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Louisiana, only 200 to 300 miles of coastal marshlands have really been hit. i can't imagine that would have been a thousand or more mile fs that oil had not been removed from the surface and left to come ashore. clearly, in hindsight, use of dispersants, offshore skimming, burning offshore, that helped to save the coastline. there's trade-off, remember. damage to the oil shore marine species both at the surface and subsurface. >> obviously, the trains are still running, which is certainly a good thing, because we can hear the train behind you. i do want to point out, we got a picture from pla...

Was feared early on, will there be a way to judge whether it would have had that impact if it wasn't for the dispersants and if it wasn't for all the response efforts or will we never know? >> well, we'll truly never know, but clearly -- right now out of 7,000 miles, 7,000 plus miles in louisiana, only 200 to 300 miles of coastal marshlands have really been hit. i can't imagine that would have not been a thousand or more miles if that oil had not been removed from the surface and left to come ashore. clearly, in hindsight, use of dispersants, offshore skimming, burning offshore, that helped to...

Reservoir deep beneath the ocean floor. >> if we could do that, it would give us option of controlling the flow without having the surface vessels there to some extent. it wouldn't the capacity we're looking for but another risk mitigator to handle some of the oil. >> reporter: in new orleans, coast guard commandant told molly henneberg to prepare for hurricane to push critical ship offstation he is seeking additional 20 offshore skimming vessels and other resources, much of which should arrive in the next few weeks. >> chris: president has had quite a day. >> indeed. >> chris: thank you. we t...

Other nearby platforms or ejecting into unused reservoir under the gulf floor. molly henneberg with the news live tonight in new orleans. molly, they are talking about bringing in more resources to start preparing for any possible hurricane. >> not just talking about it, shep. doing it now before a big storm hits. we are here in new orleans today where admiral bob pap. he came from washington today here to new orleans to get a briefing from weather and logistics and resources folk as well as bp staff it was not just an update on oil containment. it was also to talk about the hurricane plans. s...

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