Coast gets a reprieve!

Not much news on the waiting for oil front yesterday, it rained almost the whole day, which helped me get some stuff done in the camp office without feeling guilty. No such luck today, the sun has come out, and I still have some office work to finish, but oh well.

The newest prediction is that the slick won't be here until Thursday at the earliest, which is good news. Additionally, it turns out that fishing in federal waters off of Alabama is still open (There were reports over the weekend that it had completely closed from Louisiana to Pensacola.) Also the state waters are still open as well. So, people around here are still able to fish as necessary.

Apparently there have been a lot of people that are buying up fresh seafood, and long lines at fish markets as a result. It's kind of funny, because right now nothing's closed, so the markets can just keep restocking and saying "thank you" to the whole situation. Of course that will change if/when the fishing is closed in the immediate area.

Funniest thing I have heard on the radio in regards to the spill is that Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster) has said that there won't be any problems getting seafood in their restaurants because their "seafood comes from a different part of the Gulf." Everyone around here laughed, because we didn't think that the seafood from Red Lobster came from the Gulf of Mexico at all... Maybe they meant to say "Our seafood comes from a different Gulf... in Asia." But it got lost in the translation. Oh well.

Hope everyone has a great day.

See you at camp!

Marty