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Hurricane Katrina: 5th Year Anniversary

Well here I am again – just about the same time, same place only it’s five years later.  I got an intuitive hit a little before midnight on August 28, 2009  that I should document this storm.  As a native Louisianan – up to that point I had been through multiple major hurricanes including Betsy, Hilda, Camille, and Andrew but somehow I knew that  Kat was going to be different. And indeed it was.  I wasn’t going to blog the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – but just as it was on that night five years ago – at the last hour I have decided to  commemorate Katrina’s Fifth Anny with a blogging  marathon – I think I am going to blog around the clock – until midnight tonight.

This is not the original blog – I moved over to Word Press right in time for the oil spill and Terry, my web programmer still hasn’t got the pix moved over.  He’s been busy and I  got busy with oil spill and we’re in the oil and gas business – yes  almost everybody here is – and times have been hard. So  I have been more focused on keeping my business going.   It was hard rocking because of the economy but the oil spill just ramped it up even bigger. Anyway all the old  posts have been moved over here – but do check out the original blog with all pictures intact HERE.

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Sept. 2, 10:30 a.m. – Beaches Open; Surf Conditions Improve

All 26 miles of our coastline are open for enjoyment today, and due to improving surf conditions, beach flags have been changed from red to yellow.  Beachgoers are advised to use caution as conditions may change. Aside from a few … Continue reading

Source: South Walton Update

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Sept. 3, 11:30 a.m. – Beaches Open; Moderate Surf

All 26 miles of our coastline are open for enjoyment today and there is minimal impact from tar balls with light concentrations being cleaned up at Dune Allen and WaterColor. Forecasts call for a high temperature of 88 degrees under … Continue reading

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100823-G-5394S-034 Water sampling vessel

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GRAND ISLE, La. – Members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Entrix take water and sediment samples off the coast of Grand Isle State Park, Aug. 23, 2010. Water samples have been taken throughout the area, testing for oil and dispersant levels, to ensure the coastal, bay and inlet waters are clean and safe. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson.

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100823-G-5394S-055 Surf washing demonstration

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GRAND ISLE, La. – Kenneth Lee Ph.D., a research scientist and executive director of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, speaks to a crowd of observers about surf washing in Grand Isle State Park, Aug. 23, 2010. Surf washing is an oil spill cleanup technique being tested to confirm that natural surf and tides may offer an environmentally sound solution to restoring beaches affected by the Deepwater Horizon incident. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson.

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100823-G-5394S-056 Surf washing demonstration

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GRAND ISLE, La. –Ed Owens Ph.D., a geologist for Polaris Applied Sciences, speaks to a crowd of observers about surf washing in Grand Isle State Park, Aug. 23, 2010.
Surf washing is an oil spill cleanup technique being tested to confirm that natural surf and tides may offer an environmentally sound solution to restoring beaches affected by the Deepwater Horizon incident. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson.

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100823-G-5394S-076 Surf washing demonstration

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GRAND ISLE, La. – Kenneth Lee Ph.D., a research scientist and executive director of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, takes a water and sediment sample, Aug. 23, 2010, while demonstrating an oil spill cleanup technique known as surf washing. The technique is being tested to confirm that natural surf and tides may offer an environmentally sound solution to restoring beaches affected by the Deepwater Horizon incident. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson.

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100823-G-5394S-098 Surf washing demonstration

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GRAND ISLE, La. – Susan Cobanli, a biologist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, labels and records water and sediment samples taken during a surf washing demonstration at Grand Isle State Park, Aug. 23, 2010. Surf washing is an oil spill cleanup technique being tested to confirm that natural surf and tides may offer an environmentally sound solution to restoring beaches affected by the Deepwater Horizon incident. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson.

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100823-G-5394S-078 Water sampling vessels

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GRAND ISLE, La. – Members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Entrix take water and sediment samples off the coast of Grand Isle State Park, Aug. 23, 2010. Water samples have been taken throughout the area, testing for oil and dispersant levels, to ensure the coastal, bay and inlet waters are clean and safe. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Swanson.

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100830-G-9409H-018-vessel insepection

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VENICE, La. — Oil found in the sea strainers of the motor vessel Homerun, sits on the chart table, while U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class David Simonds, a marine science technician, stationed at Sector Anchoarge, Alaska, and Will Dammerman, an O’Briens contractor, talk with the captain about issuing a secondary decontamination notice at the Premier Dock here, Aug. 30, 2010. Simonds and Dammerman are part of the decontamination assestment team at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, and ensures vessels are in compliance and environmentally safe to operate after helping skim oil. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Offier 3rd Class Angela Henderson

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100830-G-9409H-012-vessel insepection

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VENICE, La. — U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class David Simonds, a marine science technician, stationed at Sector Anchoarge, Alaska, examines an oil sample found in the sea strainers of the motor vessel Homerun at the Premier Dock here, Aug. 30, 2010. Simonds is part of the decontamination assestment team at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, and ensues vessels are in compliance and environmentally safe to operate after helping skim oil. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Offier 3rd Class Angela Henderson.

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