Has oil reached Panama City?

[Abaco24]

Can PatmyGreen or other locals give us a daily report? So sad to see the pirate ship destroyed.........it will be missed.

 

[MRXRAY]

Oil has not even reached Pensacola nor is it forecasted to reach it this week. It definately has not reached Panama City!

 

[ETnScuba]

Thanks for the update. Have you heard any projections about if the oil is expected to get as far as Panama City?

 

[NAUIwowee]

I don't think anyone can accurately predict it. There have been several landfall predictions made since the "incident", but most of them have not happened. I think it's kind of like predicting hurricanes. They can give you a best guess, but you never know where it's actually going till it gets there. It was predicted we would have oil on our Mississippi beaches last Sunday or Monday; but, so far we haven't seen anything yet, thankfully. There have been some storm-torn oil boom floats and debris from the Deep Horizon rig wash up on our barrier islands, though. Just got to hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

 

[MRXRAY]

If you can tell me what the winds will be doing for the next two weeks, I will tell you where the oil will be during those periods. We need to have good weather and offshore winds (Winds out of the North) to keep the oil away from us and to allow the folks working on containment to get boats, crew and resources out to the site.

 

[mike_s]

Here are the last three days predictions. from NOAA, which is about the only source I'd trust and not sure I really trust them.

In my opinion, it looks better for the Florida beaches with each days predictions. (of course any of this could change with winds and currents).


Look at the dates in the upper right corner of each image when looking at these.....

 

[AquaExplorer]

ALso the oil may never reach the beaches. Through a combination of skill, technology, luck (yes luck), and the fact that the "oh noes, the sky is falling crowd" is just plain milking this issue for all it is worth, this will not be, in all likelihood, the ecological disaster that some want it to be.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

If you ignore it... it certainly will be

 

[jhayes75]

Updates on this site about the condition of Panama City.

Panama City Dive Charters

 

[Hetland]

ALso the oil may never reach the beaches. Through a combination of skill, technology, luck (yes luck), and the fact that the "oh noes, the sky is falling crowd" is just plain milking this issue for all it is worth, this will not be, in all likelihood, the ecological disaster that some want it to be.

3 million gallons (and counting) of hydrocarbons in the food chain IS an ecological disaster. The fishery will take a hit even if the beaches are saved.