I live on the coast and drive along the coast and those pictures lie.
I have to say the same. Those pictures suggest that Navarre Beach and all of Santa Rosa Island is engulfed in oil, and it most certainly is not.
Heavy oil hits Louisiana shore
Reuters
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2517152/posts
The first heavy oil from a giant Gulf of Mexico spill sloshed ashore in fragile Louisiana marshlands on Wednesday and part of the mess entered a powerful current that could carry it to Florida and beyond.
The developments underscored the gravity of the situation as British energy giant BP Plc raced to capture more crude gushing from a ruptured well a mile beneath the surface. The spill is threatening an ecological and economic disaster along the U.S. Gulf Coast and beyond.
“The day that we have all been fearing is upon us today,” Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said after a boat tour to the southernmost point of the Mississippi River estuary.
“This wasn’t tar balls. This wasn’t sheen. This is heavy oil in our wetlands,” he told a news conference. “It’s already here but we know more is coming.”
Officials had previously reported debris in the form of tar balls, or light surface “sheen” coming ashore in outlying parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
The marshes are the nurseries for shrimp, oysters, crabs and fish that make Louisiana the leading producer of commercial seafood in the continental United States and a top destination for recreational anglers. The United States has already imposed a large no-fishing zone in waters in the Gulf seen affected by the spill.
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