June 9, 2010: Taken At Perdido Pass In Orange Beach, Ala.
When we experienced some tar balls washing up on the beach along the Alabama Gulf Coast last weekend, response efforts were way too slow. But crews today are definitely picking up the pace to stay on top of the cleanup efforts. You could also see boats out in the Gulf deploying more containment boom to do everything possible to protect our shores.
This is good news for visitors to the local area who continue to enjoy not only the beautiful sugar-white beaches (yep, the beaches are still sugar-white, I can assure you) but also to take full advantage of the other terrific amenities at local condos and attractions: the pools, shops, outlet mall, golf courses, state park, etc., that are located throughout the area.
We all know this cleanup effort and recovery process must be taken one day at a time, but the rapid response was certainly a welcome sight today.
Our publisher and his wife traveled to Panama City Beach yesterday for a cheerleading competition for their 16-year-old, and said there was no sign of oil but plenty of signs of tourists at the condos, in the restaurants and in the shops.
While they were there, they heard a TV interview with a representative of the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau, who told the reporter that if and/or when the oil does make its way to the city's beaches, and leisure tourists look for other locales for their vacations, they'll seek to fill their condos and hotel rooms with sports groups and meeting groups, whose activities tend to be based off beach.
I expect the same is true for the other Gulf Coast destinations affected by this incident.
Watch for more tomorrow from the Alabama Gulf Coast...
Kristen McIntosh
Editor, Condo Owner Magazine
kmcintosh@coveypubs.com
www.condo-owner.com
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