just fully engulfed. flames 300 feet in the air. we have people working 24 hours a day in three different locations to both stop the flow and actually fight this thing off shore and protect the shoreline. they were just all over the beach like globs of shiny, black tar. we ll hold their feet to the fire to make sure they re there until all of the oil is gone out of the gulf of mexico. i take it for granted. i always thought it would be here. there is oil all over the place. remember that? what a year it has been a brief look back at the long-tainted summer on the gulf coast. even today months after the well was sealed 113 miles of louisiana coastline remain under active cleanup. 55 more miles of shoreline are still waiting for cleanup crews to arrive. and senators don t get a gold watch or a fancy paper weight when they leave the halls