Apalachicola OSPREY Program
ESI W FL INDEX 53 Carrabelle Riverfront Timber Island Deepwater Horizon Response Staging GPS N29.8471 W084.66446
This video was taken by Zach K., age 10, in Franklin Co., Florida, for the Apalachicola OSPREY Program during the Deep Horizon Oil Gusher in July of 2010. The video was shot from the East bank of the Carrabelle River at the end of Avenue F South at Marine Street, Carrabelle, looking West across the river to Timber Island. As the video pans from North to South, it shows the Dockside Marina and Pirate's Landing Development next to the Public Boat Ramp. This footage was shot during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response efforts in July of 2010, when this area of Timber Island functioned as the Eastern staging area and operations base in Apalachicola Bay for the Eagle SWS and the US Coast Guard's Oil Containment booming, Vessel of Opportunity (VOO), and Beach Clean Up Programs. Eagle SWS was the Company sub-contracted by BP to Coordinate parts of the response efforts in Franklin County FL. Large Coast Guard Vessel pictured in video was brought in as a support vessel for booming operations. Fortunately, we did not see oil products on on our beaches as of the end of July 2010. Elderberry, a wetland habitat shrub, and Cabbage Palm, is shown in the foreground vegetation. The salinity in the water of the river at this location is mostly fresh, but very subject to tidal variations.
NOAA Environmental Sensitivity Index Map Quad W. FL-53
29°50'49.56"N
84°39'52.06"W
N29.8471
W084.66446
ESI W FL INDEX 53 Carrabelle Riverfront Timber Island Deepwater Horizon Response Staging GPS N29.8471 W084.66446
This video was taken by Zach K., age 10, in Franklin Co., Florida, for the Apalachicola OSPREY Program during the Deep Horizon Oil Gusher in July of 2010. The video was shot from the East bank of the Carrabelle River at the end of Avenue F South at Marine Street, Carrabelle, looking West across the river to Timber Island. As the video pans from North to South, it shows the Dockside Marina and Pirate's Landing Development next to the Public Boat Ramp. This footage was shot during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response efforts in July of 2010, when this area of Timber Island functioned as the Eastern staging area and operations base in Apalachicola Bay for the Eagle SWS and the US Coast Guard's Oil Containment booming, Vessel of Opportunity (VOO), and Beach Clean Up Programs. Eagle SWS was the Company sub-contracted by BP to Coordinate parts of the response efforts in Franklin County FL. Large Coast Guard Vessel pictured in video was brought in as a support vessel for booming operations. Fortunately, we did not see oil products on on our beaches as of the end of July 2010. Elderberry, a wetland habitat shrub, and Cabbage Palm, is shown in the foreground vegetation. The salinity in the water of the river at this location is mostly fresh, but very subject to tidal variations.
NOAA Environmental Sensitivity Index Map Quad W. FL-53
29°50'49.56"N
84°39'52.06"W
N29.8471
W084.66446