West Orlando News Online 2010® Central Florida News, Info, Sports
Category archives for: Planet Florida

Warning: Earl Causing Ocean Swells, Rip Currents

Florida Division of Emergency Management officials are again urging beachgoers along the entire Atlantic coast from Nassau County south to Miami-Dade County to use extreme caution Wednesday through Friday as a high risk of dangerous rip currents is expected due to ocean swells caused by Hurricane Earl.

Beachgoers Warned of Rip Currents

Beachgoers along the entire Atlantic coast from Nassau County south to Miami-Dade County are being urged to use extreme caution this week, as a high risk of dangerous rip currents is expected through Friday, due to ocean swells caused by distant tropical systems.

Campaign Launched to Keep Florida Waterways Clean

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has launched a new awareness campaign, Pitch In-Pump Out, to inform marinas and boaters about keeping Florida’s waterways clean through proper disposal of boater sewage.

Assessment Teams Assist Florida with Economic Recovery

National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today announced the deployment of 19 additional Economic Assessment and Evaluation Teams to communities affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Federal Waters off Panhandle Re-Opened to Fishing

Federal officials on Tuesday reopened federal waters off the Florida Panhandle to commercial and recreational fishing, saying that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data have shown no oil in the area.

Federal Science Report Accounts for Oil from BP Disaster

The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed – much of which is in the process of being degraded, according to a federal science report released today.

DEP’s Easy As One Campaign in Running for Pepsi Grant (Video)

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that its ‘Easy As One’ project was chosen to be in the running for $25,000 in grant money during August’s voting cycle of Pepsi’s Refresh Everything Project.

Tropical Storm Bonnie Slows Progress on Killing Leaking Well

The cap on the leaking well will remain closed, even as many vessels and rigs will be preparing to move out of the path of Tropical Storm Bonnie, National Incident Commander, Thad Allen said on Thursday.

Update on BP Oil Disaster–Day 91

National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today authorized BP to continue the well integrity test for another 24 hours. Contingency plans are also been put in place to be implemented in the event of a tropical storm or hurricane.

NASA Supporting Gulf Oil Disaster Wildlife Recovery

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is helping with the unprecedented effort to save wildlife from the effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The first group of hatchlings from endangered sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the northern U.S. Gulf Coast was released into the Atlantic Ocean off Kennedy’s central Florida coast on July 11.

Photo Gallery

© 2010 West Orlando News. All Rights Reserved. An Advisory Group/Gignos Company