As you may or may not be aware, there was significant oil spill 50 miles off the Lousiana coast several days ago. This is a threat to the gulf coast from Mississippi to the panhandle of Florida. Below is the most up to date information on this environmental accident. We will update this site as information becomes available.

April 27, 2010

Local update on gulf oil spill
The CVB is monitoring official channels of information about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Following, are the most recently updated talking points we have provided to our staff. We encourage you to pass them along to your staff or anyone fielding questions about the oil spill.

We will continue to post updates as they become available.

1) There is no shoreline impact anywhere along the Gulf of Mexico, nor is any forecast for at least the next 72 hours. There is no official forecast beyond 72 hours.

2) State-of-the-art equipment is in place to respond if there is any movement toward any area of shoreline along the Gulf Coast. Local officials have their own coordinated response plan in place IF needed for the Gulf Shores & Orange Beach area.

3) We will continue to monitor the incident and post information IF coastal impact becomes an issue.