| June 20, 2010 - 6:16:37 PM |
| Jimmy Buffett Announces Gulf Shores Concert July 1st 2010 to Promote Alabama Tourism |
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Update: Jimmy Buffett announces Gulf Shores concert to promote tourism Published: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 4:44 PM Updated: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 4:46 PM  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)In this May 6, 2006 file photo, Jimmy Buffett performs at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Buffett is planning a concert in Gulf Shores July 1 to promote tourism.
By Sunday, chart-topping beach bard Jimmy Buffett had let the cat out of the bag: He'll be playing the beach July 1, a Thursday, and he'll be bringing some friends.
An announcement posted at www.margaritaville.com said that the CMT cable channel will broadcast "Jimmy Buffett & Friends Live from the Gulf Coast" from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. that day. According to the announcement, Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will be joined by guitarist Sonny Landreth, the Zac Brown Band, Kenny Chesney, songwriter Jesse Winchester and New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint.
Other details were sketchy Sunday. Buffett's site described the show as "a free musical celebration," while a similar notice at www.cmt.com suggested that ticketing information would be announced soon. Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft had said last week that the beach shows might carry a modest admission fee, which would go to wildlife-related charities.
Craft said last week that the city planned to install a stage at the west end of the public beach, similar to one used at the recent Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival.
Organizers hope to present five shows this summer, all of them falling in the middle of the week, he said. The bands would donate their time, Craft said, with other costs paid out of money BP PLC gave the state to promote tourism.
According to an Associated Press report, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley applauded the idea and agreed to allow the state tourism department help with production costs.
"This will begin the turnaround to bring tourists back to the beach despite occasional tarballs and help save the summer season," Riley said in a statement. "Millions of Jimmy's fans will see how clean and beautiful Gulf beaches are and many will decide to visit. This being the beginning of the important July the Fourth weekend, it could not come at a better time."
Craft said Friday that the Gulf Shores City Council would discuss the plan this evening, Monday and an official announcement would be made Tuesday.
Buffett's last show in Mobile came in December 1998. That concert at the Mobile Civic Center was a fundraiser for hurricane relief efforts and raised about $450,000 for the cause, according to organizers.
(Press-Register Staff Reporters Lawrence Specker and Ryan Dezember contributed to this report.) |
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| June 15, 2010 - 6:31:56 PM |
| Gulf Coast Oil Spill Video Update by Prickett Properties |
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Please View our Most Recent Video of the Oil Spill in Orange Beach Alabama. Click on Link Below to Easily View the Video |
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| May 29, 2010 - 9:09:41 AM |
| May 28th 2010 ~Another Perfect Day in Orange Beach~ No Oil in Sight! |
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| May 16, 2010 - 5:39:07 PM |
| BP Successfully Inserts Tube Into Leak Site !!! |
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BP Successfully Inserts Tube Into Leak Site !! May 16th 2010 Oil Spill Update (CNN) -- Oil company BP says it has resumed pumping oil to a ship on the surface after a weekend setback that halted efforts to siphon off the crude spewing from a damaged well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Crews re-inserted the tube into the well's riser stack Sunday. The 4-inch pipe is now connected to a ship on the surface, 5,000 feet above the sea floor, and is pumping oil back to the surface, BP spokesman Mark Proegler told CNN. If successful, the technique will capture most of the oil that is pouring out of the well. The well has been spewing an estimated 210,000 gallons, or 5,000 barrels, of light sweet crude a day into the Gulf since the sinking of the drill platform Deepwater Horizon in late April. "In terms of containing the flow, this was a positive step forward," said Kent Wells, a senior vice president for BP. ......... Suttles said the application of underwater dispersants -- a tactic approved for use Friday -- appears to be working. "The oil in the immediate vicinity of the well and the ships and rigs working in the area is diminished from previous observations," he said after flying over the area Saturday. The Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that the decision to use subsea dispersants is an "important step" aimed at reducing potential damage from the spill, because dispersants can be more effective underwater than on the ocean's surface. See www.CNN.com for full article. |
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| May 11, 2010 - 10:51:45 AM |
| Oil Sightings Probably Not Oil According to Professionals |
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LSU professor believes oil sightings may not be oil
According to a news report by Ben Raines appearing on AL.com yesterday (5/10/10), a Louisiana State University (LSU) scientist who is analyzing samples from the Gulf waters for federal officials believes many of the oil sightings filmed and reported by the media may not be oil at all. LSU’s Ed Overton flew over the Chandeleur Islands and the Mississippi Delta on Sunday and said despite news reports of beached oil in the area he saw little evidence of oil that had come ashore. He was provided samples by ABC news of an unusual material which he said "were definitely not petroleum" and he speculated that the material may have been biological in nature. The material was a pinkish red shade when collected, Overton said, but later turned gray which indicates something biological. Overton further states “They were sure it was dispersed oil, but it was not even close. I'm 95 percent certain that many of the things being reported are natural processes." He said laboratory analysis was the only way to know for sure, and that takes time. Regarding the tar clumps that washed ashore on Dauphin Island (an island west of Mobile Bay) over the weekend, Overton believes these may have come from the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank but probably are not from the current wellhead. He said the oil from the wellhead has likely not had time to transform into tar balls during the three weeks since the rig sank.
"There are lots of other things people are mistakenly calling oil out there. But a lot of it has none of the characteristics," Overton said. "The exact same thing happened in Alaska. People see rip lines with natural sheens. I've seen them in Mobile Bay. Normally you don't pay any attention ... but now everybody thinks everything is oil." |
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| May 05, 2010 - 1:10:04 PM |
| Oil Spill Update: Winds Blow the Oil Away from the Gulf Coast Beaches |
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Winds Blow Oil Away from Coast & Hangout Music Fest Not Cancelled
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Favorable Winds Blow Oil Slick Away from Alabama & Florida’s Gulf Coast
As of this morning, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather forecast indicates winds are from the north/northeast today, keeping the oil spill away from our coastline. Winds are predicted to shift later in the week becoming south/southeast. View the latest NOAA trajectory forecasts issued today.  Each day that the oil spill fails to reach our Alabama and Florida coastline is one more day closer to a solution for the leak and one more day without any coastal impact. Hangout Music Festival Still Planned for Gulf Shores
According to Dan Murtaugh’s article posted on AL.com today at 5:00 a.m., when questioned about plans for the inaugural Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival in Gulf Shores festival founder Shaul Zislin said yesterday that plans have not changed. Zislin stated “We’re in constant contact with the local and state authorities on this, and if anything changes, we will announce it. Right now, there is no decision to cancel.” The festival will be held May 14-16 at the public beach area in Gulf Shores adjacent to The Hangout bar and restaurant and will feature sixty bands on four stages. |
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