right now is they're trying to skim up some water, oil on the water surface, and they're putting booms out along the coastline here in the southern tip of louisiana because officials have said given the way the wind is blowing now onto the shoreline, that oil could hit the louisiana coast as early as tomorrow night, the beginning of the oil, the sheen, could start coming in and then could continue to come in through the weekend. so they're trying to put booms up to protect that wetland area where so many species of birds, anim animals, fish and other marine species rely on that estuary. it's a critical area and a big concern. >> what about the latest? the big story yesterday was the plan to burn off some of this oil. what's the latest on that? >> reporter: well, they did do it. they had a burn that they did yesterday. they said it was successful. the idea there is to take the thickest of the oil out there which can be burned. they corral it in these fire-retardant booms, make a big