Joint response to pollution threats from Hurricane Irma continues across Florida

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/04/2017 08:24 AM EDT

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Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Moehler, a member of the Atlantic Strike Team, located in Fort Dix, New Jersey, inspects a displaced vessel in a canal on Sugarloaf Key, Florida, Oct. 2, 2017. Assessed vessels are prioritized for removal based on their threat to the environment and their hazard to navigation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.
Lt.j.g. Samantha Cardoza and Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Moehler, members of the Atlantic Strike Team located in Fort Dix, New Jersey, inspect a row of displaced vessel on the shoreline of the Naval Air Stations Key West, Florida, Oct. 2, 2017. Assessed vessels are prioritized for removal based on their threat to the environment and their hazard to navigation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.
Terry Tanner of the Environmental Protection Agency and his Coast Guard counterparts finish an assessment of a vessel in Garrison Bight, a harbor on Key West, Florida, Oct. 2, 2017. Assessed vessels are prioritized for removal based on their threat to the environment and their hazard to navigation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.
Rear Adm. Peter Brown, commander for the 7th Coast Guard District, receives an operational brief concerning the response to the environmental threat posed by vessels displaced due to Hurricane Irma, Oct. 2, 2017. The area of responsibility for the 7th Coast Guard District includes coastlines south of the North Carolina/South Carolina border and east of the Florida panhandle to include the Carribean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann.