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Gulf. crews graged in boom and skimmers were shipped out. even if the storm does not hit the gulf directly, operations there could be pushed back two weeks. louisiana governor bobby jindal has already declared a state of emergency and he's waiting to see if low-lying areas will need to be evacuated. based on past disasters, a new study estimates this oil spill could end up costing the gulf $23 billion in lost tourism dollars. now, the first family hopes to help turn that around when they take a weekend vacation there in august. the obamas head to florida on the 14th. that state could be grou...

Waves were enough to slop up that boom. booms are meant to hold back stuff, at least the type of booms they laid down. that's why they removed a lot of the ones, if you will, along the delicate shores of louisiana. will this shove some of the oil offshore inland? yes. we also had time where those skimmers had a chance to get a lot of that. unfortunately w the storm it will pull it closer and closer to shore. so, again, regardless of how weak this storm remains, two things remain. how much of an impact on the oil spill and how fast can we get back to the cleanup efforts and will this storm stre...