{"id":774,"date":"2010-07-02T22:47:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T02:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/?p=774"},"modified":"2010-07-02T22:54:32","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T02:54:32","slug":"oil-comes-to-dauphin-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/02\/oil-comes-to-dauphin-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Comes to Dauphin Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Joe Denton and I made a volunteer beach observation together. We do this twice a week on Dauphin Island just west of Katrina Cut. Volunteer opportunities for coastal Alabama areas can be found with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joinacf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama Coastal Foundation<\/a>. Here are 10 pictures from our observation this morning.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_775\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Volunteers2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-775\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-775\" title=\"My brother, Joe Denton, and I on Dauphin Island just west of Katrina Cut\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Volunteers2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-018-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My brother, Joe Denton, and I on Dauphin Island just west of Katrina Cut\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Volunteers2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-018-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Volunteers2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-018-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Volunteers2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-018-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Volunteers2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-018-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My brother, Joe Denton, and I on Dauphin Island just west of Katrina Cut, photographed July 2, 2010 by Irene Schaefer<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_778\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CrossWaterSection2010-07-02KatrinaCut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-778\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-778\" title=\"One of the heavier inland patches of oil on Dauphin Island\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CrossWaterSection2010-07-02KatrinaCut-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"One of the heavier inland patches of oil on Dauphin Island\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CrossWaterSection2010-07-02KatrinaCut-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CrossWaterSection2010-07-02KatrinaCut-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CrossWaterSection2010-07-02KatrinaCut-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CrossWaterSection2010-07-02KatrinaCut-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the heavier inland patches of oil on Dauphin Island, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_780\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Vegetation2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-780\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-780\" title=\"Oil-laden sea water rose on Dauphin Island in parts leaving oil clinging to plants\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Vegetation2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Oil-laden sea water rose on Dauphin Island in parts leaving oil clinging to plants\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Vegetation2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-009-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Vegetation2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-009-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Vegetation2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-009-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Vegetation2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-009-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil-laden sea water rose on Dauphin Island leaving oil clinging to Island plants, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_782\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-782\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-782\" title=\"Tidal pools with oil just west of Katrina Cut \" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-028-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tidal pools with oil just west of Katrina Cut\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-028-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-028-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-028-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-028-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tidal pools with oil just west of Katrina Cut, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_784\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LifeJacket2010-07-02KatrinaCut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-784\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-784\" title=\"Oiled life jacket on beach\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LifeJacket2010-07-02KatrinaCut-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Oiled life jacket on beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LifeJacket2010-07-02KatrinaCut-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LifeJacket2010-07-02KatrinaCut-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LifeJacket2010-07-02KatrinaCut-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LifeJacket2010-07-02KatrinaCut-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oiled life jacket on beach, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_776\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/MostOfBeachNorth2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-776\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-776\" title=\"Most of the Dauphin Island beach has penny and quarter size tar balls\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/MostOfBeachNorth2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Most of the Dauphin Island beach has penny and quarter size tar balls\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/MostOfBeachNorth2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-005-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/MostOfBeachNorth2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-005-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/MostOfBeachNorth2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-005-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/MostOfBeachNorth2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-005-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many Dauphin Island beaches have penny and quarter size tar balls, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_777\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/StickyBottle2010-07-02KatrinaCut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-777\" title=\"The oil is very sticky and has attached itself to this water bottle\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/StickyBottle2010-07-02KatrinaCut-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The oil is very sticky and has attached itself to this water bottle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/StickyBottle2010-07-02KatrinaCut-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/StickyBottle2010-07-02KatrinaCut-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/StickyBottle2010-07-02KatrinaCut-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/StickyBottle2010-07-02KatrinaCut-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The very sticky oil has filled and attached itself to this water bottle, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_781\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/NorthBeach2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-781\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-781\" title=\"Beach showing oil pushed onto Dauphin Island by tidal effects from Hurricane Alex\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/NorthBeach2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-030-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Beach showing oil pushed onto Dauphin Island by tidal effects from Hurricane Alex\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/NorthBeach2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-030-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/NorthBeach2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-030-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/NorthBeach2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-030-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/NorthBeach2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-030-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach showing oil pushed onto Dauphin Island by tidal effects from Hurricane Alex, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_783\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-783\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-783\" title=\"Close up of oil in tidal pool\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-029-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of oil in tidal pool\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-029-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-029-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-029-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/TidalPool2010-07-02-KatrinaCutDentonJoe-029-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of oil in tidal pool, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_785\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LeoDentonBlobs2010-07-02KatrinaCut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-785\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-785\" title=\"Oil paddies on Dauphin Island beach\" src=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LeoDentonBlobs2010-07-02KatrinaCut-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Oil paddies on Dauphin Island beach\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LeoDentonBlobs2010-07-02KatrinaCut-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LeoDentonBlobs2010-07-02KatrinaCut-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LeoDentonBlobs2010-07-02KatrinaCut-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/LeoDentonBlobs2010-07-02KatrinaCut-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil paddies on Dauphin Island beach, photographed July 2, 2010 by Joe Denton<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Joe Denton and I made a volunteer beach observation together. We do this twice a week on Dauphin Island just west of Katrina Cut. Volunteer opportunities for coastal Alabama areas can be found with the Alabama Coastal Foundation. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/02\/oil-comes-to-dauphin-island\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oil-spill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/umpteenhorizons.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}