of oil spill incidents in the gulf of mexico as a result of hurricane ida. they are having a hard time identifying the owner of an oil line off the louisiana coast which was dislodged in the storm and spread oil for miles. one expert says the pipeline network is a mess with many old and abandoned wells in the area. authorities are working with energy companies to locate the owner. time for a short break. still to come, women are leading the protests against the taliban in afghanistan but they have no place in the newly announced government.
i ll step out so you can seat image. basically what you re be looking at is a boom that has a one-foot curtain that is dragged fwheeth the surface of the water that can help contain that oil slick. on top of that, they had have what is called a skimmer that actually sucks in the oil that these booms actually help contain. and brings it actually into the boat so it can be safely removed from the water. now, so far, out of the 2,500 barrels that were spilled, they ve recovered about 238 barrels. with roughly 42 gallons per barrel, that s equivalent to around 10 is,000 gallons. so we re talking only 10% of this recovered so far. so they ve got quite a ways to go. and to put this in further perspective, the national oceanic atmospheric administration responds to about 100 to 120 different oil spill incidents out there the course
states, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration responds to about 100 different oil spill incidents in the course after year. that s in 2014. these things occur quite frequently. small or large. they are all serious and in many regards impacting wildlife and not only that, the beauty of southern california s beaches. i mean, it is just not something we want to see. and hopefully they can contain it as quickly as possible. all right, derek. thank you. derek, thank you. i want to take you to live pictures where voters in dublin are deciding now on the legality of same-sex marriage in ireland. we ll have that story in the next half hour. also a fire bomb dropping on your house is like a 7.6 magnitude earthquake 50 times a day. that guives you the idea. new alleged brutality in syria.