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  David Paul Appell June 18, 2010 at 3:56am

  A member wants to know the situation in Tampa. Click here to answer.
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  Barbara Weibel June 16, 2010 at 9:34pm

  I'm currently traveling in Mexico and have been on the Gulf coast and now in the Yucatan. Opinions seem to concur that the spill won't affect Mexico because the prevailing currents will carry it away from Mexico. I know nothing of currents; just passing on what everyone here is telling me.
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  Kristina Rundquist June 16, 2010 at 9:24pm

  Sure, it's http://oilspill.skytruth.org/
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  David Paul Appell June 16, 2010 at 9:21pm

  Kristina, trying that site and not getting on -- could you provide the complete URL, with www or http:/ so that it will hyperlink on here? Thanks!
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  Kristina Rundquist June 16, 2010 at 9:21pm

  Max--I fear you are right and that it's a lot of both--"... nobody knows what they're doing or they're too cheap to do what they should be doing ..."
  
  In the end, everyone loses.
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  David Paul Appell June 16, 2010 at 9:19pm

  John, you're right -- if and when conditions warrant, Mexico should be added to the mix. Let's hope it doesn't become necessary.
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  Kristina Rundquist June 16, 2010 at 9:05pm

  Anyone checked out oilspill.skytuth.org? I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it does provide some updates.
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  John Lamkin June 16, 2010 at 8:36pm

  No updates yet, but would be good to include the Mexico coast of the Gulf.
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  Kate Moeller June 16, 2010 at 7:34pm

  Here are some useful links I've found regarding the Florida coast
  http://www.fl-seafood.com/
  http://www.apalachicolabay.org/index.cfm/pageId/221
  
  I'll post more as I get them.

  fl-seafood.com is expired
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  David Paul Appell June 16, 2010 at 3:56pm

  From today's Wall Street Journal re fears in Florida:
  
  "Fallout from the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion on April 20 hasn't been nearly as bad along the shores of northwest Florida as in neighboring Alabama, where large deposits of oil began washing up on local beaches this weekend, sullying shorelines, threatening wildlife and driving away tourists.
  
  But smaller, scattered tar balls have been washing up on Pensacola Beach, about 25 miles east of the Alabama border, for more than a week now. Some surface sheen and mousse-like oil also have entered Pensacola Pass in recent days, threatening local inlets. Louisiana's coast was hit hard last month.
  
  "It's going to be a long, hard summer for us, I'm afraid," said Buck Lee, head of the Escambia County agency that oversees the beach at Pensacola Beach, as he patrolled the eight-mile-stretch of sand Friday.
  
  Many state and local officials in Florida said BP PLC and federal authorities haven't been moving fast enough to protect the shore from the spreading oil, and they fear a repeat of what happened in Louisiana and Alabama. "It's the worst-managed thing I've ever seen," said Mr. Lee of coordination efforts between BP and federal, state and local authorities."