Unfortunately, some "tar patties" have arrived on the east- end beach on Dauphin Island, particularly in the De Soto Landings neighborhood. Tar patties are pieces of weathered oil that are larger than the small tar balls we have typically been seeing.
I will try to post some pictures of them today. Here is an article that says tar patties were found on the far West End beach of Dauphin Island, although we have not seen any tar behind our West End beach houses recently.
Posted by David Meyer on 7/2/2010 8:32:32 AM 0 Comments