The Pensacola Beach Pier. Taken 6-23-2010. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

Coke can in te oily sand. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

Heron on boom at the Pensacola Pass.

My daughter taking photos of the oil. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

Tar balls and footprint. Taken 6-6-2010 on Pensacola Beach near the entrance to Ft Pickens.

Skimmers and the Pensacola Beach Pier.

From the "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction" category, this quart size oil container, covered in oil, was splashing around in the surf near the Pensacola Pass on 6-13-2010. Oh, sweet irony. Or light sweet crude irony in this case.

Choppers and skim boats. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

Near the Ft Pickens entrance. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

A child's float covered in oil. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

Oil in the surf. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

Clean up workers near Casino Beach. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

A child's float covered with oil near the entrance to Ft Pickens. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

Clean up workers cleaning tar balls by hand near the entrance to Ft Pickens. Taken 6-6-2010

Some really thick sections near the entrance to Ft Pickens. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.

The first signs of oil I saw on Pensacola Beach. Taken 6-6-2010 near the entrance to Ft Pickens.

Clean up workers on Casino Beach. Taken 6-23-2010 on Pensacola Beach. The day the oil hit hard. Black Wednesday.