top of barges and go out there and vacuum up the oil. we want to collect it out here. we don t want the on ilon any mile or nchl of our coastline. i d much rather fight the oil out here against the bags and sandz than have it get past here and the fragile wetlands where you have the oyster and the shrimp and the crabs and the birds. it s so much better to fight it outside our coast than inside. reporter: is it too late for this area? has any oil seeped through the gaps already? we ve seen oil pool on the islands. but a couple things, we know this incident is a marathon for louisiana. with a new leak rate we know we ll be dealing with it for months, maybe even years for louisiana. we ve said from the very beginning. this will not be done in a week or month for us. we know there will be waves and waves of oil, that s why it s important to fill in the passes and fill in the barriers. use every one of these tactics. there s no one silver bullet. the bags alone won t help the coast, but