Oil slick spotted off Florida coast
- From: AP
- June 02, 2010
AN oil sheen was confirmed about 15km off the Florida coast, and officials are saying it could hit the white sands of Pensacola Beach as soon as today (local time).
Escambia County officials started putting out boom yesterday and making other plans for the arrival of the oil.
Crude has already been reported along barrier islands in Alabama and Mississippi, and it has impacted some 200km of Louisiana coastline.
Florida officials say their request for about $US150,000 ($180,636) from BP to buy sifting machines and a tractor to help remove oil from the beach’s famous white sands has lingered unanswered.