5.18.2010

Tar balls found off Key West suspected to be from BP Oil Disaster

According to the Coast Guard, twenty tar balls have been found off Key West, FL but the Coast Guard "stopped short" of confirming that they originated in the Gulf of Mexico.

If these tar balls, found during a Key West shoreline survey, are indeed from the BP oil disaster, it indicates that the oil has begun entering the Loop Current, a strong current that circulates water from the Gulf of Mexico through the Florida Straits.