Oil hits Alabama beach

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Associated Press

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- Tar balls, possibly from the massive BP oil spill, have begun washing up on an Alabama beach.

Capt. Scott Bannon of the Alabama Marine Resources on Alabama's Dauphin Island confirmed Tuesday afternoon that crews were cleaning tar from the white sands and turquoise waters of the popular vacation destination.

Bannon referred questions about the cleanup, amount of tar on the beach and plans to contain the mess to BP officials in Mobile, Ala. Bannon said the company and officials at the response headquarters in that city were in charge of responding to oiled beaches.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/01/1658372/oil-hits-alabama-beach.html

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This is really sad. At least it looks like they as prepared as they can be for something like this there.

Crews Continue to Prepare Dauphin Island from(sic) the Oil Slick

(DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala.) - Crews continued work on both the north and south sides of Dauphin Island Wednesday to protect it before the oil hits the shores.

The second line of defense for the island is the enormous sand dunes along the south side. The idea is to break waves during high tide and keep contaminated water off the island and out of the wetlands.

On the north side of Dauphin Island, boxes are in place that will soon be loaded with polymers that attract oil and separate if from he water. Once the oil gets into the polymers, it clumps, and crews can scoop it out. Wednesday, crews had to add more sand to secure some parts that were moved by waves.

Read More: http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/story/Crews-Continue-to-Prepare-Dauphin-Island-from-the/248KyU-WcUyjT0uJ6xdUQg.cspx

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Oil hits Ireland.

:think:

Oil hits India.

:think:

Oil rehits Alabama beach.

:think:

[Ian David]

2. Well, it LOOKS like their oil...

[Aslanspal]

3. Not Alabama! That is where all the Jebus people live!

God would never curse them with oil and tar , this cannot be true! Alabama is Southern and Southern Baptist...3 friggin churches on every corner.

Surely the paper or news account got it wrong every christian in Alabama knows that God will miraculously part the oil an spare Alabama and send all oil and tar to key west where the gays live.

<Sarcasm>

but right wing fundies like jump on disasters when it happens to libs or lib areas.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. When something like this happens to the fundies, it just means

that God is testing their faith, doncha know. That's how it has been explained to me.

[Aslanspal]

7. Dang! missed that one, you are right

Get ready for the cherry picking Bible Verses and moveable excuses

[sasquuatch55]

10. Let them chew on this.

Revelation 8:8-9

8 Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

[Aslanspal]

11. Yeah , I could see them using that one

Also they could pull out of their hat...."SATAN" that is tried and true

but thanks for Revelation 8...watch if you follow the right wing killer bee religion..that will be used soon very soon

damn we could start our own religion..make lots of money off of books, cd's, tv, films, and of course the packed out megachurch offering plate or buckets is what the use now.

[Mz Pip]

5. Hand Jeff Sessions a mop

though I suspect he'd just find a way to make matters worse.

This is just the beginning. This will be going on for months.

Alabama is such a poor state. This will be devastating to it,

[Sherman A1]

6. It's a shame for all those in both the fishing & tourist industries that will be

affected. I hope they all sue BP into the dirt.

[Karenina]

8. BP has DIFFERENT (and safer) STANDARDS in Scotland. WHY?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x470575

[joanmj]

9. Absolutely!

[cdsilv]

12. When I first visited Dauphin Isle in '87, there were tarballs on the beach...

...there are oil rigs within sight of the beach, so the beach there is not one of the cleanest as it is. Still it is a tragedy and this indicates the oil will hit the pristine beaches of nw florida. Damnit!

[IndianaGreen]

13. Oil hits Alabama, Mississippi barrier islands

Here is an update to your OP:

Oil hits Alabama, Mississippi barrier islands

By The CNN Wire Staff
June 1, 2010 7:57 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- Rust-colored oil washed ashore on barrier islands off Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, while more patches of crude offshore appeared to be moving toward those states' coasts, authorities reported.

Researchers scrambled to clean up tar balls and puddles of oil from the beaches of Alabama's Dauphin Island, while a strip of oil about two miles long and three feet wide stretched along Petit Bois Island, about five miles away off Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour's office reported.

It marked the first time oil has hit Mississippi's shores since the largest oil spill in U.S. history erupted in late April. And while tar balls associated with the Gulf spill had hit Dauphin Island, about 35 miles south of Mobile, in early May, residents said that Tuesday was the first time they had seen oil hitting the beach.

Only part of the island's beaches have been lined with protective booms, with much of those barriers lined up near a protected wildlife area on the west end of the island.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/01/oil.spill.alabama/index.html?hpt=T1