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With government officials saying there is a “high probability” of crude oil washing up on outlying Louisiana wildlife areas by Friday night, local leaders want the public’s help.
Officials in Plaquemines Parish at the mouth of the Mississippi River want to mobilize volunteers to pull booms in fishing boats to block the spill from entering coastal inlets.
The oil is on path to reach the River’s mouth and oyster grounds to the east. Hundreds of species of wildlife are also threatened.
"We've got oystermen and shrimpers who know this water better than anyone," Plaquemines Paris President Billy Nungesser said. "Hopefully the Coast Guard will embrace the idea."
The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that a new leak was discovered in the Transocean Deepwater Horizon site 50 miles offshore and raised the estimate leakage from 1,000 barrels a day to 5,000.
The Deepwater Horizon platform exploded April 20 and sank two days later. 11 workers are presumed dead. 17 were injured, seven critically.
Source: Associated Press
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