Pensacola Beach closed because of oil spill

Source: ABC7


Pensacola Beach closed because of oil spill
June 24, 2010 12:17 PM


PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A popular section of Pensacola Beach has been closed because of oil that washed ashore there.

Government officials closed about a quarter-mile section of Casino Beach on Thursday. Thick pools of oil washed ashore there Wednesday.

Workers ran yellow tape 75 yards back from the water. Officials say the area was closed because heavy equipment is being brought in to clean up the mess.

Normally, there would have been hundreds of people on the sands and in the water but on Thursday only two sunbathers and a few people who had come to see the oil were in the area when the beach was closed

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First the tar balls show up, followed a couple of weeks later by the sheets of oil. Anderson Cooper, get your butt over there! Show the people how their Redneck Riviera vacation paradise has been ruined.

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Drill, Baby, Drill! NOT!

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