Texas Gulf Coast now getting oil

[ScottM]

The stuff is spreading everywhere. What a huge mess.

The state of Texas has begun to see the effects of the Gulf oil spill. Buckets of tar balls have washed up on on several of the state's beaches, an official reported Monday.
And according to the U.S. Coast Guard, about five gallons of tar balls were discovered Saturday on the Bolivar Peninsula, northeast of Galveston. Another two gallons of the gooey substance were found Sunday on the peninsula and on a Galveston Island beach.

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2010/July/Oil-Hits-All-Gulf-States-Texas-Tar-Balls-Found/


I am a big fan of manatees and visit them every year in their homes in west Florida. I am really fearing what this is going to do to them and their food supply. There has been for a while some really large dead zones in the Gulf. I can't imagine that this oil spill is going to help those areas.


I see lots of TFRs over the Gulf, what is this doing to flying along the gulf coasts?

 

[Trapper John]

I noticed several TV ads this weekend from the Florida tourism board about how many hundreds of miles of beach not affected, that they have webcams on their site, etc.

Sounds like TX needs to follow suit pronto...

 

[ScottM]

I noticed several TV ads this weekend from the Florida tourism board about how many hundreds of miles of beach not affected, that they have webcams on their site, etc.

Sounds like TX needs to follow suit pronto...

The beaches are one thing, but there is also the offshore environment. Tons of fishing and wildlife depend upon the offshore areas for food. I am very worried about the sea grass beds.

 

[t0r0nad0]

This just in... the oil just caused $1 million dollars in IMPROVEMENTS to Galveston's beaches...