BP OIL SPILL & YACHTING

The goal of this page is to provide the marine community with
the latest information and to help recruit volunteers in the Bahamas
and Florida. .


sub surface trajectories
Daily rapid reponse sat images
Oil still there, dead bird island
Fish die off in gulf
22 mile underwater plume
Not till september
Final plans
Huge underwater oil plume lurks
79% still there
Oil still in gulf
Dispersants still being used ?
How to finally close the well discussions
Capt Wild Bill looking for oil spill crew refugees
Zombie well ?
BP downsizes Miami operations ctr
Relief Well delayed again
Plume problems
Releif well to start this week
ALA beaches
Oceana to study long term effects of oil
Oil spill not... over
Ship to investigate gulf, largest animal die off
BP wont comit to paying for seafood testing
BP finished off cement job
Cement given OK but relief well still the answer
Well half sealed and holding
100 days graphic
Crab larva infiltrated
Relief well set back
Possible Monday Fix
Be the One !!
New Leak
RW on schedule
Toxic bowl to haunt for years
Over 300 sick from chemicals in oil spill
BP returns to drill RW
Key warning systems turned off on DWHorizon
Plumes linked
Persons of interest
BP official testifies to faulty device
Unsure
Leaks at top and 2 miles away
Recollection considered
Its not over yet
UC Davis to test seafood
Oil to remain for years
Florida situational response
Relief Wells BOPS  had issues
Oil stopped for now
Oil has fouled food web
Uncertain future for babies
Integrity of well concerns
Sad, Very Graphic rarely seen photos
Toxins bad for blood cells
Bad Air
Latest Real Time
Toxins and responders
BP down playing risks of toxins,oil
BP and boat owners
Oil spill responders wanted in keys
Oil Spill on its way to Keys North
Oil and the Cay Sal  & Bimini
05 incident and now
Bp agrees to stop burning wildlife alive
Take Action to  Ensure no turtles  burned alive
No guarantees for relief wells
Swimming can cause resp failure, pneumonia
Scientist find oil in clear water
Latest Roffs
Oil now in food chain
Benzene worries for residents
400 beachgoers  get sick after beach exposure
Plans in case relief well fails
still using banned chemical in spite of EPA
NOAA fishes for contaminated fish
Poison tide 60 mins Australia
Matt Simons says 20 mil need evacuated
Well integrity concerns
Toxins make gulf workers sick
Gulf toxins worry U.S. institute
offshore offers had price tags
Gulf of methane
Christmas


Volvo Penta engine warning; click here             
How to clean boats:   oil cleanup.  Oil spill boat protection:click here
Florida pennisula command center activated:click here
Paid professional captains wanted: click here

 Volunteers/help needed in Bahamas      click here  
 Volunteers needed Florida Keys    click here

 Bahamas protected for now:   click here                           
 Bracing for oil in the Bahamas : click here
Oil on couse for Bahamas click here
Freeport news article:click here
Accuweather projects Florida/Bahamas:click here
No compensation for caribbean countries:click here
 Bradford freeport manufacturing containment booms: click here

 

Tracking/trajectory/reporting 

 NOAA trajectory                                                                     Animated map 
 Tracker/u report                                                                     FSU                  
 Nowcoast current data                                                       Nvision track map
 Unif of Fla/winds trajectory                                            Geospatial track  
 Sat image from Cstars                                                          NY Times spill track
 Oill spill crisis map                                                                Deepwaterbp vessel track/video  
 Oil slick from NASA                                                               Google response map
Oil response/recovery map                                              Boat US Spill map
Archive graphic map                                                             Dr. Jeff Masters/wunderblog 
 U.S. Navy HYCOM                                                                    Univ of Miami Rosenteil
Multiple trajectory models                                               Rutgers Oil response page
Beach condition map from Mote                                   Roffs 
Tropical cyclone heat potential                                     Situational awareness map
 NOAA interactive mapping tool                                    Oil spill on local radar
 Beach advisory from FL DEP
          

News & data 

Live underwater feeds   click here                                Live feeds  2:      click here                 
Incident news:click here                                                    Unified command Ctr: click here                                 
Academic task force:click here                                      Oil forum:The oil drum
Vessels wanted/opportunity:click here                  Toxic soup:click here 
Toxins absorbed through skin click                           Boat US info /protection:click here
Notice to mariners:click here                                         Hurricanes & the oil spill:click here       
Relief well progress: click here                                       BP oil spill plan 600 pages:click here
Florida respomse zones:click here                              Volunteer  U.S. :click here
BP Florida response:click here                                       BP gulf response:click here
Volunteer Floridaclick here                                             Impacted beaches:click here
Florida EPA:    click here                                                       Fishing restrictions:click here  
UGA gulf blog: click here                                                      Florida Disaster Mgmt:click here

 

Wildlife

Wildlife collection reports:click here                               Bird rescue center:click here 
Saving wildlife:click here                                                          Audubon help:click here
Tristate bird rescue:click here                                              U.S. fish &wildlife:click here
 Sea Shepards:click here                                                             Marine mammal rescue:click here
Volunteers needed Bahamas:click here                         Wildlife Bahamas:click here
Oiled wildife  care network:click here                              Marine mammal stranding network
National wildelife federation:click here                         Marathon bird center
Wildlife toll                                                                                           Bahamas National Trust
Sea Bird Sanctuary:  click here                                               Nature Conservancy Bahamas
Save our sea birds:click here                                                   American Birding
Florida Oceanographic Society

History & Legal

 60 mins investigation click here                                         Pensacola property owner filed class action
BP pressured says family:click here                                   Another worker cites faulty equipment   
Another rig worker pressured:  click here                     BP faces class action over banned chemical use
Bp recent history of fines:click here                                  Investors seek class action
Years of internal probes:click here                                     Commercial fisherman file lawsuit
BP knew 1 year ago:click here                                                  Before the explosion

 Rigs on fire :     click here  
Engineer called rig a nightmare:click here 
Rig showed problems in February
What went wrong

News blackout & recent stories

 Toxic Fumes
 BP censoring,destroying evidence
  BP refuses to give samples    
  BP named in bribery
  BP filed patent for seawater
  BP controls press