Florida snorkelers “covered in crude oil”; Officials failed to issue warning until after incident

[nashville_brook]

http://www.newsherald.com/news/destin-84742-divers-coated.html


‘I can still smell it on me:' Destin divers emerge coated in oil


DESTIN - On Wednesday, MaryAnn Epp, an instructor with Scuba Tech in Destin, was out on a group dive near the jetties. When they came up, they were coated in more than salt water. She was assisting a group of 14 snorkelers and nine divers when “the tide started hitting the jetties” and customers started coming back on the boat with an extra layer of film, which smelled distinctly like oil.

“We had to wash the people off to get the smell off of them,” said Carla Moore, Scuba Tech co-owner. “They were aware of it and were actually nice about it,” said Epp. “They felt bad for us. They understood that it was our last trip.”

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The crew was not the only ones to report the sight and smell of oil near the jetties. Jokerman Capt. Andy Stempki reported hitting oil about 150 yards from the mouth of the pass. “It stinks like diesel,” he said.

The city of Destin even issued a warning Wednesday night stating that “Oil product has been spotted near East Pass. The Coast Guard and other BP resources have been notified and are being deployed ASAP to the area.”

[undeterred]

1. So what can be done about it?

[Oregone]

2. Wow. Who would of thought there was oil in that water

[RKP5637]

3. +1, n/t

[SoCalDem]

10. Amen.. like someone thinking that if a person pees in the deep end of the pool,

someone in the shallow end will never have it wash over them..

Do people really not understand that water MOVES?

[noamnety]

11. Well, when you have people in charge going on camera

reassuring the public that the shrimp from the gulf is still safe to eat, they stupidly deduce from that that the water is safe to swim in.

[izquierdista]

4. BP resources

[Not Me]

5. Oil "Product"

I heard an interview with a BP spokesperson who kept referring to it as 'product'.

No, I put 'product' in my hair.

This shit is carcinogenic oil sludge.

[bigwillq]

6. K and R (nt)

[rachael7]

7. "The Coast Guard and other BP resources"?

So its official now? The Coast Guard is just another "BP resource"?

[NotThisTime]

8. It's just awful :( freaking awful

[lunatica]

9. All those tourists and no one had a camera?

I find that almost impossible to believe. Cameras are ubiquitous, and especially during vacations.