Depending on where you live, you are getting varying degrees of media coverage regarding the Gulf oil spill. As I write this, the containment "dome" continues to be lowered into place, and by approximately Sunday there will be more information on whether or not this effort to begin to contain the spill is effective. Keep your fingers crossed.
In the meantime, we're getting a lot of questions as there is a lot of misinformation out there. Currently, there is no oil in the Florida Keys. The Monroe County Tourist Development Council has set up a link on their main web page for up-to-date information on the spill. To see that link, go to http://www.fla-keys.com/ and click the very prominent "oil spill info" button.
Down here, local government has mobilized and is preparing for what may come. There are a lot of people ready to volunteer if the need arises, and efforts are being made to coordinate trainings for cleaning (both animal and environmental) that may be needed. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, this community is tight, and fantastic. We will stand side by side as we face what may, or may not, be. Please hold good thoughts for the Florida Keys and all people, creatures and plants (including our living coral reef) who dwell within its beauty. Please keep the people of the Gulf region close at heart. This is a terrible disaster on so many levels, blame can be placed later...now we must all focus on helping those who need it, as well as helping those who may be in the path of the oil to prepare.
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