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Docks and lakeside restaurants that were just destroyed and people were really getting themselves back on their feet. this is a lake that is used for recreational and it's devastating for people to see that this crisis has now come to them. officials believe that this tar ball and this oil was pushed in by strong gusts of wind and essentially brought in by the weather. like i said, just small amounts of oil found for now. there's a little bit of good news, as well, in that some contamination tests were done and they found that there is no sea food contamination at this point in time. so, at th...

An additional layer, if you will. they're trying to connect this to the underwater gusher so they can get more of that oil out from the water. they said they're working on hooking that up. it's not up and running yet. they have had a few snags because of the weather. rough seas, big waves, high winds. things of that nature. they're hoping to get that connected and up and running soon. some unfortunate developments cently, some tar balls in texas that were tested and they did come from the deep water horizon site. texas is now the last of the gulf show states to show it is, indeed, affected by ...

From the water there so far. the same waters that overtopped the levees and flooded from hurricane katrina. winds from hurricane alex being blamed for pushing the crude to lake pontchartrain. the huge estuary that forms the crescent city's northern boundary. the area having been fortunate that strong winds have been largely absent this summer until now. to the west as we mentioned more tar balls washing up in texas for a second consecutive day. those winds are hampering the cleanup efforts causing rough seas making it difficult to skim the water's surface. a company in canada had a novel solut...

Overheated. more bad news on day 79 of the oil disaster. oil is seeping into lake pontchartrain in new orleans. that's the same lake that flo flooded during hurricane katrina. tar balls started washing ashore in cocoa beach, florida. nbc mara joins us from venice, louisiana. what are they saying about the oil in lake pontchartrain. >> tamron, this is devastating on a very emotional level. borders new orleans and there's a very small amount of oil and tar balls found. but the reason this is so touching for people there is it means that this crisis, especially, has come to the doorstep of new ...

Ft. lauderdale, the keys, is not going to be this brown chocolate cake batter goop that you see washing ashore other places in the gulf, but it's more likely to be in the form of tar balls, because it becomes highly weathered as it moves through the ocean and it takes six to 12 days to reach the keys. so in that time, it's changed, it's transformed and will be in the form of tar balls which are a lot easier to deal with and less toxic. >> and you're also in charge of the weather service, so before we let you go, are there any new concerns, bonnie, tropical storms forming that will affect the s...