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Long saga of blown-out BP well in Gulf is coming to an end

BP announced this morning that its engineers will soon begin pumping cement into the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico through a relief well and will have completed sealing it by Saturday. That will kill for good a deep-sea well whose explosion 150 days ago killed 11 offshore drilling rig workers and sparked an economic and environmental catastrophe whose size is still being calculated.

Beachgoers urged to stay out of Alabama coastal waters

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- Alabama health officials are issuing an advisory for beachgoers to stay out of all coastal waters from Mississippi to the Florida line.

'Captain America' offers barge solution to stop oil spill

Dear Soul, Capt. America Here, Second Letter for Oil clean-up below this Letter. (Good Luck, everyone!) I have invented over a hundred products, and yes, Capt America, one of the greatest inventors to ever grace this earth, can Stop the Oil Spill.

Links to useful sites related to the oil spill

Pro Publica claims form questionnaire
Oil spill commission web site
Restore the Gulf website
NASA images of oil spill
MDEQ oil spill response map
To submit a solution/suggestion to BP
NOAA's trajectory map archive (updated daily)
BP's live video from seabed
BP's Mississippi response site
University of South Florida's surface trajectories for oil spill
Air Quality Conditions and Forecasts
Anchorage Daily News coverage of Exxon Valdez
Glossary of oilfield terms from Schlumberger

Useful links for those affected by the oil spill


IRS hotline for oil spill victims: 1-866-562-5227
State Department of Mental Health oil spill hotline: 1-877-210-8513
Financial and budget counseling: (228) 463-8887 or 454 U.S. 90, Suite B in Waveland
U.S. Small Business Administration's Business Recovery Center in Hancock County to help small business and most private non-profit organizations. Centers are:
-- Hancock County Chamber of Commerce in Colonial Plaza in Bay St. Louis (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays)
-- Waveland Civic Center at 355 Coleman Avenue in Waveland, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays)

Here are some links to organizations who can train volunteers to help with oil spill cleanup:

Pascagoula River Audubon Center
The United Way of South Mississippi
Volunteer Mississippi
Citizen Volunteer Group
Deepwater Horizon Response
Deepwater Horizon Claims hotline: 1-800-440-0858
To report oiled wildlife, call 1-866-557-1401 and leave a message. It will be checked hourly.
To report stranded marine mammals or sea turtles in South Mississippi, call IMMS at 1-888-767-3657 or call the Stranding Hotline at 1-888-806-1674.
To discuss spill related damage, call 1-800-440-0858
To report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information, call 1-866-448-5816


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