to labor day. we re sitting here the week before july 4th and there s nobody here. reporter: disgust, anger. for councilman larry johnson this show of cleanup force is too little too late. day after day the tides shift the sand. much of the tar and oil is buried before the crews get to it. johnson digs down. the oil appears beneath the surface like the rings of a tree that tell its age. john, this has been covered up from the night before. reporter: how many inches down is this, four inches, five inches? four or five inches down. reporter: pensacola is home to greg hall and diana stevens. it kills me. i mean, it kills my soul that the gulf of mexico is being destroyed. reporter: every day they walk the beach taking pictures. i-reporters for cnn, they ve documented what they see. not pretty. gregg puts his hands in the water. when he takes them out, tar. diana holds a clean fish tank filter. not for long.
closure of the beaches might not just be for days, it could be weeks if not longer? yeah, we have lost this summer. the summer of 2010 is gone for pensacola beach the way i see it. our season is from memorial day to labor day and we are sitting here the week before july 4th, and there is nobody here. reporter: disgust, anger, and for counselman larry johnson, this cleanup force is too little, too late. day after day, the tides shift the sand and much of the tar and oil is buried before the crews get to it. johnson digs down, and the oil appears underneath the surface like a ring of a tree that tell the age. john, this is covered up from the night before. reporter: how many inches down is this? four or five inches? four or five inches down. reporter: pensacola is home to greg hall and diana stevens. it kills me. i mean, it kills my soul that the gulf of mexico is being destroyed. reporter: everyday they walk the beach taking pictures,