Debris Still Coming Ashore
The Pensacola News Journal notes that Oil spill debris washes onshore in Escambia County
Barbara Dougan, Gulf Islands National Seashore spokeswoman, said four hard hats were found last week on the beach in the Fort Pickens area. One was marked with the word “Transocean,” which is an offshore drilling contractor associated with the Deepwater Horizon, Dougan said.
The full article talks about other debris that has come ashore in the area recently that is logically linked to the Deepwater Horizon. The winds and waves are changeable. Debris has shown up as far East as Panama City. These are things that have been floating on top of the Gulf, not suspended below.
I posted this to remind people that if this type of thing is still showing up after more than three months, this process is going to be measured in years, not days or weeks. It will be next year before we have hard data on the effect of the oil on the species that breed annually. Some species of sea turtle don’t breed until their thirties.
