We're letting people stand in our way. My guys put lights on their boats last night. Where you saw them with the wet vac, they're out there tonight sucking up oil, because they're not going to give up the fight.
Billy Nungesser: “We're letting people stand in our way. My guys put lights on their boats last night. Where you saw them with the wet…”
On the recordJune 23, 2010
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Billy Nungesser emphasizes the determination of local fishermen to combat the oil spill despite bureaucratic obstacles.
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Apr 18, 2011
They have no plan. The Coast Guard nor BP has a plan. There's nobody cleaning up the marsh. I want to see a plan. If you're not going to have a plan, get the hell out of the way and let us go do it ourselves.
Apr 18, 2011
Absolutely not. The spots you saw, you don't have the thick oil. But when a bird gets a little bit of oil on its breast, it's like you punching a hole in a rubber boot. You're going to get pneumonia and die.
Apr 18, 2011
They have no plan; the Coast Guard nor BP has a plan. There's nobody cleaning up the marsh.





