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So it’s Wednesday evening. Settling down for the night in Pensacola.

Spent most of the day at the Oil Spill Task Force meeting. Met many future business associates and friends.

At the prompting of Rep. Patronis, I put my name on the list to speak to the panel. As I was the last one up I was also the person at the podium right before Attorney General Bill McCollum got up to address the room. So suffice it to say we were able to put our products and our purpose before the A.G. of Florida today. He mentioned to me later in the day that he thought it was a great product to put forward. Wait till he sees it work!

Streaming video of the meeting can be seen here: http://wuwf.org/radiotv/wuwftv.shtml

After the presentation several other groups approached me with further inquiry. We are now looking to partner with other technologies that are being introduced. I’ll fill you in more as things solidify.

We have also been asked by an business in Texas who want’s to partner with us via the Make It Count Foundation. They are donating a portion of the proceeds from wrist bands they are selling to the foundation so that bottles of Purely Green detergent can be made available, free of charge to those who are cleaning the wildlife, equipment etc.. This way no additional toxins are used.

So that’s the update for today.

Don’t for get to follow along at www.nationalsolutionsna.com and if you know of anyone who is looking for a way to assist in the coastal cleanup effort, remind them that they can donate online on our website. All donations are tax deductible.

Doug Walz talks about the current situation on Pensacola Beach, shows what tarballs look like, and shows the oil coming up under the water.

Today as I was walking the beach looking at all of the tar balls washing ashore there was a group that was gathering to protest oil drilling. The called themselves Hands Across the Gulf (I believe) and… well the picture kind of says it all. There was no formal address or handouts. They stood together, stretched out, took video and pictures, did “The Wave” with their hands, clapped real loud when they were done – and left.

I support their stand in solidarity but I’m not sure BP is going to make any changes if acknowledge them at all. It is another example of the thousands of people who feel so helpless as we watch these beaches become destroyed by the staining of the oil.

If you have thought about visiting the Gulf Shore Beaches I would encourage you to do it – now.  It is a beautiful place and worth the trip.  Just make sure you book your room in advance and shop around.  They can be few and far between depending on where the oil is coming ashore.

-Doug

Prior to today we had made preliminary contact with a national retailer who is supplying the crews who are working on the clean up effort. Today I had a chance to do a dog and pony show for a Management group who, although was not warm to having to sit through a demonstration, left being more than enthusiastic of the plant based detergent that I demonstrated for them.

We now have some of our “green” plant based detergent in use for testing purposes on cleaning the booms being used to hold back the oil.

Heading to Pensacola for the weekend to meet with the next link in the chain of these retailers.

Doug

This was posted on Wednesday June 23… just on a different blog site. oops.

Hands on update.
Arrived in Mobile AL today. Although this oil disaster is hurting the local environment it seems to be sustaining the local economy. Very few rooms to be had. It’s a good thing I will be moving around over the next two weeks. Because I can only get a room here until Friday.

I have a meeting with a purchaser for a local retailer tomorrow who is looking for a detergent. We will see how things go. I’m sure he will be impressesed. The more I show this product off the more I and everyone else likes it.

Met a wonderful representative of our countries Cost Guard today in the elevator. He works at the Command Center and has agreed to take my name and number to those in charge of attending to the wildlife that need to be cleaned.

No matter what you hear on the news – Keep your chin up and have hope. Hope keeps us focused on solutions. Hope keeps us looking forward to a better day. Hope keeps us connected in the knowledge that no matter how bad things get, there will be restoration.

Don’t forget to pass this blog on to those who have a heart for the Gulf. If you have Gulf Coast contacts who are actively involved in cleanning the wildlife please have them contact me at 863-381-1198. Add your comments and most of all keep the faith. One day this will all be a bad memory. Untill then, step up where and when you can.

Be well,

Doug

Each day there is more news in the media about the escalation of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. More oil pouring out, reaching the beaches, fish and birds washing up on shore…and no news about when it will be fixed.

When the earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti in January of this year, relief efforts began immediately.  Human relief is a known entity.  There are organizations established whose sole purpose is to help people who have been affected by earthquakes and disease.  Hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised in a short amount of time by concerned world citizens just like you and me giving $5, $10, $20 or whatever they were moved to give.

The course of action is not so clear when it is a man-made disaster that affects ocean life more than people…so far.

Natural Solutions North America has exclusive access to a plant-based, 100% bio-degradable cleaner and dispersant that has been approved by the Florida Environmental Protection Agency. Every $30,000 raised puts 32,000 gallons of cleaner on the beaches and in the hands of the biologists who are cleaning birds and wildlife.*

The course of action just became a lot more clear.  Click the “Chip In” button below or on the side to take a stand for cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The fish, dolphins, whales, birds, sea life and future generations who will be able to enjoy the Gulf all thank you.

All donations are 100% tax deductible via the Make it Count Foundation, Inc. a Florida Not-For-Profit Corp.  #20-5367324 www.themakeitcountfoundation.org

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From USA Today ONDEADLINE:

As if there wasn’t enough oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, satellite images have revealed a 10-mile-long slick from another drilling rig, which apparently began leaking days after the Deepwater Horizon disaster began.

Citing an environmental group and federal documents, the Mobile, Ala., Press- Register reports that the smaller leak, from the Ocean Saratoga platform, apparently began around April 30 and was noted by federal officials May 15. But they and Diamond Offshore officials aren’t saying anything else about it.

The spill was first reported by SkyTruth, which said it accidentally discovered the separate slick while scrutinizing Deepwater Horizon images. Photos taken during overflights “appear to show a large oil crew boat pumping dispersants into the water at the spill site,” the Press- Register writes.

Officials at the National Response Center, which is coordinating the massive BP spill, said the Ocean Saratoga leak had been reported, but they would not say exactly when it began. The Coast Guard has not yet responded either.

The Ocean Saratoga, currently under contract to the Marshall Islands, can operate in water 2,200 feet deep and drill to 25,000 feet.

(Posted by Michael Winter)

Sitting on the beach with my family watching the aqua blue/green water and the waves inhale and exhale on the beach.

I feel like I’m visiting an old friend in the hospital.

It seems like there are alot more parents in the water with their little ones then I have seen before.