Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola FL areas

[BigTruck]

I went on vacation last month to the Gulf of Mexico on the Florida/Alabama border last month, as I do every year.  You may already know this from my Water Spout thread.

Here's some more shots, more focused on the clean up efforts that were happening there.  I do not envy these workers, it was 105F heat index with 93% humidity.  I was dying in my board shorts with no shirt and a cold beer, and these guys were out there in HAZMAT suits.  Kudos to them for their hard work!!


I know the boat is blurry, I tried to focus on it for you, but for some reason the focus shifted








Not a single person paid attention to this warning, we were ALL in the water, sometimes until the sun came back up  8-)


Tar Balls.  The big one is about 1 inch across.  They were barely noticeable in the sand.  Still fun to say Tar Balls though.  Say it.  Tar Balls.

[Flying Trucker]

Goodly morning....

Thanks for posting those shots, we see a lot about this on the television news here.

The one thing that comes immediately to my focus and attention is all the new equipment such as the tractors.

I wonder who will come out on top with all this new equipment and where is the equipment that should have been available for the clean up from the hour it happened?

Myself, I don't think the municipality or the  state was anywhere ready for such an environment disaster and a lot of political figures and folks in top jobs are going to be doing a lot of back pedalling when this is all done and over.         

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[DaveSims]

I miss living near those white sand beaches, tar and all.  I hope the clean-up effort really works and restores the Gulf back to the way it was.  I don't doubt it is do able, as long as it doesn't just become a political game for some.