Well, September was a peach, and thus far October is earning its spot in the all-time Local Summer record books. But while we were enjoying idyllic beach weather and some bluer than normal water, shorelines in Orange County, Calif. had black tides with tar balls washing up on beaches, with more crude on the way.
Sometime around 1991, a bunch of tar balls washed into the surf on LBI. It may have been more widespread, but I specifically remember it in Harvey Cedars when I was a young,…
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