Beach Report #16

Click here for Saturday's mid-day "Beach Report #16" from Escambia County Disaster response. Highlights:

• Gulf Islands National Seashore hosts volunteer training for citizens assisting seashore visitors on Sunday, June 20 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze. For more information contact Tom Medema, National Park Service at (209) 756-3302 or e-mail him at tom_medema@nps.gov. More details
• Cleaning stations have been placed next to the crossovers (between the crossovers and the roadways) to aid in the removal of tar and oil.
• County officials are currently working with Unified Command to establish recreational and commercial decontamination stations for vessels (boats and watercraft).
• Winds from the north northwest will be turning south southwest. Today we have a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs in the '90s.