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TS Karen leaves tar balls, beach erosion on Grand Isle
wwltv.com
Posted on October 7, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Updated yesterday at 7:06 PM
Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News
GRAND ISLE, La. -...
Just when you though it was safe to say Tropical Storm Karen came and went without a fuss, islanders found their beach covered in tar balls.
"When the Gulf waters stir up the bottom, it breaks apart on these rocks," said Grand Isle Street Supervisor Chris Hernandez pointing to a line of rock jetties just of the beach. "Next thing you know, (tar balls) are washing ashore."
Hernandez says BP tar balls have been washing up on the beach since the massive 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Every time storm season comes you can expect this to happen. We saw it last year. We saw it the year before. Throughout the storms since then. Before the oil spill, you never seen this before."
Town officials walked the beaches with the Coast Guard over the past two days. The Coast Guard identified the tar balls as being residual material from the BP spill and instructed the company to remove the tar balls from the entire seven miles of beaches in Grand Isle.
"You probably could pick up 2,000 pounds of tar balls, just today," said Hernandez. "Probably come back tomorrow or the next little front you'll pick it up again."
BP spokesman Jason Ryan says Monday, there were 48 crew members picking up tar balls in the Grand Isle area. He says that number is expected to double on Tuesday.
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http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/TS-Karen-Leaves-Tar-Balls-Beach-Erosion-On-Grand-Isle-226819361.html
wwltv.com
Posted on October 7, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Updated yesterday at 7:06 PM
Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News
GRAND ISLE, La. -...
Just when you though it was safe to say Tropical Storm Karen came and went without a fuss, islanders found their beach covered in tar balls.
"When the Gulf waters stir up the bottom, it breaks apart on these rocks," said Grand Isle Street Supervisor Chris Hernandez pointing to a line of rock jetties just of the beach. "Next thing you know, (tar balls) are washing ashore."
Hernandez says BP tar balls have been washing up on the beach since the massive 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Every time storm season comes you can expect this to happen. We saw it last year. We saw it the year before. Throughout the storms since then. Before the oil spill, you never seen this before."
Town officials walked the beaches with the Coast Guard over the past two days. The Coast Guard identified the tar balls as being residual material from the BP spill and instructed the company to remove the tar balls from the entire seven miles of beaches in Grand Isle.
"You probably could pick up 2,000 pounds of tar balls, just today," said Hernandez. "Probably come back tomorrow or the next little front you'll pick it up again."
BP spokesman Jason Ryan says Monday, there were 48 crew members picking up tar balls in the Grand Isle area. He says that number is expected to double on Tuesday.
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http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/TS-Karen-Leaves-Tar-Balls-Beach-Erosion-On-Grand-Isle-226819361.html