also recognizes that big oil does mean big business here on the gulf. they re around. hopefully they ll eventually degrade. over time they don t seem to be that bad. there s no oil sheen. the tar balls wlshgs, whether part of the multiplication process there s heavy tidal movement through the pass. it doesn t surprise me that it s here. reporter: the president here of the parish told me crews collected 1,600 pounds of these tar balls just yesterday. today crews are back out making sure the barges are in place to make sure this oil, at least no more of the oil, reaches their precious lake pontchartrain. brooke baldwin, cnn, slidell, louisiana. brooke, thank you. we just have just about ten