Pictures of Southeast Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River

High seas have destroyed the function of the biocurtains which are supposed to block surface oil from the shore. Rough seas prevented view of the offshore slick. The slick had not reached the shore although NOAA reported that it had. NOAA revised their map to make this correction late on 4/30. Water samples are being taken in the region where NOAA had reported landfall and we are closely monitoring the situation in the field.