The weather this weekend was ideal for a trip to the sun -cut shoreline of Palm Beach.
But visitors to the beach stood before the choice of porridge fishing, which began on Saturday: tar balls, accumulation of sticky black material that stopped on the shore. The US Coast Guard reported on tar balls in an X publication, the social media platform called Twitter, Saturday.
Coast security crews have been investigating the Atlantic Coast from Palm Beach to Port Everglades and did not find the source of the balls with tar, the office said on Saturday.
The rescuers of Palm Beach saw Katlen balls like those on Midtown beach on Saturday. Tar balls are a sticky inconvenience, but not dangerous, and the beaches in Palm Beach remain open this weekend, said Craig Poelok, the most important savior of the city.
In an update on Sunday morning, the coast guards said the circumstances were the same “if they are not improved” compared to the previous day.
While tar balls are a “inconvenience -high”, they are not dangerous and the beaches of Palm Beach are open, said Craig Poland, the most important savior of the city. Wheat is reported in Midtown Beach and Phipps Ocean Park, he said.
Years have passed since Teerballen was washed in Palm Beach, Paulok said.
“I can’t even remember that the last time we were washing up tar balls on the beaches,” he noted.
According to Archives at Palm Beach Daily News, the most new observations were possible in 2010, after the leakage of BP Deepwater Horizon oil.
Rescue at Palm Beach with a rubber glove took one of the balls with tar on Midtown on Saturday.
Decades ago, this happened so often that a Tar finger savior was known to wear a set to help the beaches clean their feet, Paulok said.
“It would come everywhere in clothes, legs, shoes, your board,” he said.
Rescuers noted that the presence of balls with tar on the state boards on the beaches of the city, Paulok said. For people who visit or are new to Palm Beach: “They are probably shocked,” he added.
To clean the tasteless gelatin spots of the skin, clothing or shoes have suggested Poland with the help of petroleum jelly or baby oil and towels or paper towels.
What are the tar balls?
Wheat is oil oil that forms a mass around debris in the water, according to the Floridian Department of Environmental Protection.
“It is usually believed that the source comes from offshore oil production, drilling and disposal of maritime transport, including ships that pump quarrels and cleaning tanks,” the DEP says. “The natural penetration of the ocean bottom is also considered a source.”
In order to announce the expiration of the pollution, the coast guards said he was calling the National Response Center for 800-424-8802.
Other observations in South Florida
The tar balls were seen on the beaches south of Palm Beach, including in Lake Worth Beach and Boinon Beach, according to several news.
In Bryard County, some beaches in Fort Lodherdale were temporarily closed on Saturday due to tar balls, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue reported on social media.
The Bureau posted an update on Sunday morning that while people going to the beach watch jellyfish, the beaches were open without messages for “tar balls or oily substance today”.
Conditions of the beach in Palm Beach
In addition to tar balls, beach conditions were ideal for visitors this weekend, Paulok said.
There was a light heel and the seas were 1 to 2 feet, he said.
Christina Web is a Palm Beach Daily News reporter, part of the USA Today Florida network. You can contact it at kwebb@pbdailynews.com. Subscribe today to support our journalism.
This article originally appeared at Palm Beach Daily News: Tar Balls making sticky junk on the beaches of Palm Beach during the busy weekend