First signs warning people to stay out of water go up on Florida Panhandle beaches

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Source: Palm Beach Post

By Dara Kam
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 10:27 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Posted: 9:43 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010


PERDIDO KEY — Black, greasy blotches matted this Panhandle beach as an oily substance appeared in the Gulf of Mexico late Tuesday, prompting Florida officials to warn swimmers to stay out of the surf for the first time since the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion.

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The Escambia County Health Department posted the signs along six miles of white-sand beaches on Perdido Key from the Alabama-Florida boundary to the Gulf Islands Seashore national park. They went up just before sunset on the boardwalks at Perdido Key state park and at entrances to public beaches.

The county warned people not to enter the water and to avoid any skin contact with oily water or dead sea animals. The health advisory states that people should not wade, swim, ski or fish in the water or eat fish that have a petroleum odor.

"Young children, pregnant women, people with compromised immune systems and individuals with underling respiratory conditions should avoid the area," the advisory also says.

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1. Plug the damn hole! BP should stop its fucking PR campaign

[MrSlayer]

2. I don't believe they can "plug the hole(s)"

They can't do anything at all about this until the relief well is drilled.

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3. My point is BP is paying out dividends & spending ad & PR money like they've got not a care

in the world. They've got big problems, this company, and they should stop spending money on anything unrelated to stopping the spew and cleanup.