Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Ida Warning Cone retrieved at 6:05 p.m. CDT Saturday, August 28, 2021 (SOURCE: National Hurricane Center)

Hurricane Ida Forecast to Strike Louisiana Sunday Morning as a Major Hurricane

Sat Aug 28, 2021 06:22 pm Cardinal News

LIVE: Tracking Hurricane Ida with satellite imaging and an updated forecast cone from NBC News. YouTube Tips ⓘ Rapidly strengthening Hurricane Ida is forecast to become the first landfall hurricane on United States soil in […]

Explosion on Black Elk Energy Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico

Fri Nov 16, 2012 03:49 pm Cardinal News

The Coast Guard says four people have been flown to a hospital and two may be missing in Gulf oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana. An accident at an oil platform owned by […]

De-Oiled Near the Gulf: Oily Sea Turtles Get a Cleanup, Antibiotics in New Orleans

Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:18 pm Cardinal News

Rescuing oiled sea turtles is a learn-as-you-go process for veterinarians and other scientists. Treatments may change later says a senior veterinarian for Audubon Nature Institute, which houses the center treating 27 oiled sea turtles. SEA […]

Obama Memorial Day Visit to Gulf Coast, Port Fourchon, Grand Isle, Louisiana

Sat May 29, 2010 01:06 pm Cardinal News

Kneeling to pick up tar balls on an oil-fouled beach and listening to “heartbreaking stories” of loss, President Obama personally confronted the spreading damage wrought by the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Breaking […]

Stop Pointing Fingers: Politicians, Scientist Fear Spreading Oil Slick

Wed May 19, 2010 11:15 am Cardinal News

New video released by BP shows oil and gas erupting from its crippled blowout preventer safety device on the ocean floor. Meantime Interior Secretary Ken Salazar acknowledged his agency had been lax in overseeing offshore […]

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Containment Box Touches Down

Sat May 8, 2010 02:45 am Cardinal News

Associated Press reporter Harry Weber is on the ship that carried the containment box that could stop much of the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. Weber describes how the box was lowered onto […]

Gulf Oil Spill Expands, Fishermen Respond, Obama Heads to Louisiana

Sun May 2, 2010 02:05 pm Cardinal News

A sense of doom settled over the Gulf Coast as a massive oil slick spewing from a ruptured well kept growing. Experts warned that it could become a nightmare if the Gulf Stream carries it […]

Oil Gushing at 42,000 Gallons Per Day As Workers Rush to Contain the Spill

Tue Apr 27, 2010 08:14 pm Cardinal News

Crews raced to protect the Gulf of Mexico coastline Monday as a remote sub tried to shut off an underwater oil well that’s gushing 42,000 gallons a day from the site of a wrecked drilling […]

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