"Beauty and the Beast": Oil Spill Update and Info

The past weeks was incredibly interesting with BP and it's partners suffering setbacks, but also having some success.  There's still a lot of misinformation floating around and of course everyone's playing the PR game.  Here's some of the latest info.

Wall Street Journal Article

Many have taken on providing information to us, the public, but one of the best sources of information I've found is being provided by one of our own.  State Representative Jimmy Patronis for District 6 is providing some of the most up-to-date info.  You can get into his database to receive what's lately been daily updates at Rep Jimmy Patronis' Web Site or simply follow him on Facebook and Twitter.  He's doing a great job keeping us in the loop.  Thanks Jimmy!

From the real estate perspective, I was talking to an attorney on Friday who said many of the banks they've been dealing with on short sales all of a sudden are approving sales and looking to close.  Silver lining from this?  Maybe we can start closing some deals!

Sharing Information......The BP Oil Spill in the Gulf

I've created this blog as a place to share news and notes about happenings on Florida's Emerald Coast. My intent is for this blog to be a place where I, the agents I work with in Coldwell Banker United and anyone else for that matter can share our passion for the Emerald Coast.

This first post I'd planned to be an introduction to our community, but a potential crisis compels me to jump right in and provide anyone who reads this the information they need. I'm shifting gears and instead providing information about the Oil Spill that resulted from the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

We live in one of the most amazing places on the planet. The beaches, the fishing, the water sports, the restaurants, the family activities, need I go on? We've survived Hurricanes and high waters. We've survived exploding development and a massive real estate recession. My point? We'll survive this. After the oil hits our beaches or not, we'll survive and move on. In the end, this will still be one of the most amazing places to vacation, live or visit.

Please feel free to post pictures you'd like others to see, comments, and/or more information. Here's what I've been able to gather so far.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oil-creep.html

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/

http://emeraldcoastrealtors.com/Documents/2010/5-2OilFactSheet.pdf

Please, let's educate ourselves and educate our families, friends and clients. Stay tuned for more updates each day.