Oil spill mid summer?

[BNow0707]

I had been planning a trip to do some shorediving and boat dives in PC the second week of june. Does anyone have any idea if this oil spill will still be causing problems then? If so I thought about heading to the other side of Florida but its alot longer trip.
What do you guys/gals think?

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Nothing like this has happened in the area, especially at this magnitude. Any posts would be a blind guess on what will happen.

 

[BNow0707]

Thanks, I figured that would be the case.

 

[mrmccoy]

like bugman said It is still flowing so there is no telling when this could end.

 

[sontek]

Just plan on doing the trip and then if oil hits you'll be here to help clean up!

 

[NAUIwowee]

Hope for the best, plan for the worst. I have a condo reserved in PCB for a week in August. I'm holding out till early July to decide whether we cancel or not.

 

[frankc420]

I have a trip planned to Orange Beach at the end of this month, lets hope they can stop it and clean it up before it hits land!

 

[PatMyGreen]

FYI everyone here in PCB is doing business as usual until it hits, it isn't too near us yet so we still have a week (plus or minus) of diving before it shuts down for God only knows how long. West winds will bring it to us but keep it out of the estuary of the Mississippi river, bad for the beach but not as bad for the health of the ecosystem. We can boom off our estuary here which is not an option for the whole LA coastline.

Feliz Cinco De Mayo!

 

[rambo]

I'm trying to remain positive in a grieve situation ........... And yes we're doing business as usual. the divin has been great for the past few days. Everyone (the media) seems to have doomed the entire gulf coast.

The Ixtoc 1 blowout was the largest spill in history after the spill during the Gulf War. The Ixtox 1 blowout occurred in the Gulf and the Gulf seems to have recovered.

So far this blowout is only a tiny fraction of the Ixtoc spill and will probably be contained long before it gets anywhere near being what Ixtoc was.

Sympathies to the G.O.M. and the crew who were lost on the rig. Hopefully they/we have learned a lesson.

Though I am, and will be worried until the well is capped.

Check this site for updates:

http://ocg6.marine.usf.edu/~liu/Drifters/latest_rtofs.htm

 

[rambo]

UPDATE: Panama City Beach Not Currently On Oil Spill Trajectory Map

Panama City Beach Not Currently On Oil Spill Trajectory Map

Just an article that I found ........ Take it for what its worth.