Mote's procedure to report Oil Spill found during LBKTW beach patrols    

Dear Turtle Patrol Volunteer,
Thanks again so very much for volunteering to provide beach reports regarding oil spill impacts and red tide
conditions for us. The data you provide will go to the scientists at NOAA who publish the Harmful Algal
Bloom Bulletin as well as track where oil might be washing up. Your data will allow them to specifically
know where impacts are occurring- something the satellite imagery just isn’t able to do.

There are two ways to start the process:
1) Logon to the STCRP website. Click on the link title Beach Condition Monitoring Report. This will open
the submission report page

2.) Click this link:
http://coolgate.mote.org/turtlepatrol/.   (Username and Password listed below).
This will open the submission report page. Make that page a
Bookmark (or Favorite Places) and save it in a location you can easily find.

Currently we are asking for you to voluntarily report the beach conditions. In order to go about that we ask
that after your morning patrol, you file a report by following these steps:

Beach Conditions Report Kate Nierenberg

1) Type in your username as: tp2010
2) Type in your password as: turtletime!
3) Click in the circle on the time that most closely fits when you were on the beach.
4) Click on the beach you were on. We know your beach description is much finer than what we have
listed- that’s OK. NOAA doesn’t need quite that resolution.
5) Click on the circle that represents respiratory irritation that you may have felt- or noticed other people
having.
a. None- no cough/throat tickle
b. Slight- just a slight throat tickle when you get a breeze/gust of wind.
c. Moderate: Coughing more than 1X per minute.
d. High- Urge to cough constantly and/or very dry/scratchy throat continuously.
6) Click on the circle that represents dead fish on the beach- a guesstimate is fine.
7) Click on the circle that represents Oil Spill Impact: either in the water or on the beach
(we do not have “both” as an option, as we assume if it is on the beach it is also in the water)
8) Click on the submit button- and you are done for the day!

Probably the hardest thing will be to remember to log a report- so if you could make yourself a reminder-
that would be great. The more data points we send to NOAA, the better their forecasting will be.