This is just one. There -- there are other areas like this that have gotten this kind of heavy oil. This has been here a couple of weeks. And you have got other areas like this. What we're saying is, Louisiana has got over 7,000 miles of our coastline. Let's fight this oil out on barrier islands. Let's fight this oil on a hard, sandy surface. Let's not fight this oil inside here.
Governor Jindal emphasizes the need to address the oil spill on Louisiana's barrier islands rather than in vulnerable marsh areas.
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