South Florida’s Top 20 Under-reported Articles About Oil Disaster

February 9th, 2011 at 04:35 PM

A sampling of oil disaster articles from the east and west coasts of South Florida:

• “Dire Situation” in Miami: Shrimpers wonder if BP Disaster to blame for “failure of shrimp to show up” — Oil and dispersant worries
• Jan 4: Disaster in the Florida Keys; Lobster fisherman says “I’ve never seen anything like this” — “Everything has changed”
• Keys fishing crew reports tar-coated shrimp, gear
• *CONFIRMED* Chemist: That’s BP oil on Southwest Florida beach — “Should put to rest any doubt” over origin of 173 ppm oil found in sand near Sarasota
• Miami-area: Many large birds reported “floating in Biscayne Bay covered in oil” — “Biologists mind-boggled” (VIDEO)
• ALL KINDS of sea birds PARALYZED and DEAD near SARASOTA, FL — Doctors raise DISPERSANT (VIDEO)
• Long ribbons of orange-brown oil spotted 4 miles off Tampa Bay coast; Smelled like oil, felt like oil, couldn’t get it off hands (Photos)
• ROFFS: Some oil moving “towards the area offshore of the Florida Keys” (MAP)
• *BREAKING* USF Dean says oil “within a few miles of the Jacksonville and Cuba coastlines”; “Oil continues to be a part of the loop current”
• ROFFS: Oil-dispersant mixture 40 miles south of Florida Keys on June 22
• Clear evidence oil spill particles in Florida Straits; Projected to reach from Key West to West Palm Beach shelf areas
• Coast Guard’s Expert: “There will be oil off the coast of Miami shortly, if it’s not already there. It’s happening”
• Oil slick spotted 12 miles off Ft Lauderdale coast by yacht captain
• Nearly all shrimping boats abandon Key West after crew pulls up oil-covered shrimp
• Breaking: NOAA scientists say “Oil plume located off Florida’s southwest coast and heading toward the Tortugas” in the Florida Keys
• “Oil sheen was 100 miles west of the Dry Tortugas”; Heading east at 25 miles a day
• The Citizen (Key West): “Separate patches of oil were in the Florida Straits south of Key West on Sunday” June 6
• Researchers: “Of special note, a streak of oil is now moving in the direction of the Florida Keys”
• Coast Guard confirms oil sheen in Florida Keys; Officials lay protective boom
• CSTARS Director expects oil to “wash ashore near Clearwater, Sarasota, and farther south”; “Oil is slowly creeping along the coast”

Related Posts:

• Economist: Florida’s Gulf Coast to lose 200,000 jobs from massive oil spill; 50% drop in tourism
• Paper: Blood tests “show a connection between reported illnesses and crude oil released from BP” — They are the “canary in the coal mine”
• Expert: Oil spill to reach shore ‘much more quickly’ once oil spill nears Florida’s west coast
• “Limited harvest in 2012, because the babies are getting hit with these toxics” says Marine Scienes Director
• Still Rising: “Increase in people seeking mental health care in recent weeks” and “the money has already run out in south Lafourche and Grand Isle”

SEE THIS POST AT THE ORIGINAL PAGE ON FLORIDA OIL SPILL LAW:
http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/south-florida-oil-disaster-update