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Tied to shore. we found crews deploying the town's last line of defense, a floating yellow boom. at this point the job is actually pretty simple. this boom is anchored to this barrier island over here to my right. now the barge has to back out to deploy all of this boom material. this is a massive, massive undertaking. what you see here is just the beginning. hundreds of miles of boom will be deployed to protect oyster beds and fish spawning grounds, but these lines that are designed to stop oil also stop fishing boats. does this mean that the season is over, as long as this boom is out here? ...

This boom is anchored to this barrier island over here to my right. now the barge just has to back out to deploy all of this boom material. but this is a massive, massive under ta uds taking. what you see is just the beginning. >> hundreds of miles of booms will be put in place. but these lines are are to stop oil stop the fishing boats. does this mean the season is over? >> as the boom goes up, the boats won't have access to the fising grounds, and so their season is over. >> reporter: signs are all over town. >> here's where we process -- chuck the meat out of the shell. >> reporter: this sh...

C-130s capable of dropping that chemical substance on the spill. we are seeing the navy move in with miles of that boom material that they are going to lay on the water. the military is talking about trying to be ready to help clean up if an oil spill disaster emerges on shore governor bobby jindal saying that he wants to activate 6,000 national guard to be ready onshore under his state authority to help with the cleanup and to protect vital facilities from any oil. the white house is obviously very strongly pushing back at any notion that they are delaying the federal response and any federal...

Operations and laying the booms. most of them were at anchor in the mississippi river over the weekend because of the wind and waves. i got out on a smaller boat, the second day, get out to the mouth of the gulf and the mississippi river. it was too tough beyond there. we did see a bart÷ along the way that was staging some of this boom material. they've laid out several hundred thousand feet. they've got plenty more to go. the key is to put it in strategic places. the slick appears to be moving in the direction of al and what and florida. all at the mercy of the winds. i talked to one fisherm...