State official concerned area to be “COVERED in OIL AGAIN” after storm stirs up underwater plumes

September 1st, 2010 at 03:54 PM

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Commercial fishermen faced with tough choices, Tri-Parish Times, September 1, 2010:

State Director of Coastal Activities Garret Graves said… “We don’t want to pull up all the stakes and send all the skimmers away and everything else only to have a storm come through and stir up the plumes, and next thing we know, we’re covered in oil again.”

Read article here.

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