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by Debbie Williams

Published: Mon, June 28, 2010 - 7:12 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, June 28, 2010 - 7:23 pm CST

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Debbie Williams

ORANGE BEACH, Alabama - The oil assault on Romar Beach and other parts of Orange Beach that started over the weekend, continued Monday. With seas at two to four feet, waves washed higher onto the sand giving some indication of what an oily storm surge might do.
"It's going to be a non-stop thing all summer long," says Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon. "All we can do is let people know the truth. Oil is going to be on the beaches most of the time. Beaches are clean and pretty but for that ten to fifteen feet at the surf it's going to be oily. It's going to be dirty."
The water remain closed to swimming and will for the foreseeable future but there maybe some good news for boaters according to Kennon. "We're praying that we'll be able to open Terry Cove and Bayou St. John to idle wake only or no wake only vessel traffic."

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But in Cotton Bayou, the waters remain closed and could for quite a while. For marinas, no boat traffic means no money. "They've got it all boomed off and they're trying not to let any boat in and out so virtually my store sits with no customers, no fishing and all my boats are at the dock," says Charter Boat Capt. Randy Boggs. A lot more boats sit at the dock in San Roc Cay Marina unable to get out because of the closure and like many, Boggs would rather be fishing but instead he helps with the cleanup. "It's a little like fishing," he says, "you never know what you'll catch and you never know what you're going to get with this oil cleanup."

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