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Longer particularly with it being buried down in those layers? >> reporter: yeah. with the tide line coming up, every tide cycle you get more deposits of whatever particulates are in the ocean. it will be quite some time. if we just cut off any sort of influx of oil it would happen a little bit kiquicker. but everyone seems to think it is going to be at least a couple of years before nature cleans this stuff up. >> rob marciano on the case for us it morning, thanks so much. there is another well leaking oil off of louisiana's coastline this morning. >> a barge crashed into an abandoned well ...

Including me have lived in the same community. we know what the gulf means to their life. >> so the admiral is calling in reinforcements. 300 new skimmers, a barge, and a super skimmer. why is it taking so long? he has troops from around the globe with all different types of ammunition. >> how do you better coordinate 80 vess 8,000 vessels? >> reporter: many of the smaller boats have been laying boom and now oil is reaching the islands. the coast guard fears a shift in winds will send more petroleum towards the sensitive shores.

Including me have lived in the same community. we know what the gulf means to their life. >> so the admiral is calling in reinforcements. 300 new skimmers, a barge, and a coast guard is testing a syrup tanker as a skimmer. why is it taking so long? he has troops from around the globe with all different types of ammunition. >> how do you better coordinate 8,000 vessels? from a canoe up to a multiton offshore supply vessel. >> reporter: many of the smaller boats have been laying boom and now oil that's been floating for weeks is reaching those islands. the coast guard fears a shift in winds will...

Tar balls that are such a concern to the coast guard? >> out here, we haven't seen that. >> and how many guys did you bring with you to work on this project? >> 20 from maine. ten on the msoc responders and they're actually trying to skim up a oil and we have ten out here at the ft. morgan area laying boom. >> i mentioned there are other contractors like you brought in. do you have any idea of a timeline, how long you and your crews might be asked to stay and help in the gulf? >> we'll stay as long as we're needed. at this time, i don't have a time frame, but we're here to help out and do ever...