ALL KINDS of sea birds PARALYZED and DEAD near SARASOTA, FL — Doctors raise DISPERSANT… Close by where 173 ppm oil found in sand (VIDEO)

Dead swans waking up Southwest Florida news rooms? Now asking asking "could it mean the ... Read more >>

"Outbreak": Toxicologist finds “mysterious PERSISTENT rashes” from Louisiana to TAMPA-area — “Some of the oil-eating bacteria have been GENETICALLY MODIFIED” (PHOTOS)

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I now think the Great Gulf Experiment is going very badly for humans - Riki ... Read more >>

Air quality testing near Tampa shows highest level of VOC-created chemicals of anywhere along Gulf Coast — Borderline “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups”

Ozone and Your Health, North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services:

You might be confused ... Read more >>

Sarasota paper discusses impact of oil reaching SW Florida: Who wants to buy a multi-million dollar home and later have the beach covered in tar balls?

The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports, “[I]f the oil begins south to Tampa-St. Petersburg ... Read more >>

Scientists: Underwater oil plume stretches 24 miles from BP blowout, may be 400 meters thick; HEADING EAST

Samples taken 100 miles offshore Tampa for baseline tests

USF: Underwater oil came from BP ... Read more >>

Oil sheen just offshore Tampa Bay area; “Up to a mile long” (PHOTO)

Coast guard finds fuel sheen off coast of Clearwater, St. Petersburg Times, July 1, 2010:

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BP Claims Office near Tampa: Commercial fishermen get nothing, “Woman is brought to tears”

Anger growing at Clearwater BP claims office; One woman is brought to tears, ABC Action ... Read more >>

Once oil crosses continental shelf, likely to “affect Florida’s west coast as far south as the Keys”

Florida Keys dodging threat from oil spill, Miami Herald, June 22, 2010:

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CSTARS Director expects oil to “wash ashore near Clearwater, Sarasota, and farther south”; “Oil is slowly creeping along the coast”

Florida Panhandle bracing for more tar balls, oil, Naples Daily News, June 20, 2010:

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“No one buying” fish from the Tampa Bay area; Fisherman “wondering whether the entire industry will shut down in the next few weeks”

Attorneys advise fishermen about oil spill damages, Hernando Today, June 18, 2010:

"Fish houses just don't ... Read more >>

Flashback: June 8 forecast shows oil boundary 35 miles from Tampa Bay

See our progression of Tampa Bay-area oil forecast projections:

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Long ribbons of orange-brown oil spotted 4 miles off Tampa Bay coast; Smelled like oil, felt like oil, couldn’t get it off hands (Photos)

4 miles from Tampa Bay (Bay News 9)

Traces of oil off Pinellas beaches? Samples ... Read more >>

Tampa Bay Business Journal: “Oil spill is a potential problem for local power plants”

Only a week after we at FOSL cautioned West Florida residents regarding the BP oil ... Read more >>

Coast Guard’s expert details two ways oil could reach the Tampa Bay area

Excerpt from Oil Spill: USF professor weighs in on potential oil risk for Bay area, ... Read more >>

Tampa Tribune: USF Scientists “confirmed a low concentration of oil off the southern tip of Florida”

Tests show oil clouds drifting more than 100 miles from Deepwater Horizon site, St. Petersburg ... Read more >>

New NOAA Forecast: Oil spill 35 miles from Tampa Bay area by June 8

NOAA 72-hour offshore trajectory forecast for noon June 6, 2010 - June 8, 2010.

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Tampa-area nuclear plant operator: “Intake canals bring water from the Gulf of Mexico” for cooling; Power shutdowns if oil arrives

Progress Energy Florida Press Release:

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Progress Energy Florida is working to ensure ... Read more >>

West Florida nuclear power operators preparing for ‘devastating effects of oil entering their plants’

Excerpts from AM 850 (Tampa Bay):

[N]uclear power plants along Florida's Gulf coast are also on ... Read more >>

Oil Spill 50 miles from Tampa by June 6 says NOAA forecast

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Dr. on MSNBC at 11:30am EST: COREXIT “similar to Agent Orange in the 1960′s”

Dr. Seth Forman [said] "We will see the effects of this for years to come, ... Read more >>

Expert: Oil spill to reach shore ‘much more quickly’ once oil spill nears Florida’s west coast

Excerpts from Tampabay.com:

Worse, if an oil spill got into Tampa Bay, getting it out again ... Read more >>

Oceanographer: Tampa sea breeze to bring ‘toxic fumes’ onshore

Excerpts from Tampabay.com:

The daily sea breeze would bring the possibly toxic fumes from the spilled ... Read more >>

Oil Forecast: Spill drifting toward Florida’s West Coast; 120 miles from Tampa Bay

WFSFCS West Florida Continental Shelf forecast of surface trajectories for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

120-hour ... Read more >>