it s better to have some marsh left than the island it protects right behind it, if we have a major storm or minor storm, they ll be gone. i ve been out there every year for the last 10 years. every year, we lose islands, and these pelicans move further inland. i saw images of the chandelier islands, they ve basically been disappearing over the last 10 years. all we re doing is putting back what was there. what harm is that? that s why we can t do coastal restoration. it takes 40 years because of the naysayers. that s where we re headed if we let these people run the show. we re going to have i know the governor is going out there tomorrow. we ll send a crew out there. we ll take a look. we eelt talk more about this tomorrow night. talk more about tomorrow night.talk more about w night. talk more about this tomorrow night.l talk more abou
we want our story to be told. i haven t heard of anyone, recreational fishermen or anyone trying to run over boom. everyone here is in the same boat literally and wants this thing who made the complaint? what official? we ve talked to all of them. nobody has made a complaint. how are things in the wake of hurricane alex? we had a four basically a 400 barrel swath of oil coming in. we had to stand down because of the storm activity. now that oil has now been spewn all over inside the chandelier islands. we have brush island again inundated and we are going out again tomorrow to start cleaning it up. we have a whole colony of birds that has been affected and now are all damaged. we have to go back out, basically start over. one of our issues is that we have to get assets that could fight this oil in open water. skimming vessels you re talking about. skimming vessels. we are going to have a storm pattern from now until september. it is incredible we are still, on day
how are things in the wake of hurricane alex? we had a four basically a 400 barrel swath of oil coming in. we had to stand down because of the storm activity. now that oil has now been spewn all over inside the chandelier islands. we have brush island again inundated and we are going out again tomorrow to start cleaning it up. we have a whole colony of birds that has been affected and now are all damaged. we have to go back out, basically start over. one of our issues is that we have to get assets that could fight this oil in open water. skimming vessels you re talking about. skimming vessels. we are going to have a storm pattern from now until september. it is incredible we are still, on day 72, three that this is, that we re still talking about getting skimming vessels when they were talking weeks ago and months ago, frankly, that this is the worst case scenario. all hands on deck. if we had half the equipment i ve seen on paper, physically out there, we would have a fi
fishermen and all the activities that are going on in our open waters because people will be fearful of running up against getting too close to boom. that s not what we do in st. bernard parish. we operate from a standpoint of we want our story to be told. i haven t heard anyone, recreational fishermen or anyone trying to run over boom. everyone here is in the same boat literally and wants this thing who made the complaint? what official? we ve talked to all of them. nobody has made a complaint. how are things in the wake of hurricane alex? we had a four basically a 400 barrel swath of oil coming in. we had to stand down because of the storm activity. now that oil has now been spewn all over inside the chandelier islands. we have brush island again inundated and we are going out again tomorrow to start cleaning it up. we have a whole colony of birds that has been affected and now are all damaged. we have to go back out, basically start over. one of our issues is that we
in terms of bringing in the other containment vessel they ve had to hold off on that, and getting that hooked up, because you can t do that in huge waves? right, and the waves will also, as you think about them propagating along here, and the winds blowing in that direction. the waves will bring the oil slick further and further into the marshes of louisiana, back into the chandelier islands, gulfport, mobile. it will the winds will move the oil away from florida. what was kind of sneaking toward panama city that will begin to be pushed back the other direction. great news for the florida beaches, certainly not great news for anybody over here in the path of that oil in the next couple of days. we will check in with you a little later on for that update. first, let s check in on some other stories we re following for you tonight. joe johns has a 360 bulletin. general stanley mcchrystal is calling quits a week after he was replaced as the top military commander in afghanistan.