Re: Trouble on Pensacola Beach - VIDEO
Posted by Beachlover on 6/26/2010, 1:35 am
Knuckle, we are very much aware of the buried oil phenomenon here.  There has been some excavation of oiled sand underlying what appeared to be a clean surface, but it presents real problems - the bottom line being when and where to stop:

http://www.pnj.com/article/20100625/NEWS01/100625012

I've been saying over and over that the complacency some have shown toward using our white sand beaches as boom - just letting the oil hit the barrier islands instead of working a heckuva lot harder at skimming at sea -- is foolhardy!  We'll be running across this stuff in the sand for decades without monstrously expensive replacement projects in future.  

Thanks for the info about the bubbling.  Sounds plausible to me!  I'll pass your comment back to the PNJ for their edification.

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