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  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A disaster for the local economy, holiday lets have plummeted and thousands have been cancelled as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill033.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill007.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill031.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill030.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment booms lie uselessly washed up on an inland tidal beach in Grand Isle. Fierce tidal currents and changeable weather makes it virtually impossible to keep booms in place around the parish. The first sticky  spots of oil surfaced on the west of the Mississippi river and have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill037.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment booms lie uselessly washed up on an inland tidal beach in Grand Isle. Fierce tidal currents and changeable weather makes it virtually impossible to keep booms in place around the parish. The first sticky  spots of oil surfaced on the west of the Mississippi river and have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill038.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A disaster for the local economy, holiday lets have plummeted and thousands have been cancelled as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill009.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment booms lie uselessly washed up on an inland tidal beach in Grand Isle. Fierce tidal currents and changeable weather makes it virtually impossible to keep booms in place around the parish. The first sticky  spots of oil surfaced on the west of the Mississippi river and have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill013.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A disaster for the local economy, holiday lets have plummeted and thousands have been cancelled as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill032.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A disaster for the local economy, holiday lets have plummeted and thousands have been cancelled as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill011.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A disaster for the local economy, holiday lets have plummeted and thousands have been cancelled as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill008.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
It may not look much at this point, but the first sticky  spots of oil surfacing on the west of the Mississippi river have been confirmed up and down the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill029.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Tourists enjoy the afternoon on the beach in the shadow of a drilling rig. Oil is now landing on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill035.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Members of the Louisiana National Guard arrive at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and fisheries to await furtur instruction as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill012.JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Members of the Louisiana National Guard travel along Louisiana highway 1in Grand Isle as oil lands on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill034.JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Tourists enjoy the afternoon on the beach in the shadow of a drilling rig. Oil is now landing on the beaches of Jefferson and Lafourche parishes to the west of the Mississippi River outlet. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill036.JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
Patrick and Paddy before the kick off. New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Purple vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. Jesters win 7-0. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10P v Lafaourche U1...jpg
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Purple vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. Jesters win 7-0.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10P v Lafaourche U1...jpg
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Purple vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. Jesters win 7-0.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10P v Lafaourche U1...jpg
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. Team Photo.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Purple vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. Jesters win 7-0. Team Photo.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10P v Lafaourche U1...jpg
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 24 January 2016. Houma, Louisiana. <br />
New Orleans Jesters Youth Academy U10 Green vs Lafourche Legacy U11's. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24jan16-Jesters U10G v Lafaourche U1...JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana National Guard of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill005.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Sgt George Achee of the Louisiana National guard inspects sandbags deposited earlier and already disappearing fast with the tide. Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill025.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. The Louisiana State bird, the brown pelican is just one of many species threatened by BP's catastrophic oil spill. More and more birds are washing up dead as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle032.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Sgt George Achee of the Louisiana National guard inspects sandbags deposited earlier and already disappearing fast with the tide. Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill023.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill015.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle021.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well Disaster. The Major and Hurdle family leave the beach, upset that their vacation is ruined by oil on the beach. 'Our beaches are ruined,' said Maggie. Their parents are cutting short their trip and returning home in the morning. The child tourists dodged oil as authorities closed the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled with police chasing tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle011.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle062.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle023.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A Louisiana National Guard helicopter ferrying sand bags works with the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill014.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle007.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle019.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Ted Jackson of the New Orleans Times Picayune on the beach as oil starts arriving on the baches from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill022.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle022.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Sgt George Achee of the Louisiana National guard inspects sandbags deposited earlier and already disappearing fast with the tide. Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill024.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle018.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle040.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle008.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle004.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle038.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle037.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle017.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle001.JPG
  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    13may10-oil spill019.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    21may10-oil grand isle036.JPG
  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. The Tern flies overhead,  just one of many species threatened by BP's catastrophic oil spill. More and more birds are washing up dead as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Christopher Hernandez, street superintendent of Grand Isle patrols the closed beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Christopher Hernandez, street superintendent of Grand Isle patrols the closed beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well Disaster. Cheryl Gerber photographs an oily bucket washed ashore as authorities patrol the closed beaches advising tourists (and journalists) to leave as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled and police chasing tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana National Guard of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. A US Coast Guard patrol heads out to sea to continue monitoring the extent of the oil spill as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well Disaster. The Major and Hurdle family are advised to leave the beach, upset that their vacation is ruined by oil on the beach. 'Our beaches are ruined,' said Maggie. Their parents are cutting short their trip and returning home in the morning. The child tourists dodged oil as authorities closed the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled with police chasing tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .Oil glistens in the surf as it washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. A dead fish lies in oil debris as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well Disaster. L/R; The feet of Nicholas Major (10), Maggie Hurdle (8), Taylor Hurdle (11) and Matthew Major (11) are upset that their vacation is ruined by oil on the beach. 'Our beaches are ruined,' said Maggie. Their parents are cutting short their trip and returning home in the morning. The child tourists dodged oil as authorities closed the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled with police chasing tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. The Louisiana State bird, the brown pelican is just one of many species threatened by BP's catastrophic oil spill. More and more birds are washing up dead as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard discuss logistics with the park manager at Grand Isle state park. Authorities closed the beach as oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Clean up crews contracted by BP commence the process of clearing oil, (and journalists where they can) from the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well Disaster. L/R; Nicholas Major (10), Maggie Hurdle (8), Taylor Hurdle (11) and Matthew Major (11) are upset that their vacation is ruined by oil on the beach. 'Our beaches are ruined,' said Maggie. Their parents are cutting short their trip and returning home in the morning. The child tourists dodged oil as authorities closed the beaches. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled with police chasing tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 21 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. .BP Macondo Well disaster. Oil washes ashore in greater concentrations than previously seen on the once pristine beaches of Grand Isle. The economic and environmental impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled as police chase tourists from the beaches just two hours drive from New Orleans..Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. .Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 13 May 2010. Elmer Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana National guardsmen inspect sandbags deposited earlier and already disappearing fast with the tide. Like King Canute before them, Louisiana National Guardsmen of the 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion fight a losing battle against mother nature as they battle against the strong currents to close the inland waterways from the ocean now depositing oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe on the beaches. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Sunday Telepgraph reporter Philip Sherwell covers the BP oil spill story from a boat on  Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Kirt Alexie takes a break from laying oil boom at the entrance to Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating with Alexie's shrimp boat tied up, his earnings have plummeted. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Shrimpers surrounded by oil boom on their boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boaters should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead they are making around $1,000 a day for  BP contractors instead, a fraction of what they would ordinarily be making. The fishermen do not have  fixed contracts with BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring them. The debt collectors have been calling asking for their money. The shrimpers advise them to call BP. They know their lives will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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