Plans to evacuate Tampa Bay area are in place

Veterans Today ^ | June 23, 2010 | Maryann Tobin

[LibFreeUSA]

As FEMA and other government agencies prepare for what is now being called the worst oil spill disaster in history, plans to evacuate the Tampa Bay area are in place.

The plans would be announced in the event of a controlled burn of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico, or if wind or other conditions are expected to take toxic fumes through Tampa Bay.

This practice has been used by the US Forestry service, when fire and smoke threaten the health and well being of people.

The elderly and those with respiratory problems would be more susceptible to health risks, in the event of a controlled burn.

Estimates of the rate of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill have varied. Independent scientists now suggest that the true spill rate, before the riser pipe was cut off in June, was between 20,000 and 50,000 barrels a day.

Since the April 20th explosion, which resulted in the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig, there have been more than a million gallons of chemicals poured into the Gulf of Mexico in efforts to break up the spill. The chemicals have come under scrutiny because of their own toxic nature.

It is not certain if the massive slick will have to be set on fire near Tampa Bay, but the possibility has not been ruled out.

BP has been using controlled burns as a way to contain the oil spill since the crisis began. Plans to do additional controlled burns around the well site were announced by Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen at a briefing in early June.

[dragnet2]

Man....That looks nasty....

[dragnet2]

That video of Pensacola beach....Absolutely terrible...Just brutal...

[Wonder Warthog]

"That just makes him a fool. How many that worked on the Exon Valdez cleanup are still alive? Name them."

I know at least one.....Ed Overton. Your comment is simply asinine. I doubt that any list exists that catalogs the people that "worked on the Exxon Valdez cleanup", much less how many have since died. Distinguishing among those deaths and trying to pin the EV exposure to them would constitute a gigantic statistical study, which I very seriously doubt has ever been done.

The only fool here is you. Ed knows more about chemicals and chemical exposures than you are likely to learn if you spend the rest of your lifetime studying.

[SunkenCiv]

in the event of a controlled burn of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico

Thanks hennie pennie.

[GOPJ]

I don’t think there’s enough water to run lines - we’ve got orange groves, truck farms, and large populations. It would be a mess...

[houeto]

You got it blam...Josh got off the boat just a while ago, no change in conditions.

[blam]

Thanks. I posted this while you were gone:

The First OilCane? What Happens If A Hurricane Rides Over The Oil Spill

[blam]

Look at this:

Government Insiders Get Ready for the Gulf "Dead Zone" Environmental Disaster

"Plans are being put in place for the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mandeville, Hammond, Houma, Belle Chase, Chalmette, Slidell, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pensacola, Hattiesburg, Mobile, Bay Minette, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Crestview, and Pascagoula. "