Oil spill's toll on Florida could be 195,000 jobs and nearly $11 billion

Source: Palm Beach Post

Oil spill's toll on Florida could be 195,000 jobs and nearly $11 billion
By Kimberly Miller
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 9:52 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Posted: 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010



The depth of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill's economic devastation in Florida is beginning to take "terrifying" shape in the predicted loss of 195,000 jobs and nearly $11 billion in revenue.

And while the forecast, released Tuesday in a report by a University of Central Florida economist, considered only Gulf Coast counties, the author said that all of Florida will suffer the oil's wrath, from Pensacola fishermen to Orlando theme parks to Palm Beach luxury hotels.

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Economist Snaith's scenario includes 23 Gulf Coast counties losing 50 percent of their tourism and leisure jobs and spending. If that happens, he estimates that 195,000 jobs will be eliminated and $10.9 billion lost.

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Snaith said he is too much of a "coward" to consider the impact to Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties if the oil were to reach those shores.

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Read more: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/oil-spills-toll-on-florida-could-be-195-734476.html

"could be"s

I moved to Orlando in '08.
My Mom lived about a mile or two from the gulf in the extreme North Tampa region.
She's 78 and had heart surgery in March.

I ask her daily if she can smell anything "funny" when she walks her dog.
So far, nothing.
I have to go there on Friday to see for myself.

:cry: :hug:

If not for the cheating and outright criminal actions of the Gov and the SOS IN 2000 Gore would have won the state.