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  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 047.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman Walter Guidry listens and learns as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 100.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe Aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe Aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 048.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman and local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 046.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman John Verdin (l) and Kerry Trosclair listen and learn as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 097.JPG
  • 28 April 2011. London, England..Armed police outside Westminster Abbey monitor the growing crowds. The Met have an enormous security operation in place to protect the royal couple and dignitaries from all around the world. Prince William is set to marry his bride Catherine Middleton on Friday, April 29th. .Photo; Charlie Varley.
    28apr11-london001.JPG
  • 07 June 2010. Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana.<br />
Fading away. Fisherman Christopher Verdin listens and learns as local Pointe aux Chenes Indians take a 40 hour Hazardous waste operation class in order to get certification to work for BP as sub contractors cleaning up oil. The isolated town of Pointe Aux Chenes clings to the little land that remains along the bayous and waterways of southern Louisiana. Oil washes up on the  marsh grasses just south of tribal homes. If the grass dies, there is nothing left to hold the land. All of this was solid ground just 100 years ago. Diversion of the mighty Mississippi River diverted sediment from the wetlands and deposited precious land building material deep out at sea.  At present, all these fishing grounds are closed. Members of the Pointe aux Chenes Indians, settlers that can trace their roots beyond 5 generations back to France face extinction of their very way of life, their very existence. French cajun is the language of the elders, but is dying out in the children of today. BP's catastrophic oil spill threatens everything, their way of life and the land on which they live. Not recognised by the federal government, the 680 member tribe struggles for funds in a small community that survives only because of fishing and oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    07june10-point aux chenes 098.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Barataria Bay, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP barge together awaiting orders to deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Photo credit; Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil031.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil054.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil053.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil052.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil020.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil017.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil014.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil030.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil029.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Sophisticated boom repair tool. Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil024.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil021.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil020.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil018.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil016.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil015.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Craig Taffaro, president of St Bernard parish heads up a crisis meeting at the command center in Hpedale.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil013.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil043.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil042.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.,' plays his trumpet in the wheel house. Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil011.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.,' plays his trumpet in the wheel house. Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil010.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil040.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil039.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.' Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10june10-BP Oil007.JPG
  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Ricky Robin, captain of the boat 'Lil Rick.' Robin, a commercial fisherman since he was a teenager is now subcontracted to BP. Robin awaits equipment to be loaded onto his shrimp boat which has been converted to an oil skimming vessel. Robin doubts how effective the equipment will be and suggests BP should leave such work to the professionals.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Paul Trosclair, a fisherman all his life on his boat the Karen Susan. Trosclair is now subcontracted to BP. A religious man, Trosclair wonders if he is not seeing the 'end of days,' as predicted in Revelations where he believes the Bible reads one of the signs will be 'when the sea turns to blood.' He does not know when or if he will ever be able to return to shrimping. He puts his faith in the Lord.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 15 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Lenny Bazile stands in his decimated, now gutted home home on Bazile Drive. The road was named after Mr Bazile's father. He was born and raised in the area and has now rebuilt following 4 hurricanes. Piles of household debris is stacked curb side as residents return to their homes which were inundated with flood waters from hurricane Isaac. Many residents who had rebuilt following Hurricane Katrina must now start again following Isaac. Some have already moved away for good, never to return..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 31st August 2012. St Bernard Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Airmen from the Louisiana Air National Guard ensure that all their shirts are tucked in as they provide vital food, water and ice to the residents of areas battered by hurricane Isaac. There's a certain irony to the sign in the back window of the Corolla - 'God Not Govt' - especially seeing as who is doing the heavy lifting. Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Sophisticated boom repair tool. Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with the BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 June 2010. Breton Sound Marina, Hopedale, Louisiana. USA.  <br />
Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale. Over 1,000 people now work in what was, just weeks ago empty fields. A city is rising out of the marshes to deal with BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers load and unload, repair and haul miles and miles of oil boom. The 'hard boom' is not owned by BP or the federal government. It is leased with prices allegedly over $1.00 a linear foot per day. In St Bernard Parish alone there is over 200,000 linear feet of hard boom. Someone, somewhere is making a fortune on the back of this crisis. Workers are hired by contractors, who themselves are hired by bigger contractors. Yet again, the middle men are making a fortune on the backs of workers and on the back of this crisis. The scandal continues to grow.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 26 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Coffins and human remains are collected by the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) at Promise Land Cemetery off highway 39. Tombs were washed from the cemetery during Hurricane Isaac..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Jacqui Goddard near the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish. Hurricane Isaac has battered the community where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. A dog is rescued from flood waters. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. A dog is rescued from flood waters. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 August 2012. Laplace, Louisiana,  USA. .R/L; Maria Keating weeps as she is forced to evacuate her home in Laplace with her husband Carl, son Andrew and their dogs as flood waters continue to rise. Flooding forced the emergency evacuation of hundreds of homes  when waters rose suddenly in the early morning hours as hurricane Isaac lingered over southern Louisiana. .Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Flooding near the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Members of the Air National Guard await orders as they assist with emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 October 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Grizzly reminders of Hurricane Isaac unearthed by floodwaters almost two months previously await collection. Tombs from English Turn Cemetery were picked up and  smashed by hurricane Isaac. Many tombs were washed up on the levee, others scattered across the road. DMORT officials work to recover remains and reinter them in new caskets..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
France-Soir foreign correspondent Alexandra Gonzalez accompanies Soldiers from the843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard as they load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it washes ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
 Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard as they load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it washes ashore.<br />
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 oil and gas production. They are the most fertile wetlands and nurseries of their kind in the world. BP's oil is killing everything.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo062.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo061.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo058.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo057.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo069.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo067.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo060.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo059.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo056.JPG
  • 09 June 2010. Fort Jackson, Venice, Louisiana.<br />
BP OIl Spill response. Soldiers from the 843rd Engineering Company Louisiana National Guard load giant sand bags in operation 'Pelican Island Mission' as they struggle to reinforce fragile barrier islands in an effort top stem the flow of BP's catastrophic oil spill as it <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09june10-pelican-helo068.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Grand Isle, south Louisiana. <br />
Fishing grounds reopen yet the normally packed marina at Grand Isle remains deserted, ironically with the only catch of the day being a gas pump. BP has leased all the slips, the local motel and every available parking space making this the jump off point for crews assisting in the oil clean up operation. Recreational fishermen must travel 7 miles north to buy bait.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. <br />
One of just a handful of shrimp boats, laden with nets instead of oil boom returns to fishing as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Many shrimpers have not returned to work thanks in part to regular pay from contractors working the BP clean up operation. The disaster has taken a heavy toll on fishing. Processing plants remain closed and BP has leased many boat slips and fish landing sites that have been converted into BP oil response staging areas.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
<br />
As reported in The Sun, London.<br />
<br />
Banksy ‘thieves’ busted cutting original grafitti art work from shop wall<br />
<br />
By JACK LOSH<br />
Last Updated: 24th February 2014<br />
<br />
A BOGUS construction crew were chased off after they were busted cutting an original Banksy from a wall.<br />
One of the gang, who called himself Chris, was caught holding a power drill half-way through extracting the work by the British street artist.<br />
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Hidden by a temporary wall of plywood, he told snapper Charlie Varley that the 2008 artwork – dubbed “Umbrella Girl” – would be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy’s career.<br />
He added that it would be re-installed at its current location on the side of an abandoned store in New Orleans, US, once the exhibition had finished.<br />
<br />
But when local residents quizzed the men and ordered them to show a permit for the operation, they packed up their equipment and scarpered.<br />
A security guard was installed at the scene on Friday to make sure the suspected thieves did not return.<br />
Clay Lapeyrouse, who lives nearby, said: “They were cutting it out of the building. The story they gave me just seemed weird."<br />
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Police are now hunting the suspects, aged between 25 and 35, following the incident.<br />
Banksy’s work fetches huge sums at auction, with his Kissing Coppers mural going under the hammer for £345,000 in the US last week.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb14-Banksy cuts001.JPG
  • 24 February 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
<br />
As reported in The Sun, London.<br />
<br />
Banksy ‘thieves’ busted cutting original grafitti art work from shop wall<br />
<br />
By JACK LOSH<br />
Last Updated: 24th February 2014<br />
<br />
A BOGUS construction crew were chased off after they were busted cutting an original Banksy from a wall.<br />
One of the gang, who called himself Chris, was caught holding a power drill half-way through extracting the work by the British street artist.<br />
<br />
Hidden by a temporary wall of plywood, he told snapper Charlie Varley that the 2008 artwork – dubbed “Umbrella Girl” – would be shipped to London for a Tate Modern retrospective of Banksy’s career.<br />
He added that it would be re-installed at its current location on the side of an abandoned store in New Orleans, US, once the exhibition had finished.<br />
<br />
But when local residents quizzed the men and ordered them to show a permit for the operation, they packed up their equipment and scarpered.<br />
A security guard was installed at the scene on Friday to make sure the suspected thieves did not return.<br />
Clay Lapeyrouse, who lives nearby, said: “They were cutting it out of the building. The story they gave me just seemed weird."<br />
<br />
Police are now hunting the suspects, aged between 25 and 35, following the incident.<br />
Banksy’s work fetches huge sums at auction, with his Kissing Coppers mural going under the hammer for £345,000 in the US last week.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb14-Banksy cuts003.JPG
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