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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reporting two patches of broken brown product 20 feet by 50 feet each in size about 10 miles south of Little St. George Island.
An FWC vessel has responded for observation and the source of the material is still being investigated.A rainbow sheen for 100 feet to the west of the product is associated with
the spotting, which was noted at 10:41 a.m. today by FWC aircraft recon. The notice on GATOR, a mapping tool used by the Florida State Emergency Response Team, says clean up is needed.
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
The good news: Two patches of 20X50 aren't that big and if they are skimmable should be fairly easy to handle.
The bad news: That may be an indication of the leading edge of something more on the surface and may indicate smaller tarballs (remember that's a vague term: nickel size to baseball size) underneath the surface. Looking at the weather forecast for the next few days it doesn't bode well for our western part of our neck of the woods.
You know it's bad when FWC starts making false reports to itself
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Wevans: This is a great site to track both news and non-news. I appreciate the link. Not sure how I feel about teh reports. While I don't like to cry wolf, I like a proactive plan of attack
Lat/Long (DD MM.mm): 29 35.8260 , -85 5.8260
( A little over a mile off the island)
Vessel recon from Coastal and Aquatic; reports about one meter wide by .25 mile long peanut buttery, tacky oil based product.....A SAMPLE WAS TAKEN AND IS SOON TO BE PROCESSED AT THE DEP LAB....PHOTO TO BE ADDED LATER
The more I know about something, the more I know that I did not know as much as I thought I knew that I knew.
