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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (166177)6/2/2010 12:07:47 PM
From: Hope Praytochange  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
where is idiot odumba: Six-Foot Oil Sheen Found Along Florida Panhandle Shoreline

By Mike Esterl
Of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

A six-foot-long oil sheen was found along Florida's Panhandle shoreline Wednesday, as winds pushed April's massive Gulf oil spill closer to the summer tourism hotspot.

The oil sheen appeared to be a small breakaway piece from a larger sheen measuring 50 feet by 20 feet that was still 46 miles off the coast of Pensacola on Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokeswoman at the unified command center in Mobile, Alabama that is tracking the spill.

(This story and related background material will be available on The Wall Street Journal Web site, WSJ.com.)

The smaller sheen was found "close to the beach if not right on the beach," the spokeswoman added.

The Florida Panhandle is in the northwestern part of Florida, a long stretch of white sandy beaches popular with tourists from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Pensacola is located in the western-most part of the Panhandle, bordering Alabama.

It is the first time authorities have reported an oil sheen along Florida's coast following the April explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. But winds from the south could push more oil toward Florida in the coming days.
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