Cleanup Halted as Spill Moves North of Terrebonne Parish's Barrier Islands

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Capt. Dinh Pham (left) and deckhand Johnny Tran of Venice work Wednesday to install a generator on their vessel docked at Bouquet Seafood in Chauvin. The boat was working to clean up oil but was forced to dock because of weather.

Oil patches move north of barrier islands

John DeSantis
Senior Staff Writer
houmatoday.com


Thursday, July 1, 2010

COCODRIE – Small patches of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill began moving north of Terrebonne Parish's barrier islands Wednesday, a day when cleanup efforts were sidelined by heavy seas and winds related to Hurricane Alex, which was close to making landfall on the Texas-Mexico border. READ FULL STORY