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A shrimp boat doing its thing on Lake Borgne |
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Gulls hitching a ride eastbound |
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Pilings driven across the line separating Lake Borgne from Mississippi Sound from St Joseph Pt to Half Moon Island - boom is stretched between the pilings in two rows for more than three miles. Work is continuing to string the boom another six miles to Malheureux Point.
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Pelican out in Mississippi Sound |
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Carol M Ott westbound |
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Another pelican out in Mississippi Sound |
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Porpoises in the Sound |
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More pelicans! No sign of oil yet and we are almost to Gulfport. The marshes of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are hoe to all kinds of birds and sea-life. Oil in them would devastate the ecosystem. |
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Landing our deck barge on the mooring at Cat Island south of Gulfport, MS |
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Sunrise at Bayou Le Batre, AL. The tent is set up for meetings for the oil cleanup crews. |
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Oil cleanup boats in Bayou Le Batre |
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Looking out of the mouth of Bayou Le Batre |
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Capt Jason |
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Shrimp boats in Bayou Le Batre |
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