Good morning everyone! I had a fabulous SURF, family dinner and a movie, fishing weekend. With the males of the house heading out at 6 am for summer camp and work, I saw fit to beat my alarm clock into submission when it went off at 7! The trash truck banging around the neighborhood knocked me right out of a Select Comfort induced slumber. Otherwise, I think I'd still be snoring away.
So as I sit here in the AC typing away, it's already a sizzling 85' with a 78' dew point, making it feel like a brisk.....wait for it....97'. To top it off the wind doesn't even have the decency to be moving. It's going to be a "wait for the sea breeze" kind of day. For those walking the beach this week, hats, sunscreen, LOTS of water, and take those shade breaks. For water safety, the seas will be rolling mid week and will start to calm down a little by the end of the week and into the weekend. I'm not feeling anything lower than the yellow flag this week. But we shall see. The purple was flying yesterday for the jellies, but after looking at the web cams, I'm not seeing the purple flag this morning. Of course that can change. The junegrass is still out there, but it's not currently taking over the whole swimming/surf zone. It's amassed in large areas, leaving some clear.
If anyone asks "what are they catching out there"? Bait fish of every variety are coming in, as well as super king mackerel, a couple cobia, and sharks. Golly yes, we DO have sharks here. And yes, they are that close to shore. Dolphins are being an increased pain in the toushie, as cute as they are. They have learned to steal bait right off the line. Sigh. Cute and ornery.
The tropics are once again yawning and stretching. They grumbles a few weeks ago and rolled back over and went to bed. There are two waves in the southern Caribbean, one should just stay annoying and bring rain to the GOM, the other may need watching. But there is certainly NOTHING immanent.
As for the current oil report:
*the well head is still capped
*they extended the pressure test on the new cap
* with lower pressures than desired, they have now found a seep in the oil line from the well to the well head cap
*they are saying what the seep is, methane or oil
*pressure is starting to rise again under the cap
*the government wants the cap OFF to prevent a greater problem, and the oil collected on surface vessels
*BP wants to keep the cap ON until relief wells are finished, as long as keeping it on won't cause a larger problem
Our beaches continue to not see anything larger than the random aged tar ball. BP clean-up crews continue to work night and day, patrolling for, and cleaning up, whatever they find.
Tomorrow's blog, I'm going to try to post some local events for those guests that are looking for more local colour than the beach.
Stay safe out there!
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