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  • Phone numbers and links
  

Florida Emergency Information Hotline: 1-800-342-3557
 
Other numbers:

  • Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information:
    (866)-448-5816

  • Submit alternative response technology, services or products:
    (281) 366-5511

  • Submit your vessel as a vessel of opportunity skimming system:
    (281) 366-5511

  • Submit a claim for damages:
    (800) 440-0858

  • Report oiled wildlife:
    (866) 557-1401

 

Links:

Deepwater Horizon website:
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/

BP's Florida-specific site: http://www.floridagulfresponse.com/

Trajectory map of oil spill: http://deepwaterhorizon.noaa.gov/

NASA photos of the spill from space: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/event.php?id=43733

 

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Photos: Panhandle preps for oil

FOX 13's Chris Chmura filed these photos from the Florida Panhandle as the …