Daily Archives: May 9, 2010

Gulf State Park Fishing Pier Beach

The View of Gulf Shores Alabama Before BP’s Oil Slick Arrives Glynn Wilson [Click on the image for a larger view] This is how I want to remember the view of the beach at the Gulf State Park Fishing Pier, destroyed in 2004 by Hurricane Ivan but rebuilt in 2009. The new pier is the…

A Muted Happy Mother's Day Bouquet

Glynn Wilson [Click on the image for a larger view] Happy Mother’s day to all you great mothers out there, and I don’t mean MoFos. Any celebrated from here has to be muted by the looming disaster out in the Gulf of Mexico. Enjoy it while you can… The buffet at Tamera’s Bar & Grill…

Fate of Gulf Coast Seafood Hangs in the Balance

Glynn Wilson What will become of the entire economy surrounding the Gulf Coast seafood business and related tourism? For the people of the Gulf Coast, a beautiful Mother’s Day Sunday with temperatures in the low 70s, low humidity and winds out of the northwest masks a dark, looming picture just out of the sightline from…

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Making Landfall

Glynn Wilson | Thanks to Southwings.org Click here or on the image for a photo essay from the sky… The oil slick from British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon rig, still spewing 210,000 gallons a day into the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall along the barrier islands off the coast of Mississippi on Friday, May 7, 2010.…