catastrophic there? what are you hearing from the people down there. the crews down there? i know it is dangerous for people to go out and do rescues, we know there have been a few rescue calls. but what the word from southern part of the state? i spoke to dean blanchard who owns a seafood business down there, his business is gone. the employees he had at his home, part of the section of his house ripped away, he was worried about safety of those people that rode it out, nobody can get to them now, because of surgery he h this is the first time he did not stay on the island. we have seen photographs of boats, barges and vessels just bobbing in the water. they become missiles of anyone that stayed even if their house is elevated, as many are, on grand isle, if you are hit by a moving
reporter: in addition to complaining about the impact that the oil has had on tourism and the fishing industry and even the oil industry, she says that she misses the things of every day life that she once took for granted, even used to complain about, what she describes as her rut. she says she wants her rut back, jon. jon: you ve got the tests on hold, you ve got the oil still gushing, what are they doing about it? reporter: they are calling for additional skimmers into the area to deal with the additional oil that they anticipate will continue gushing out of that weapon. they haven t offered any guarantees as to when the testing will begin or when even the attempts to shut down the cap on the well will begin, so they are calling in additional vessels to deal with collect being the oil as it rises to the surface, jon. jon: jonathan serrie in grand isle, louisiana for us, thank you. jenna: we talked a lot about this it s one of the world s
and determine where each hypothetical reading would indicate there might be a leak in the well so that they could address the situation then. they say that it s unlikely there would be any problems, but this procedure has never been tried at such a great depth. they want to make sure they get all their ducks in a row, jon. jon: i m sure that local residents aren t pleased about the delays, huh? reporter: no, not at all. you look behind me, you see all the work going on on the beach here. they can t wait until the beaches return to normal. we spoke yesterday with a grandmother, mona, she s lived on grand isle all her life, she was expressing cautious optimism. after learning of this delay we went back and spoke with her today. listen. what the hell is more important than this? this is what we re all working around, this has been the final day. they ve given us final days for how many times now. we don t want any answers, we want a solution.