re: Updates from Gulf Shores

Big waves today. Tide may have pulled some of tar back out. No sign of work crews today. Beach has about 25 foot deep stain out to waters edge as far as I can see in either direction. Reminds me of the flood lines after Katrina. The main line where the water stopped and the discoloration under it.

Sitting on the porch reading and drinking. Watched 3 pelicans land in the water to rest. Know they are get oil all over their feet and chests.

I can see about two miles in both directions and there might be 15 people on the beach total. Not a tent or a kid in sight.

Makes you sad to know a good sized hurricane is going to stain everything inland somewhere in the Gulf in the next few months.

thanks for the info. do you know or have you heard if it's the same deal at the beaches back towards 59?

thanks again for the updates. we're planning to come down thursday but are waiting until the last minute to book anything. trying to decide if we want to stay in gulf shores and go to buffett or go east past destin to try to get away from the oil.

atlanta the buffet concert is moved until July 11 due to something about higher than normal surf due to hurricane alex ... check out the link on the ot.

sucks about buffett, guess i have to start looking for a place in destin or further east. hopefully i'll be able to find a decent place last minute.

thanks again for the updates

How many people are around? Are people at all the minigolfs, waterville etc? Or are they just not there?

I'll be coming down to the family home Thursday.

I think I might sit in the Dunes with a sixer of Red Stripe and frickin' cry.

So much for swimming nekkid in the ocean at midnight...

The waves are pretty bad today and pushing the oil way up the beach. You can see large lines of oil/dispersants from My balcony.

Not many people around. We went to Waterville today and you may have had a 5-6 person wait at the top of the slides. Weather has been genuinely crappy the whole week.

I was down there last Friday through Tuesday. The amount of oil in the water and on the beach seemed to stay the same the whole time. Like stated earlier, about a 25-30 foot area of stained sand from the edge of the water up the beach. Couldn't walk through this stained area without stepping on tar balls. I was staying across from Jake's Steakhouse and then went and checked out the public beach at the end of HWY 59, it all looked the same.

We spent all of our time at the pool because it was just too hot to be on the beach without being able to get in the water and still had a great time. It's actually pretty nice. There were no lines in the grocery store and no waits at the restaurants.

That would be awesome to watch him play there