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Oil booms

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I haven't been to St. Marks in a couple of weeks. How far do the booms stretch out from the shore at the lighthouse? Have they put up any more?
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wow...diddn't know they had set any boom there.
I know they had set some boom over towards lanark
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There are some booms set up at the Light House, but do not reach out very far as of yesterday.
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There are booms as far east as Aucilla. I don't believe they have set up any further east or anticipate going an further east at this point. I don't know to what extent they're at St. Marks, but I don't think they're a significant naviational nuisance. Give it a week and they'll probably broken in laying on dry land like the ones between EastPoint and Carabelle.
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SHOWBOAT wrote: Give it a week and they'll probably broken in laying on dry land like the ones between EastPoint and Carabelle.
I have not been down that way in a couple of weeks. Is that true. If so, what a shame.
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On a side note, there are reports of triple tails bunching up around the booms set at the mouth of St. Joe Bay.
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Tidedancer wrote:
SHOWBOAT wrote: Give it a week and they'll probably broken in laying on dry land like the ones between EastPoint and Carabelle.
I have not been down that way in a couple of weeks. Is that true. If so, what a shame.
Yeap, probably 15-20' sections broke out of and washed up in the stumps along the road. I drove that section of 98 on Saturday and probably saw 6 or 8 sections that size sitting on dry land.
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We were there yesterday, we saw one boom to the east of the channel. I don't know how big it was, but didn't look to be to big of a problem. I guess 1/4-1/2 mile from the shoreline. I think you should be able to get anywhere you need to go. Good luck
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Most of the boom off Lanark was gone this past weekend, but the orange anchor buoys were still abundant along the "reef".
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boom at shell point all messed up from massive storm on sat pm. two sail boats washed ashore and boom sent a drift. YES fish the "boom" Hooked up w a 100 + lb Tarpon sat afternoon at dusk. almost 3hrs later and 3.24 miles of dragging me and my daughter around the bay later she finally let me go ! Got back to the ramp at 11 pm what a fish ! 8 lb test w/ 20 mono floro carbon to a 1 0 wire hook............... yeah!
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Salt Life wrote:Hooked up w a 100 + lb Tarpon sat afternoon at dusk. almost 3hrs later and 3.24 miles of dragging me and my daughter around the bay later she finally let me go ! Got back to the ramp at 11 pm what a fish ! 8 lb test w/ 20 mono floro carbon to a 1 0 wire hook............... yeah!
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I was working down there yesterday. Don't know how much boom they set out, but the boats were coming in and out all day from Shields. The boom crew definately got in their share of breaks and standing around though :roll:
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They are pulling the boom out of St. Joe Bay because of the storm that might or might not become a hurricane that may or may not come this way. It is the biggest cluster I have ever seen, and I am working in the middle of it. They just got that boom straight and had a good idea of how to keep it set, now they pulled it up in a day. :roll: :roll:
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WOW all I can sat Is wow
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I saw on 13 news tonight that all the boom in Franklin was being pulled and should be done in the next 72 hours.
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