Beaches turn black in Baldwin County (AL) as oily waves roll in [View All]

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Source: Mobile Register



By David Ferrara and Katherine Sayer, Press-Register Reporters

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- Fifteen-year-old Dakota Byrd kicked sand over a puddle of black oil lining Gulf Shores beach. As far as he could see Saturday afternoon, the white sand at the shoreline had turned black.

"I want to get rid of it," he said. Byrd looked into joining the cleanup effort, but he's too young. Summer for him and his Gulf Shores buddies, he said, along with many others who enjoy the Alabama coastline, "is done."

Dark waves slapped the shore, as rust-colored sheets floated in the nearby water.

Read more: http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/beaches_turn_black_in_baldwin.html

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We're SCrude.
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