Oil and Water Never Mix for Sanibel Island Wildlife and Tourism

Uuuuuf!   There are no words, are there?

As we all brace for the possibility of oil washing up on our unbelievably beautiful shores, preparations have begun and emergency plans are being activated in an effort to minimize the damage and save as much wildlife as is possible.

The biggest concern at this time of year in particular, of course, is our already endangered sea turtle friends making their way to our beaches as we speak.

We can only hope that they will sense the danger and migrate more south this year.

Sanibel Island (and all of SWFL) could be spared if the weather and ocean currents cooperate, that is, barring the assurance that the guilty oil rig causing this environmental castastrophe can be repaired quickly and stop the “hemorrhaging” of its gushing oil.

You know that I try to keep this blog as upbeat and positive as possible, giving you tidbits about Sanibel and Captiva that anyone visiting or planning to live here would like to know about, however, sometimes there are issues that affect us all and need to be brought up.  This is one of those issues.

So?  What can we do at this point?

Best advice?  Contact the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation or the J.N. Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge for the lastest information and the possibility for you to volunteer to help…

This affects us all and should be taken seriously…  Our collective “fingers crossed” that Sanibel and Captiva Islands are spared on this one!

Talk with you next week,

Sandy and Rob

p.s.  Also, here’s a tiny primer on Oil Spills