Gulf oil spill washing over boom in some areas

[MountainLaurel]

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said this morning that a recent flyover showed areas where oily water was lapping over the boom set out to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Also, he said, because of the rough weather in the Gulf, some of the boom appeared to have broken free and washed onto an area beach and other boom appeared to have sunk, he said.

"It's not keeping the oil out,'' Nungesser said. "And it's only going to get worse before it gets better.''

The absorbant boom was put down to try and contain the oil.

Nungesser said the flyover showed one of the barrier islands east of the Mississippi River, near the Breton Sound, where the boom had washed ashore.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/gulf_of_mexico_oil_slick_washi.html

[texastoast]

1. There is no fixing this

We just shit in our own mess kit.

We are insane because we knew this would happen 50 years ago.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Painfully agree with you.