NY Times: Seeking Answers on Oil Spill as Questions Mount
General overview.

Gambit Weekly:The Gulf Oil Disaster: Monitoring Air Quality - The Environmental Protection Agency has set up air sampling equipment in Lafourche, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes"Q: The distinct "oil scent" has frequently appeared in the city, miles away from the oil ( Read more... )

AP: Pensacola Beach is closed after oil from Gulf spill washes ashore"Lifeguard Collin Cobia wore a red handkerchief over his nose and mouth to block the oil smell. "It's enough to knock you down," he said ( Read more... )

MSNBC: Oil gushing at spill site after vent damaged

"Oil was again gushing from the BP spill site on Wednesday after the company was forced to remove the containment cap when a robotic submarine hit a vent. The news came as officials also reported two deaths of people who had been hired for the response effort."

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Ms. H. and I had a nice vacation in Florida.

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Am at the beach with Ms. H. and Ms. B.

Yay!

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We had a nice time at Perdido Key, with a stop in Pensacola.

Vacation pix on Flickr

mshollie and I had a nice Florida vacation. We stopped in Tampa on the way down, which Hollie had never been to before. We got together with crystalgee and soundwave106 as well as my niece and her family there. We enjoyed Ybor City and the streetcars, and visited the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg ( Read more... )

This is my first time back in Jacksonville since evacucation in '05.

I'm visiting Ms. A, who also evacuated here in advance of Katrina. She got an apartment and new job while the city was under water, and is still here. She says she still reads nola.com more than keeps up with the news in Jacksonville. I brought her a New Orleans care package, ( Read more... )

This was about as pleasant a day as could be asked for if such a day had to include a long Interstate highway drive and getting a flat tire at 75 mph ( Read more... )

( Eyes, Florida )

I'm looking forward to the return visit to the eye doctor Tueday, and hope my new glasses will result in better vision. Short drives in the nearby area only until then, but fortunately there's a good variety of stuff near our hotel (and my parents' condo is a short distance away). My eyes with new artificial lenses in them are much more sensitive ( Read more... )