They have not yet confirmed they are from the latest oil leak. As Florida resident Limbaugh said, "it's as natural as the ocean water is" so everything is surely fine. Who wouldn't want to spend their hard-earned vacation swimming with tar balls? The Florida tourist office has to be excited with the prospect of such a "natural" experience.
The U.S. Coast Guard says 20 tar balls have been found off Key West, Fla., but the agency stopped short of saying whether they came from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.