Florida Residents, Don't Throw Homemade Hair Booms or Hay Bales Into the Ocean!

The Department of Environmental protection appears to be a little concerned that Florida residents and visitors may do more harm than good when it comes to fighting the BP oil spill.

Today they released a statement with tips for Homeowners, businesses and consumers.

Most of them deal with placing booms and encourage coordination with the DEP, or not getting involved at all. But there are tips for those venturing out on their own with more creative methods.

From the Tip Sheet:

Alternative absorption methods, such as placing hay bales, homemade hair booms, sandbags or other technology along the shoreline, are not advisable as the overall debris from disposal of such methods would increase and could cause serious long-term damage.

Sunshine State News still waiting for a response from DEP as to whether any of those methods have been used so far.

See the full list in the attachment.

UPDATE (1:30 PM):

A DEP spokesperson says they have not had any reports of people using homemade hair booms or hay bales in hopes of preventing oil from coming ashore.