(SalemNews) – FEMA Plans to Evacuate Tampa Bay Area In Place?

FEMA has plans to evacuate the Tampa Bay area in the event of a controlled burn of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico, or if wind or other conditions are expected to take toxic fumes through Tampa Bay, according to a report by Maryann Tobin in the Hernando County Political Buzz Examiner. Tobin has been a freelance writer for more than twenty years, writing for local publications in New York and Florida. Read More Here

(CNN) – Video: Average Lifespan Of Clean up Crews Working Near Dispersants is 51 – Video Link Here

Video: ‘Gulf Oil Syndrome’ Sickening Workers – View Video Here

(Bloomberg) – Alex to Become Hurricane as Swells Reach Gulf Spill

Tropical Storm Alex, the first named system of the Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened today over open waters, forcing the evacuation of rigs in the Gulf of Mexico while pushing swells toward the worst U.S. oil spill. Read More Here

(KurtNimmo) – Video: Florida Governor Urges Vacationers To Swim In Toxic Sludge

Florida Governor Charlie Crist is apparently more worried about the state’s economy than the health of vacationers and residents.
Crist told CBS on Saturday the water is safe and people shouldn’t worry. “It is safe,” Crist declared, “there isn’t a toxic nature to it that is detrimental to anybody. It is much more of a nuisance than anything else at this point.” Video Link Here

(WashingtonsBlog) – CLEAR Water Tests Positive for Oil, Officials “Only Doing Visual Assessments”, “What You Can’t See May Be More Dangerous”

The Pensacola News Journal notes: Read More Here

(FemaleFaust) – Gulf Crisis: Bad to Worse

Sit down. Get ready. Your life has begun to change. It will never be the same again. This gulf disaster is changing everything. Read More Here

(FloridaOilSpillLaw) – G4: Corexit/oil eats through boat hulls, kidneys (PHOTOS/VIDEO) – Read More Here

(AP) – Florida Panhandle tourism tanks as more spilled oil hits beaches – Read More Here

(AP) – Hurricane watch for Mexico, US as Alex strengthens

Hurricane watches were in effect Monday for a stretch of Gulf coast in southern Texas and northern Mexico as Tropical Storm Alex gained strength and appeared on track to become a Category 3 hurricane before it makes landfall later this week. Read More Here

(FemaleFaust) – Pensacola Reopens Beaches Against Advice – Hundreds Sickened

Well, well. The surf boiling like acid — oil making a massive landfall — perhaps it isn’t safe to go in the water, you think? Read More Here