Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The City of Tallahassee wants to keep you informed of the impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Tallahassee isn't even on the Gulf Coast, so why should the City of Tallahassee and its residents be concerned?
Our Gulf Coast is just a short drive from our beautiful community, providing recreational fun (i.e. swimming, fishing, building sandcastles); as well as providing our region with jobs and food. If the oil reaches our neighboring counties' shores, it will impact not only their lives, but ours in many ways as well.
The City of Tallahassee is monitoring the situation closely as we own and operate the Sam Purdom Power Plant along the St. Marks River in Wakulla County.
We want to keep you informed, and the best way to do this is by providing you quick access to portals that may have answers to your questions.
Links to key agencies and latest press releases
- Official Response Website
- In July 2010, a new U.S. federal Web portal, RestoreTheGulf.gov, was launched dedicated to providing the American people with clear and accessible information and resources related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and recovery.
The site offers information about the claims and appeals process - as well as other types of assistance available from federal, state, local and non-government sources - for individuals, businesses and communities who have been affected by the spill. It will also contain information about plans for the long-term economic and environmental restoration in the Gulf Coast region.
The web portal maintained by the Unified Area Command's Joint Information Center as a short term incident communication site (http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com) will be phased out over the coming weeks as information there is moved to RestoreTheGulf.gov.
- In July 2010, a new U.S. federal Web portal, RestoreTheGulf.gov, was launched dedicated to providing the American people with clear and accessible information and resources related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and recovery.
- Volunteer Information
- Big Bend Community Organizations Active in Disaster
- Coastal County Websites
- State Emergency Websites
Additional Information
- Mapping the Response to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - online tool that provides near-real time information about the response effort
- Deepwater Horizon Response Fact Sheets - fact sheets from the Unified Area Command on a variety of topics in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Cambodian, French, Thai, Khmer, and Haitian Creole
Do you own a vessel?
Looking for a job on the response team? Please contact 281-366-5511.
Deepwater Horizon Worker Protection Resources - information on how to become a Qualified Community Responder (PDF) and keeping safe while participating in oil spill clean-up efforts.
Do you use Twitter or Facebook?
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection Twitter Feed
- Oil Spill 2010 Twitter Feed
- Deepwater Horizon Response Facebook Group