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Jul 24th, 2010 at 4:45am

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Recently went on vacation to the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf Shores Alabama and Pensacola FL to be exact) and the weather decided to give us a show!  And yes I swam in the oil spill, turned a pair of white board shorts into a pair of rust orange board shorts!!

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Reply #1 - Jul 24th, 2010 at 9:31am

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Wow, stunning. Shocked
 

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Reply #2 - Jul 24th, 2010 at 9:51am

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A case of the right place at the right time. Great capture Truck Shocked

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Reply #3 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 1:21am

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Love to be on that ship out there :-P. Great Pics truck
 
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Reply #4 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 2:20am

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Nice shots. Sounds like you got well lubed.  Wink

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Reply #5 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 3:31am

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i want to see a photo of said swimming trunks
 
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Reply #6 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 3:51am

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It was just a tint of orange Glenno, enough to know that there was oil in the water, I'll post more shots later, they had full blown hazmat crews out there cleaning the tar balls out of the sand, we only had one day though where the oil sheen came in, the rest of the week the water was pretty clean except for a few tar balls here and there.
 
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Reply #7 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 3:53am

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Good catch. The beach looks clean enough. Not sure swimming in that oil is such a great idea.
 
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Reply #8 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 4:13am

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Wonderful Catch!

Beautiful sand!

I notice the water spout was playing around for the whole time the Folks on the beach assembled their tent and covered it, and lots of Folk gathered around beneath it!

I wonder how long the spout displayed from start to finish?

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Reply #9 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 4:57am

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Fozzer wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 4:13am:
I notice the water spout was playing around for the whole time the Folks on the beach assembled their tent and covered it, and lots of Folk gathered around beneath it!

I wonder how long the spout displayed from start to finish?

Paul.

Different tent Paul. Tongue
 
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Reply #10 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 5:14am

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Fozzer wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 4:13am:
Wonderful Catch!

Beautiful sand!

I notice the water spout was playing around for the whole time the Folks on the beach assembled their tent and covered it, and lots of Folk gathered around beneath it!

I wonder how long the spout displayed from start to finish?

Paul.



It was a good ten to fifteen minutes Paul  Wink  She gave us a good show.  There was even a second water spout, seen in one of my shots, never landed but she tried.

EDIT - Second shot will show the second water spout dropping out of the clouds

Hagar - The water was rather clean, a few splashes of oil here and there, stained the trunks, but I still dove in and got what I asked for!!!!  A Gulf Coast Welcome!!!!!
 
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Reply #11 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 6:03am

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BigTruck wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 5:14am:
Hagar - The water was rather clean, a few splashes of oil here and there, stained the trunks, but I still dove in and got what I asked for!!!!  A Gulf Coast Welcome!!!!!

I daresay it's a lot cleaner than my local beach at the moment. The world-famous Worthing seaweed is back with a vengeance. Roll Eyes
 
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Hagar wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 6:03am:
BigTruck wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 5:14am:
Hagar - The water was rather clean, a few splashes of oil here and there, stained the trunks, but I still dove in and got what I asked for!!!!  A Gulf Coast Welcome!!!!!

I daresay it's a lot cleaner than my local beach at the moment. The world-famous Worthing seaweed is back with a vengeance. Roll Eyes


...another fantastic snippet of information...>>>

http://www.findonvillage.com/0737_the%20_nearby_worthing_stench.htm

http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?SectionID=13447

Any chance you can cook it, like Cabbage, Doug?

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Hagar wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 6:03am:
BigTruck wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 5:14am:
Hagar - The water was rather clean, a few splashes of oil here and there, stained the trunks, but I still dove in and got what I asked for!!!!  A Gulf Coast Welcome!!!!!

I daresay it's a lot cleaner than my local beach at the moment. The world-famous Worthing seaweed is back with a vengeance. Roll Eyes


Yeah we have the Kelp out here on the Pacific Coast Doug, some nights it washes up on shore and the smell can be revolting if it piles up bad enough.
 
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BigTruck wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 4:01pm:
Hagar wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 6:03am:
BigTruck wrote on Jul 25th, 2010 at 5:14am:
Hagar - The water was rather clean, a few splashes of oil here and there, stained the trunks, but I still dove in and got what I asked for!!!!  A Gulf Coast Welcome!!!!!

I daresay it's a lot cleaner than my local beach at the moment. The world-famous Worthing seaweed is back with a vengeance. Roll Eyes


Yeah we have the Kelp out here on the Pacific Coast Doug, some nights it washes up on shore and the smell can be revolting if it piles up bad enough.

Interesting. What do the local authorities do about it? Our useless lot could do with a few tips. Wink

In answer to Paul's question, our local seaweed is unfortunately not the edible type - apparently. About the only use for it is fertiliser. What we have this time is not the usual kelp. Never seen it before.
 
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This is the stuff my ex Father-in-Law, from Swansea in South Wales, used to collect from the beaches at low tide, prepare, and eat...

Lavabread

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laver_%28seaweed%29

He used to love it!... Smiley...Lots of goodness in it....(Apparently!)!

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Reply #16 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 11:22pm

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Honestly I'm not sure what they do about the Kelp, i believe they clean it up but where it goes I have no idea, maybe like you said, fertilizer or fish food...
 
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Reply #17 - Jul 26th, 2010 at 9:22am

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Yup, seen plenty of those out here. Went fishing on the gulf one time and saw 3 water spouts all in the same general area... yet far enough to not worry about.

Hey, you were only about 45 minutes west of where Im at!
 
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Reply #18 - Jul 26th, 2010 at 5:30pm

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gtirob01 wrote on Jul 26th, 2010 at 9:22am:
Yup, seen plenty of those out here. Went fishing on the gulf one time and saw 3 water spouts all in the same general area... yet far enough to not worry about.

Hey, you were only about 45 minutes west of where Im at!



I would have looked you up if I knew.  I was in Pensacola and Gulf Shores/Orange Beach for about 8 days before heading up to Tuscaloosa, and then unfortunately back here to Cali  Angry
 
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