Scientists caution that doesn’t mean the crude is gone. There’s still a lot of it in the Gulf, though no one is sure quite how much or exactly where it is.

“You know it didn’t just disappear,” said Ernst Peebles, a biological oceanographer at the University of South Florida. “We expect that is has been dispersed pretty far by now.”

Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said government and independent scientists have been working hard to figure out where the oil might be, but don’t yet have numbers. Some is still washing up on beaches and in coastal wetlands, but not in the quantities it was a few weeks ago.

Scientists do know that more than 600 miles of coastline has been oiled in the nearly 100 days since the April 20 explosion of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon.

They estimate that between 107 million gallons and 184 million gallons spewed into the Gulf before the cap stopped the flow July 15. The permanent solution, using a relief well to shoot in mud and cement, is still several weeks away.

So far, officials say they have recovered 34.6 million gallons of oily water using skimmer boats and burned about 11.1 million gallons off the sea surface.

So where’s the rest?

Scientists are worried that much of it has been trapped below the surface after more than 770,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were used to break up the oil a mile deep. They have found evidence of massive clouds of oil suspended in the water.

Contact Information: Earl Eues (985) 873-6357

Please be advised that the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Goverment Office of Emergency Preparedness is currently monitoring conditions due to Tropical Storm Bonnie. Due to the possbility of flooding in low-lying areas of the parish due to storm surge, sand and sand bags will be available at the following locations on the morning of July 23, 2010.

Point-Au-Chene Fire Station
1466 Hwy, 665 – Montegut

St. Ann Church
Hwy. 24 – Bourg

Airbase Adult Softball Complex
9544 East Main St. – Houma

Civic Center Bayouside Parking
346 Civic Centern Blvd. – Houma

Bayou Black Fire Station
2820 Savanne Rd. – Houma

Schriever Fire Station
1529 West Park Ave. – Houma

Gray Park next to UPS
West Park Ave – Gray

Ward 7 Center
5006 Hwy. 56 – Chauvin

Coteau Park next Fire Station
2325 Coteau Rd. – Houma

Montegut Fire Station
1105 Hwy. 55 – Montegut

Grand Caillou Fire Station
Bobtown

Upper Bayou Dularge Fire Station
633 Bayou Dularge Rd. – Houma

Cannata’s Parking Lot
6307 West Park Ave – Houma

Donner/Chacahoula Fire Station
1805 Hwy 20 – Donner

Gibson East Fire Station
5218 Bayou Black Dr. – Houma

Lower Bayou Dularge Fire Station
1038 Falgout Canal Rd. – Theriot

Gibson Fire Station
116 Moss St. – Gibson

Mechanicville Gym
Senator St.

Friendswood Church
Village East

Roselawn Ave @ Payne St.
East side

Lafourche

Region A Barn on Veterans Boulevard in Thibodaux.

Region B Barn on Texas Street in Raceland.

Region C Barn on La. 308 in Lockport.

Region D Barn on West 97th Street in Galliano.

Ward 6 Barn on Choctaw Barn Road in Choctaw.

Ward 11 Barn on Myrtle Place in Bayou Blue.

Go to Houma Today for more information about sand bag locations.

Check back here regularly for information on Tropical Storm Bonnie. We’ll be posting everything we can get to keep you up to date about the latest developments in Terrebonne and the surrounding parishes.

If you are a private citizen, a government official or a member of the media and have important information to share relating to the storm please send them to updates@sunburstmedia-la.com. Please include your NAME and PHONE NUMBER or some way to contact you in the event that we need to verify information.

As of 8 p.m., Bonnie was 395 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving northwest at 17 mph with sustained winds of 35 mph.

For now, the forecast calls for Bonnie to approach the North Gulf Coast late on Saturday or early on Sunday as a rather weak tropical storm with 45 mph winds.

Tropical storm warnings are in effect from Destin to Morgan City, La.

2010 Hurricane Tracking Map

Sand Bag Locations

I wrote this song on a greyhound bus on April 12th that year. I was working as a brakeman for Southern Pacific Railroad and our assignment was to catch a greyhound bus and travel to Carrizozo, New Mexico to bring back a train. As I traveled through a town called Ore Grande, NM, I saw a beam of sunlight fading behind the rocky mountains and it shined on me. I felt like I was being singled out and it felt like God was looking down on me.

That brief moment inspired me to write but I couldn’t put it down on paper because I didn’t have anything to write with, eventually I forgot about it. On the following day the exact same thing happened. It was just like the movie Groundhog Day except this time I had a pen and pad. A lady by the name of Kay Roberts recorded it and placed it on her album.

For 26 years it was stored in a suitcase until Pershing Wells encouraged me to find it and record it. Finding it was a miracle in itself, I felt it was another sign. At this time in my life this song has powerful meaning to me and I want to share it with everyone. Hope you enjoy it.

I wish to thank the following people that performed on this song:
Waylon Thibodeaux – Fiddle Player,
Pershing Wells – Lead guitarist/Producer,
Terry Chaisson – Back up Vocals.

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To My Life - JD Strait

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But that’s just the face. Here are a few other desirable celebrity body parts.

The poll, conducted by My Protein,

found that a woman’s perfect guy would have Johnny Depp’s face,

David Beckham’s hair,

tennis ace Rafael Nadal’s arms,

and Ryan Reynold’s abs.

Men, on the other hand wish they had Brad Pitt’s face,

Gerard Butler’s hair,

Vin Diesel’s arms,

and Matthew McConaughey’s abs.

CONCERT for the COAST LINE-UP:
Sammy Kershaw
Mark Chesnutt
Wayne Toups

When: Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Where: Houma Court House Square
Gates open: 2:00pm
Show starts: 3:00pm

-THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.-

Louisiana knows how important it is to lend a helping hand to its neighbors when tragedy strikes. Our seafood industry and the wetlands are vital to the stability and security of this state. Louisiana provides 33% of the country’s seafood, making the industry a key component of the state’s economy. Ensuring a way for those who depend on the Gulf of Mexico waters to survive is not just the right thing to do, but a necessity for Louisiana’s future.

The coastal culture is part of Louisiana’s heritage and tradition and must be saved. LOUISIANA NEEDS YOUR HELP TODAY!

The company is due to report second-quarter results that day. It hopes to provide more information on its liabilities from the oil spill to shareholders, as well as its initial findings on the causes of the disaster.

BP had previously stated that it hopes to have a fix in place by mid-August. It wants to make progress by 20 July, the day David Cameron is visiting the White House, the Wall Street Journal reported.

“In a perfect world with no interruptions, it’s possible to be ready to stop the well between 20 July and 27 July,” the head of BP’s Gulf Coast restoration unit, managing director Bob Dudley, told the Journal. He added that this “perfect case” is threatened by the hurricane season and is “unlikely”.

BP is drilling two relief wells through which it will pump material designed to seal the blown-out well.

Under intense pressure from the US government, the oil giant is preparing a number of backup plans in case its current efforts to contain the massive spill fail. These include connecting the well to pipelines in two nearby underwater gas and oil fields.

Later today the oil drilling industry is set to go head-to-head with the Obama administration in court over a moratorium on deep-ocean well drilling in the wake of the worst environmental disaster in US history. The government wants to reinstate the ban after it was overturned by federal judge Martin Feldman in Louisiana on 22 June.

Feldman ruled that the federal government’s six-month blanket moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was unjustified because it assumed that all deepwater drilling was as dangerous as BP’s.