the oil moved towards their part of the alabama coast, residence of one small community took matters into their own hands. our mayor yes snow reports from the mouth of alabama's magnolia river. >> reporter: jamie hinton has a battle plan to block oil from encroaching into his community. and he took us out to show us. yes, there's containment booms, but he's not trusting it. >> you can see here just with the little action we have now it's almost going over the top of it as it is. >> reporter: and that's why hinton mobilized nine barges at the mouth of the bay. but to get that line of defense in place, hinton had to fight and he was eager to show us why. the bay is home to an estuary and leads to the magnolia river. 700 plus people live in magnolia springs where hinton has lived