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Or at least on a way in a specific time thats designed to meet and match with full force the worst-case scenario that can be presented to us. >> this is one of the devices that costner designed and says he came up with the idea after the exxon valdez disaster. i talked to him about it. kevin, how long have you been working on this machine, exactly? >> well, ive -- i took a technology at a department of energy probably in 92 or 93, and it was a very small, little machine and extrapolated that ide...

Nearby barge. you would think dozens of vacuums like this deployed all over louisiana for weeks but they havent. in fact, there are a handful being used and theyve only been running for a couple of days. when you see this, what do you think? >> this is exactly how we need to be fighting this oil. >> reporter: governor jindal and local officials are so fed up waiting for bp to clean up oil that theyve gone ahead and are testing a few of these vacuums with the help of the national guard. >> we kno...

In fact, there are a handful being used and think eve only been running for a couple of days. when you see this, what do you think? >> this is exactly how we need to be fighting this oil. >> reporter: governor jindal and local officials are so fed up waiting for bp to clean up oil theyre testing a few of the vacuums with the help of the national guard. >> we know we have to use more aggressive, more creative slugss. >> reporter: you call this cajun ingenuity? >> absolutely. the same people that ...

Vacuums with the help of the national guard. >> we know we have to use more aggressive, more creative slugss. >> reporter: you call this cajun ingenuity? >> absolutely. the same people that brought you the higgins boats are bringing you -- same people with the new orleans saints bringing you this. its vacuum truck on the back of a barge. this isnt a silver bullet but saying this in combination with the sand drudging, a louisiana idea, booming the critical passes in combination of drudges and roc...

Without something to suck up this oil, what you are left with essentially are these booms which prevents the oil from spreading further into the marshes. you can see the oil basically congeals here in these thick globs and in order to get rid of the oil, they come in with absorbent pads, the method theyre using now. its a pretty slow method and pretty ineffective. governor jindal brought a group of reporters out to demonstrate how they work. a photo-op to be sure but the governor is willing to t...