Giant Coral Die-Off Found; Gulf Spill "Smoking Gun?"

Giant Coral Die-Off Found; Gulf Spill "Smoking Gun?"

Crazy as it sounds we have fresh tarballs washing in on this onshore flow that developed today. They were dotting the beach every 10-15 feet in Perdido Key, FL. This is the exact location where we water tested on 11-4-2010. Photos included.



Water Conditions



This is smaller Quarter Sized Tarball, what worries me about this one is that it is very black and soft (not weathered at all). Therefore concievably it could be more toxic.




Larger Red Weathered Tarball size of a Dollar Coin. My size 10.5 footprint is next to it.

Orange Beach Photo's of Water Testing Nov. 4, 2010

Photos of Beach Conditions as well as the BP Contractor digging for Black Gold!?!?!

More Photo's of Nov 4, 2010 Water Testing

Gulf Shores Beach Condtions
Fort Morgan

Photo's from Nov 4, 2010 Testing

Photo's from 11-4-2010 Testing

Todays Water Testing

11-4-10 Testing Sites

I was able to test four sites today. Mike Sturdivant suggested I try to work alot of the most heavily impacted areas from the June and July blackouts.

The four sites we settled on are as follows:

Fort Morgan, AL (Bon Secour Wildlife Refuge Beach Access Site)


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Gulf Shores, AL (Gulf Shores Public Beach East Access)

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Orange Beach, AL (Cotton Bayou State Park Beach Access)

View 30.269094, -87.581871 Cotton Bayou State Park Beach Access in a larger map

Perdido Key, FL (River Rd Public Beach Access Site)

View 30.293109, -87.45136 Perdido Key, FL River Rd. Public Beach Access in a larger map