threatened by shoreline contacts within this forecast period.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 3:09 pm to Nike1
quote:
Trajectories indicate developing westward currents within the Mississippi Bight region will begin to inhibit further movement of the slick to the east.
a good thing this is.....and I have already seen your other thread.
This post was edited on 6/23/10 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 6/23/10 at 4:09 pm to TigerByte
Where are you staying? Trying to figure your proximity to my condo.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 4:21 pm to Beachtiger
We are staying at The Cresent, basically across the street from the outlet mall on the beach.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 4:23 pm to TigerByte
quote:pics?
Oil has began washing ashore in Destin
Posted on 6/23/10 at 4:42 pm to Chicken
was checking out beaches for the fourth of July and they all seemed to be open to the public. But with recent developements I'm not sure I want to take the risk of booking something
Posted on 6/23/10 at 4:48 pm to goldentiger88
Just talked to a friend/real estate agent/ the lady i rent my condo from in Destin and she said she went to the beach in mirimar and saw tar balls today for the first time and there were a lot of them.
This post was edited on 6/23/10 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 6/23/10 at 5:02 pm to back9Tiger
Great 
BP 
GFY
BP GFYPosted on 6/23/10 at 8:12 pm to TigerByte
My good friends gf who is from there just made her fb status that it has reached Destin.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 8:22 pm to TigerByte
the recent pics of Pensacola are heartbreaking.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 9:56 pm to CaliforniaTiger
Just getting back into town from Grayton. There are tar balls washing up onshore there too, the first ones we saw were yesterday in the late afternoon. There were cleanup crews on the beach this AM and they had all been picked up by the time I left this afternoon.
Posted on 6/23/10 at 11:11 pm to Boomshockalocka
I was on the beach all day untill sundown. I saw no tar balls and no oil at all. Children and families were in the water all up and down the beach...........We are staying in a condo on the beach at 118 Sandprint circle. Google it. See weed showed up today but no sign of oil at all. Hops it stays that way.
Posted on 6/24/10 at 1:27 am to Boomshockalocka
how big of tar balls?
Posted on 6/24/10 at 7:35 am to Lester Earl
Not big, about 1 square inch.
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