just saw a commercial for panama city, florida

[spanone]

'we're untouched by the oil spill'


saw it on my local nbc affiliate

[QC]

1. Tourism is way, way down here, even though we are 150 miles or more

from oil. People are canceling reservations, the usual numbers are not showing up, etc.

[mtnester]

2. "So Far"ought to be the disclaimer they put on the bottom of the screen

in the fine print

or "for now"...same same

[NC_Nurse]

3. They just opened a new airport there. They must be freaking out. I bet a LOT

of folks are canceling their beach trips to the GULF coast already.
We go to DEstin, FL every year and I'm nervous about what we'll find. :-(

If worse comes to worse, I guess we'll spend our week helping clean birds and such. At
least we can maybe pitch in...

[Scurrilous]

4. I think BP is paying for those commercials.

BP Gives Florida $25 Million for Beach Ads

<snip>

"British Petroleum agreed Monday to give Florida another $25 million to pay for an advertising campaign promising that the state’s beaches remain open and fishing is going strong even as the company struggles to stanch a massive oil spill off Louisiana’s Gulf coast."

http://www.jaxobserver.com/2010/05/18/bp-gives-florida-25-million-for-beach-ads/

[FreeJG]

5. Yes, BP is paying for the ad camapign, our CFO told them to pay for it, she's running for gov! Alex!