Submitted by mikecorbeil on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 8:02am.
From what I've seen so far, some of the oil has reached the shores of western Florida and some has been edging gradually around the tip of Florida and then heading northward. It might not be anywhere near as much as what's illustrated in the above graphics, but is nevertheless information that should be determined, tracked, and reported; I believe.
This, I think, is especially true and important because this thin type of oil is said to mix very much with water, instead of most of it floating like with spills from oil transport ships.
Actually, looking at the grapic for day 50 again, and taking a little time to be able to make out the names of the states on the grapic, I see that part of northwestern Florida is one of the locations the surface, visible oil has reached. And day 50 certainly looks frightening, especially after having listened to a few reports at DN! over the past month. In some of those reports, listeners could learn that many people along the coast of La were falling ill, developing headaches, I guess developing nausea from the stench from the oil, et cetera; oh, and that many evidently will have to move to other parts of the US, the situation is so bad down there.
From what I've seen so far, some of the oil has reached the shores of western Florida and some has been edging gradually around the tip of Florida and then heading northward. It might not be anywhere near as much as what's illustrated in the above graphics, but is nevertheless information that should be determined, tracked, and reported; I believe.
This, I think, is especially true and important because this thin type of oil is said to mix very much with water, instead of most of it floating like with spills from oil transport ships.
Actually, looking at the grapic for day 50 again, and taking a little time to be able to make out the names of the states on the grapic, I see that part of northwestern Florida is one of the locations the surface, visible oil has reached. And day 50 certainly looks frightening, especially after having listened to a few reports at DN! over the past month. In some of those reports, listeners could learn that many people along the coast of La were falling ill, developing headaches, I guess developing nausea from the stench from the oil, et cetera; oh, and that many evidently will have to move to other parts of the US, the situation is so bad down there.