Reply #34: NYT: Oil spill's ugly reality sets in [View All]

Source: New York Times

Reporting from Grand Isle, La.

This seven-mile squiggle of homey rentals and streets with names like Redfish and Speckled Trout had wrung hope for weeks from a single belief: Oil would land somewhere else.

But on Friday, oil the color and consistency of brownie batter began tarnishing the shore of Grand Isle, a tourist town of 1,500 that draws its livelihood from thousands of weekend visitors.

The dark ooze — the first direct hit from the massive gulf oil spill on a populated, popular shoreline — deepened anger and anxiety on the Louisiana coast as the slick swirled offshore with no containment in sight.

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"This place is shot now," she said, her voice quavering.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-landfall-20100522,0,3741309.story

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