FWC SEOC DAILY BRIEF
For Operational Period: July 7, 2010

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Information from Robyn Gedeon DEP

I flew with FWC Pilot Mike Burke in Zone 2.  David Snyder with DEP flew in Zone 1 with FWC Pilot Mike Wood. The weather was clear with 5-7 foot seas and winds out of the south at 11 knots gusting at 13 knots.

The morning and afternoon flights showed quite a bit of sea foam, sea weed, and sargassum from Mirmar Beach to the Alabama/Florida line.  There was no product in the area or sheen for as far as we could see.

There were 7 VOO's in the Destin Pass area and 10 VOO's in the Pensacola Bay. 

FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR 07/08/10

Below are the Florida Peninsula Command Post's requested flight areas for 8 July out of Air Station Clearwater. These flight patterns have been established to maximize situational awareness based n a combination of reports and trajectory calculations. These flights will depart Air Station Clearwater approximately as follows:

• C130 - Depart 1000 ET, See attachment for tasking. Fly no more than 2 hours of high altitude mapping towards end of flight.
  
  
• Southbound HH-60 - (Corrected latitudes attached) Depart 0800 ET, Fly along the coast line to Key West and remain clear of the warning areas. Conduct below communications exercise, if possible.
  
  
• Northbound HH-60 - Depart 0800 ET, North from Clearwater along the coast to Apalachicola and return along trigger line.
  
  
• HC144: Depart 0845 ET. Air Station Miami DWH Patrol (1.0 - 1.2 ISO DWH) Depart Opa Locka airport. Route: Fly along southeastern coast of Florida to Dry Tortugas, remaining south of the keys. Continue on LE patrol. Dedicate approximately 1.0 - 1.2 hrs to DWH mission.

Under NOTAM Retrieval Locations enter "KZHU" in the box and then View NOTAMs

Deep Water Horizon Air Support website:  (click 'DHASS' for daily consolidated flight schedule) https://1afnorth.region1.ang.af.mil/Deepwater_Spill/default.aspx

• The Orion crew got underway from the Santa Rosa Yacht Club on oil recon patrol.
  
  
• The patrol vessel GUARDIAN patrolled 12 miles south of Carrabelle to the “K” tower.  We deployed our underwater video camera in 65’ of water to experiment with its usefulness for future oil recon missions.  The visibility was crystal clear all the way to the bottom.
  
  
• There was no vessel activity offshore of our area due to sea conditions.
  
  
• No signs of oil.
  
  
• Several “VOOS” around the booms on Dog Island Reef.
  
  
• Patrol vessel ORION departed Santa Rosa Yacht Club for oil recon patrol of Pensacola Bay, Pass and Gulf.  Patrolled Offshore to 12 NM and found no oil.  Seas 8-10’, winds from SE at 15.  Encountered no oil products, submitted recon report all clear.  Returned to Pensacola Bay.  Heavy seas coupled with falling tide made passage through pass difficult.  Patrolled Pensacola Bay, Escambia Bay to Escambia River and RTB.  No oil encountered.  Submitted recon report all clear.
  
  
• 7/8/10:  Pearce and crew will assume command and will depart dock 0700-0800hrs on proposed patrol of offshore areas for oil recon, weather permitting.

PENSACOLA COMMAND (VESSEL PATROLS)

• Perdido Pass: Light sheen with no tar balls observed
  
  
• Pensacola Pass: Sheen with tar balls in tide line
  
  
• Destin Pass: No oil in the Pass to 1-2 miles out
  
  
• Product ½ to 1 mile offshore from Fort Pickens to Gulf Islands National Seashore

ST. ANDREWS COMMAND (LAND OPS)

• No incidents related to cleaning crews reported in Escambia, Santa Rosa., or Walton Counties.
  
  
• Recon found little new product on beaches.
  
  
• Rough surf over night uncovered buried tar balls and old oil near Pensacola.  It is covering the beach and part of the roadway.  Cleanup crews are already in the area.
  
  
• A stainless steel 10-12” diameter clamp approximately 36” long was found above the high tide line inside Gulf Island National Seashore.  Command post notified Transocean.

CARRABELLE COMMAND (VESSEL PATROLS)

• Franklin & Gulf Counties:  No oil or oil related activities in these counties.  No unusual occurrences to report.

VESSELS OF OPPORTUNITY “VOOS”

• Vessels are now flying flags to identify themselves as VOOs

DECON VESSELS

• The decon vessel Viking at Pensacola Pass requested assistance from officers to slow down vessel traffic in the area.

NIGHT SECURITY DETAIL

• No new information

BOOM INTEGRITY

• We continue to see problems with boom anchoring and maintenance At East Pass in Franklin County.
  
  
• Rough seas and SE winds have taken a toll on the boom in St Joe Bay.  It is broken or has gaps in 4 different locations from the point south to Pompano Cove.  There is quite a bit washed completely up on the beach as well.

FLARNG UPDATE

• No new information

Scheduled Assets

AVAILABLE COASTAL ASSETS FOR JULY 8, 2010

PENSACOLA
•    ORION
•    22 MID-RANGE VESSELS

DESTIN
•    10 MID-RANGE VESSELS

BAY
•    3 MID-RANGE VESSELS

GULF
•    2 MID-RANGE VESSELS

FRANKLIN
•    1 MID-RANGE VESSEL
•    2 IN-SHORE VESSELS
•    45’ GUARDIAN OFF SHORE PATROL

LAND “OPS”
•    7 ATV’S

AVIATION ASSETS
3 ROTOR WING
1 FIXED WING

Sentry and Surveillance Operations

Vessels
-Sentry -

-- M/V Florida Fish Finder - Patrolling Eastern Sentry Patrol Line.
-- M/V Ocean Star – Patrolling Western Sentry Patrol Line.

-Offshore Recon-

-- M/V Becker- Underway and patrolling Eddy Franklin NW area.

Aviation

* H60 North West Coast: Flying to Apalachicola Bay – No Neg. Report.
* H60 South West Coast: Flying to Key West – No Neg. Report.
* C-130 Flight: Due in at 0900 from Oil Mapping Operations…..No Neg. Report.
* HC-144 CG Patrol Aircraft – Flying South East Coast to Key West….No Neg. Report.

Notes-
42 Oil related samples in processing.   Total of 133 completed with no DW findings.
Weathers system watches ongoing (#2 Area)
Loop current show’s no conductivity, No signs of oil products from DH.
On going Goal for is completion of Hurricane Coop Plan.
Media Contacts-
Miami Chamber of Commerce – Board of Directors
Visit Florida – Conference Call.

• Much of the same today in Mobile.  Winds, currents and therefore the NOAA trajectories remain positive for Florida.  There were the usual fires to put out on random fronts.  There were more discussions on the 4 operations branches.  The first in Pensacola has stood up and they are looking for a site in Destin for the second site.  There continue to be communication missteps that we try to minimize, specifically between planning and ops.  We have concerns here as to what will happen when those are no longer co-located, but we will have to wait and see about that.
• Some really great strides have been made to provide boom data in a uniform method.  This will be ongoing and will also be affected by the branch ops, based on who is going to be tasked with maintaining the 3 different tiers of boom.
• George Henderson will be replacing me here in Mobile as I move to Houma for a couple of days and then finally home.

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC... CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO LOCATED ABOUT 210 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF  BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.

ELSEWHERE... TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

OILED BIRD UPDATE FOR JULY 8

Two birds rescued:  Two common loons were rescued in Florida yesterday and taken in for rehabilitation.  Two birds in rehab died.  Four dead visibly oiled birds were recovered yesterday.
Florida’s totals of visibly oiled birds now stand at:

• 140 recovered alive
  
  • (89 have died, 3 released, 48 in rehab)
• 115 recovered dead
• Total live and dead recovered is 255
• Total dead is 204  

There has been one visibly oiled dolphin and five visibly oiled sea turtles rescued in Florida during the event.

Note: cause of death and stranding has not been determined for these animals, these are simply reports of birds, turtles and dolphins that had some measure of oil product externally.  369 additional dead birds have been recovered in the panhandle during the event that aren’t visibly oiled externally but have not yet been necropsied to determine cause of death.  
For the consolidated wildlife report that can be distributed and that is updated by noon each day go to: http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/55963

• SEOC remains at Level 1 activation.
• Daily brief is held at 1000 Hours.
• County conference call is held daily at 1600 Hours.

COMMAND TEAM FOR OPERATIONAL PERIOD JULY 5 – JULY 11:

LTC CALVIN ADAMS (850-251-5818) WILL RELIEVE LTC BRUCE BUCKSON (850-251-7230)  AS INCIDENT COMMANDER
MAJOR DAVE PRIDGEN (850-258-5998) WILL RELIEVE MAJOR PAUL OUELLETTE (850-251-7288) AS FIELD INCIDENT COMMANDER
MAJOR JACK DAUGHERTY (352-427-2892) WILL RELIEVE MAJOR DAVID BULLARD (850-251-7232) AS OPERATIONS CHIEF
CAPTAIN ROB BEATON (850-251-0440) WILL RELIEVE CAPTAIN DAVID PATE (850-519-7008) AS LOGISTICS OFFICER AT SEOC FWC ESF 16 WATCH DESK (850-921-0234)
CAPTAIN BRIAN SMITH (850-519-3381) AND LT. JACK MARTIN (850-251-7265) WILL SHARE RECON RESPONSIBLITIES IN THE SEOC STATE WARNING POINT OFFICE
CAPT. KEVIN VISLOCKY (850-251-7286) AND PILOT JOHN MCDONALD (850-921-0234) WILL SHARE AIR BOSS RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE SEOC STATE WARNING POINT OFFICE
DEP LT. GERALD LEATHERS (305-360-0931) WILL RELIEVE FWC LT. JAY MARVIN (305-360-0931) AT PENINSULA COMMAND - MIAMI

• Effective July 6
• Kipp Frohlich relieves Elsa Haubold as wildlife Deputy Incident Commander through July 11
• Tim O’Meara assumes the role of wildlife Operations Chief through July 9.
• Jon Dodrill is representing Division of Marine Fisheries.

THE RECON TEAM FOR THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD JULY 5 TO JULY 11, OPERATING FROM THE SEOC STATE WARNING POINT WATCH OFFICE IS AS FOLLOWS:

MAJOR DAVID BULLARD (850-251-7232)
CAPTAIN BRIAN SMITH (850-519-3381)
LT. TOM SHIPP (850-251-7278)
CHIEF GREA BEVIS – DEP (850-251-1933)
LT. JACK MARTIN (850-251-7265)
OFFICER CHARLES FIELD  - DEP (850-212-8702)

CLEAN-UP BRANCH LOCATIONS

BRANCH 1 - Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties
Bayou Chico Pensacola
700 Myrick Street, Pensacola, FL 32505
USNG: 16R DU 75561 64213
DD MM.mm: 30 24.582N, 87 15.266W
DD.dd: 30.40971, -87.25444
BRANCH 2 - Okaloosa & Walton
USCG Station Destin
2000 Miracle Strip Parkway, Destin, FL 32540
USNG: 16R EU 45538 62216
DD MM.mm: 30 23.464N, 86 31.559W
DD.dd: 30.39107, -86.52598

BRANCH 3 - Bay
Panama City Marina
1 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401
USNG: 16R FU 28651 36408
DD MM.mm: 30 9.134N, 85 39.847W
DD.dd: 30.15223, -85.66412

BRANCH 4 - Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla & Jefferson
Port St. Joe Staging
1624 Grouper Avenue, Port St. Joe, FL 32456
USNG: 16R FU 62992 01505
DD MM.mm: 29 49.996N, 85 18.779W
DD.dd: 29.83327, -85.31299

The email accounts for the Branches are now available.
Email address:  FL_Branch1@em.myflorida.com
Webmail login at webmail.myflorida.gov as:  FL_Branch1@seoc  
Branches 2, 3, & 4 are available with the same naming convention.

Brief submitted by:  Captain Rob Beaton 07-07-10

"The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will."  -Theodore Roosevelt

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