WWL reporting oil sheen in Gulf

[CajunSaint]

Posted: Sunday, 20 March 2011 6:40AM

Possibly massive oil sheen in the Gulf



WWL.com Reporting
The Coast Guard says it is responding to the reports of an almost 100 mile slick of oil in the Gulf Of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana.

Multiple reports have come in of a sheen nearly 100 miles long and 12 miles wide.

The photos above and below were taken on Friday by photographers with the group On Winds Of Care, an group that documents damage to wildlife habitat areas.

Those reports started coming in Saturday morning.

The Coast Guard was able to confirm a substance on the surface and is continuing to look into the situation.

A crew and a marine science expert have been dispatched to assess the situation.

The oil sheen was reported about 20 miles away from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion last April.

A fisherman also reports fresh oil coming ashore near South Pass, Louisiana, and that cleanup crews are laying new boom near the beach.