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Jul. 28th, 2010 07:05 amDeepwater Horizon Response:26 July Press Briefing
According to Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, "we're going to have tar balls and other kind of impacts are going to go on for a long, long time."
Picayune:Tuesday's list of oiled locations in Louisiana
Example details: St. Bernard Parish fighting tar balls, patch of oil near Chandeleur Islands
"Oil skimmers have been dispatched to fight a large band of tar balls discovered near Comfort Island in St. Bernard Parish, St. Bernard Parish government said today. The patch of tar balls, three to four miles long and about three miles wide, was detected today." "A flyover conducted today also discovered a 10-mile long, quarter-mile wide streamer of emulsified oil about three miles off the northern tip of the Chandeleur Islands" "Also today, the Louisiana National Guard collected 28 bags, about 700 pounds, of oily debris on the recently-constructed berm at the Chandeleur Island chain".
Not all officially reported? CNN short video via YouTube:St. Bernard Parish President Taffaro says new oil coming in to Parish marshes every day
Picayune: BP working to increase its ability to contain oil even as plans for 'static kill' move forward
Meanwhile:
WWL: Tug vessel hits abandoned gas well in Barataria Waterway
"A mix of natural gas, contaminated water and light crude oil is spewing 100 feet in the air."
Examiner:BP says top kill mud was toxic: Tony Hayward testimony may now be perjury
Summary of story thus far on Alabama Live: Oil spill Day 100: The Gulf disaster, day by day
Perspective from Roger Ebert: BP's tree fell on my lawn
According to Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, "we're going to have tar balls and other kind of impacts are going to go on for a long, long time."
Picayune:Tuesday's list of oiled locations in Louisiana
Example details: St. Bernard Parish fighting tar balls, patch of oil near Chandeleur Islands
"Oil skimmers have been dispatched to fight a large band of tar balls discovered near Comfort Island in St. Bernard Parish, St. Bernard Parish government said today. The patch of tar balls, three to four miles long and about three miles wide, was detected today." "A flyover conducted today also discovered a 10-mile long, quarter-mile wide streamer of emulsified oil about three miles off the northern tip of the Chandeleur Islands" "Also today, the Louisiana National Guard collected 28 bags, about 700 pounds, of oily debris on the recently-constructed berm at the Chandeleur Island chain".
Not all officially reported? CNN short video via YouTube:St. Bernard Parish President Taffaro says new oil coming in to Parish marshes every day
Picayune: BP working to increase its ability to contain oil even as plans for 'static kill' move forward
Meanwhile:
WWL: Tug vessel hits abandoned gas well in Barataria Waterway
"A mix of natural gas, contaminated water and light crude oil is spewing 100 feet in the air."
Examiner:BP says top kill mud was toxic: Tony Hayward testimony may now be perjury
Summary of story thus far on Alabama Live: Oil spill Day 100: The Gulf disaster, day by day
Perspective from Roger Ebert: BP's tree fell on my lawn
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