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然而，它采取的沙子挖成只有几分钟的，露出了永久的威胁，专家说，威胁着这个风景如画升andscape：油藏的原油潜伏表面少于一英尺以下。

20墨西哥的A pril爆炸海湾的石油钻井平台爆炸释放的估 在这些水域交配2.​​05亿加仑的石油。 目前还不清楚有多少 油，实际收回多少仍然存在，以及 - 最重要的沿海生态脆弱 系统 - 在它结束了。

诺阿）发表了一份报告，8月由美国国家海洋和大气层heric管理局（得出结论，百分之74的石油已recove 红色，蒸发，或自然分散，留下或略低于剩余26个百分比“ urface“水或在沙里。

但许多科学家怀疑该报告，在说的有效性 克说，由于泄漏前所未有的广度和DIS的记录量 persants用于减轻其影响，实在是太很快作出任何决定一 布特在何时何油降落。

'广泛的环境取样，以确定需要对石油的影响 海岸

最近，诺阿本身也表示，该报告是在第一个进步工作

罗恩肯德尔，对环境和人类健康研究所主任 得克萨斯理工大学的拉伯克和对为前评估小组成员 在񎧅泄漏的XON瓦尔迪兹，表示将接管几年的时间“广泛的环境取样”的DET的 阿明多少石油嵌入到沿海栖息地，和地点。

油物 被困在沼泽或沙滩底下埋ains特别是威胁 由于缺乏氧气会阻止打破油，我细菌 aning“这将是所有时间在那里，说：”南希金纳，海岸响应研究中心共同主任 在新罕布什尔州达勒姆大学。

二十多年后的一个Vald 宰泄漏，石油仍然淹没在威廉王子湾的海滩在阿拉斯加 。

新奥尔良 - 对一个通宵的压力测试的结果而定，政府官员预计周日宣布，该吹出良好的BP在墨西哥湾死了，五个月后，11名工人被炸死，沉钻机和LED在美国历史上最严重的海上石油泄漏事件。

压力测试设定为日凌晨完成，最后一步需要befo 重新失控以及可能最终被宣布死亡。

这个测试需要工程师 发挥对水泥塞15000磅的体重，以确保它不会让步。 他们的ALS Ø将产生1,150每平方英寸磅的压力。

密封井一个IM 对于仍然厌世的墨西哥湾沿岸的居民，但灾难portant步远f 光盘了。 那些在海湾依靠谁的生计都留给重建 企业中的一次销毁油染海岸线和渔场。 即使是安全的海鲜，渔民的斗争将其出售给消费者的恐慌 ful，它的毒性。

有消息称，吹出井将很快带来了一点安慰死 人们喜欢Sheryl林赛，谁拥有橙色海滩婚礼，提供中非 在阿拉巴马州的海岸ħ仪式。

她说，她失去了生意约240,000元作为内沃斯布赖德 的S -对他们的婚礼被取消整个夏天，甚至把剩余的T 他一年。 到目前为止，她只收到约29,000血压赔偿。

“我很害怕，英国石油公司将普勒 升出来，给我们什么也没有挂“林赛说。

海湾以及喷涌2.06亿加洛 油井喷生理盐水，直到第一次停在七月中旬的一个临时盖。 M UD和水泥，后来被推下通过井口，允许在C 美联社被删除。

这一悲剧始于4月20日，爆炸死亡ǫ工人 秒，击沉了钻机，并导致美国历史上最严重的海上石油泄漏事件。

出版日期：星期日9月19日，2010年，上午05点03

（编者注：自4月，新闻寄存器写了受害者的故事泄漏约数十油，描述 他们的斗争。 现在，报纸是芹苴后的许多经验 本身的受害者 ，因为他们追求的损害索赔。 下列作品的报告和 写的新闻工作人员盖伊巴斯比，蕾妮巴斯比，杰夫Dute，罗伊霍夫曼，嘉 你的跳线，瑞纳黑文纳飞利浦，罗达皮克特和凯瑟琳塞尔。）

兰迪博格 秒，45，埃尔伯塔

职业：专业渔民，博格斯和他的妻子苏珊 ，已拥有卷筒惊喜大鹏岛在新章程在奥兰治湾11年。

新闻寄存器开始的7月21日报道说博格斯是“害怕”的油污就会杀了他busine的SS。 他只收到三张支票，总额为ǫ，000作为补偿，洛杉矶 吨的收入，他曾在60万美元的估计，因为泄漏。 他的船费 总额为每月12,000元。 他说，曾有过11个不同的P索赔过程算在B。

展望：博格斯说，十月的红鲷赛季将意味着 好的月份，除非受到飓风或天气恶劣。 客户谁couldn'tf 原位杂交在春天，由于石油泄漏，已经打电话来预订旅游行程，博格 据说。 “我想我们的生存之本。 我当然不准备申请破产一 第二退出。“

索赔程序：博格斯说，他还没有重新™提交肯Feinbergâ€s grou 第 苏珊博格斯，谁负责处理这对夫妻的索赔申请，他说，上海 é需要得到“一些应用程序的问题上清晰”，并计划到文件上周末结束。

洛瑞博萨尔热，49，分类编号

职业：所有者贝儿刺绣，家庭，浮雕 海关业务始于1989年，具有本地和国家的客户。 许多她禄 客户参与人船建筑物或海鲜生意。

新闻铼gister开始7月12日报道说博萨尔热的业务已经关闭由P 20 ercent自溢出。 博萨尔热报道让她在七月从BP首先检查 两个多月后提出索赔。

展望：博萨尔热表示，企业重组 电源缓慢。 “有没有太大的变化在它的一切，”她说。

索赔程序：博萨尔热说，上海 E的8月25日以来一直在等待一个从Ken Feinberg的墨西哥湾沿岸氯检查 目的是在被告知指望在一周内检查设施。 她的丈夫，书房尼什，在一家公司，使船只部件 ​​虾和有他自己的busin ESS的蚵仔刀。 他们相信他的支票将来自新proces s在48小时内。 一个声称代表最近呼吁说吨和Lori博萨尔热 帽子夫妇的索赔进行审查。“在我看来，如果血压索赔干事批准了勒 gitimate提出索赔，那么我不明白为什么这墨西哥湾索赔不得不去遏制发泄一遍，除非有一个红色的标志，“她说。

查克坎贝尔，52，橙海滩 和伯明翰

职业：公司所有者与妻子，Shannon和，自由女神亚麻 门卫供应和奥兰治滩工作制服。

新闻寄存器代表 29 orted在八月的坎贝尔正在寻求140万美元的贷款，抗疏吃了2010美元的债务后，损失大约二五〇 〇 〇 〇英寸 坎贝尔说，他们何日 PED认证听到快，如果该贷款将获得批准。

展望：夫妇买了互可操作性框架 在1989年的ORM租赁服务，改变了名称，它演变成两家公司 供应床上用品，清洁用品和制服公寓和墨西哥湾沿岸 其他业务。 本公司有47名雇员。 坎贝尔说，他希望定制 阿拉巴马州墨西哥湾沿岸外，如密西西比赌场雇员再培训计划，将有助于在C ompanies继续下去，直到当地的经济好转。 “我们是不是我们所有的幸运b usiness是在沿海地区。 如果我是一个小企业今天在这里，我很可能公顷 已关闭的门。“

索赔程序：本公司提交索赔的总额一百五十〇点零零零美元一 ð从BP了一个5000美元的支票。 坎贝尔说，公司官员计划卡尔 Y对与海湾沿岸索赔基金索赔。

丹尼尔克雷文，53，海湾肖尔 胚胎干 Â

职业：律师。

新闻寄存器报道 6月6日开始 的O 对克雷文的客户记录了东北共管价值一万元的租金坎昆 ellations由于泄漏。 他与搭档丹尼尔阿普顿佩里＆莫里斯律师事务所Daphn E来代表数百名客户，为G大部分业主共管 超低频，与BP在提出索赔。 该律师还计划在F文件behal诉讼财产价值业主争的损失。

展望：他看见一restau海湾咆哮老板和一些个人在收到款项后肯范伯格 注意到由英国石油公司拨出200亿美元基金中支付。 “但是，”他补充说，“如果在这钱靠别人资助歌剧 系统蒸发散之前，本月底或支付由本月底他们的抵押贷款， 我想我会寻求替代解决方案。“

索赔过程：“我们重新申请了大家，”他补充说，兵卫 ř客户寻求商业赔偿租金损失和丢失，并有E是船主索赔。 “我们开始得到一些电汇和一些部分付款 第“Feinberg的工作人员正试图处理索赔，克雷文说，”但是他们低估了奥雅纳 rwhelming他们的任务性质。“这对索赔人感到沮丧，他说。 人们工作 英国石油公司在当地办事处的前线是“太棒了，”一起工作，他说，但现在没有人连接状态 乐回答问题。 “我听说从挫折很多人呼应，”他说。 “底线，把在日 é最好的文书工作，希望你能为最好，右边的数字是布莱恩克弹出了。“

库阿氏黄长发，72，大湾

职业：牡蛎shucker谁来到团结 从越南D态约13年前她一起工作的女儿在 eafood产业。

新闻寄存器开始7月6日报道说黄长发becam é失业海产品加工厂时，泄漏后关闭了。 她 收集罐，卖鸡蛋维持生计。 由一名翻译的帮助下，她升 赚美元的食品券150一个月的资格，但阿拉巴马州副 据报道，人力资源artment下降，从她的节目。

展望：ħ uynh通过吉米Trieu说，翻译承包船民求救，吨 她的帽子粮票还没有恢复。 她继续收集铝 出售罐，但没有收集任何因患病周二。 她是H 她的账单支付了产品的困难，包括公用事业和药物。

索赔 过程：她已提出两个要求，并已收到两笔款项1,000元 从BP。 她说，她听到了第三项索赔有什么。 她提出 在八月初与Ken Feinberg的墨西哥湾沿岸的债权融资，但尚未 收到付款。

路易斯德拉帕拉，55，奥兰治滩

职业：业主“古怪集市就在海滩”2009年存储，因为，出售T恤，纪念品和其他物品。 他还经营一个小企业网上销售。

新闻寄存器四月三十 特德是7月29日收盘德拉帕拉是他的店由于缺乏旅游吨 贸易回顾。

展望：德拉帕拉封闭8月5日。 “这将花费我$ 15,000元至20,000继续开放 过冬，而我们没有。 我们正在建立一个良好的，体面的littl E业务，但我们不能继续开放。“

索赔程序：德拉帕拉说，他收到 英国石油公司5000美元，从他最初的索赔申请后。 他星期二说，他自 报道了70,000美元的损失，但没有收到任何额外的好处。 他山的ID，他和他的会计师认为，他的实际损失都在104,000元 目前的旅游旺季。 他将继续奉行一个索赔。 Â

珍妮唐纳德，5 9，鲍勃唐纳德，62，海湾的海岸

职业：在多纳尔兹打开希望的车 esecake后正从瓦尔迪兹，阿拉斯加，15年前的海湾沿岸。

预 β-寄存器 7月26日报道这希望的奶酪蛋糕只取得了一半 曾在数日说芝士它的STOR é出售썙同月，当准备好大约500个星期。 珍妮唐纳德说，她不得不解雇她ç hief贝克并工作12个小时。

展望：“企业通常会减缓这种Ÿ时间 耳朵，“鲍勃说：唐纳德，因为对奶酪蛋糕和关键石灰馅饼需求通常作为头瀑布 里斯特赛季结束。

索赔过程：“我不处理不满意的，”鲍勃说：唐纳德。 “这是缓慢的，但我们设法 沿斗争。“之前，肯Feinberg的收购，唐纳德说，企业有一个系列O f检查，从五月至七月，5000美元，约10,000元及25,000元。 他艰难 与Feinberg的墨西哥湾沿岸的债权融资rience一直是积极的。 “如果你提供瓦特 他们要求的帽子，“他说，”我还没有发现他们的工作特别困难的。“该多纳尔兹'的伊玛请愿 gency资金，他说，是由于范伯格26,000美元左右最近的检查 。 “我们没有得到满意，”他说。

杰夫哈代，45，橙海滩

职业：所有者桑德多勒嘘 OES和生活方式店，在海湾畔，奥兰治滩，福利，下位置 panish和杰克逊堡，密西西比州

新闻寄存器报道 7月初二十九吨 帽子Hardy的生意下跌了百分之67和54位在海湾畔的百分之猩猩 é海滩。 哈迪说，他们处理了五个单独的BP索赔管理者和邮寄 一个9.5磅的总的文书工作。

展望：哈代说，他是T进行谈判， 他房东关闭在墨西哥湾海岸鹈鹕点的位置。

索赔程序 ：哈代说，早在该海滩储存在橙色的码头已经失去了betwe恩在50万元及750,000美元，并赔偿了他唯一的一个零检查5.00美元。 他目前正在寻求从墨西哥湾沿岸的债权基金报销。 “从4月20日通过 昨天，我们已经失去了在石油泄漏比我们多三倍业务 这样做是在去年的大衰退，“哈迪说，星期二。 “现在我失去因为厂商逾期 帐户，即使我有钱，我不会回来了其中的一些。“

希拉霍奇斯，“婴儿潮”的福利

OCC公司 upation：霍奇斯成为房地产充分所有者迈耶在90年代中期。

该P 雷斯寄存器开始7月4日报道说霍奇斯是其中物业管理人员 谁联手对付作为假期的BP漏油索赔过程租金cance llations上。 到八月中旬，她的公司只收到大约一半R型 equested从BP。

市场：商业是“趋势向上，足以给我们所有的一些optimi平方米，”霍奇斯说。 “劳动节是一个伟大的人群，有自那时以来一直是很好的人群。”假期租房有回应 教育署也如利率折扣和免费音乐会在沙滩上，上海诱因， E表示。 还有什么利率的客户将愿意问题 支付次年，她说。

索赔程序：霍奇斯上周说，她是禾 rking在根据新的范伯格领导的进程索赔。 “我想这是一种令人沮丧的圣 在与别人的艺术，“霍奇斯说。 “我还以为他要进来，拿起文件，并去神父 OM公司在那里，相反，他的重新创建文件。“她说，BP已承诺继续支付 荷兰国际集团失去了夏季的一半收入，帮助支付的费用在较慢的季节 。 但不清楚是否保证将根据范伯格，上海完成 E表示。 “我们仍在试图找出如何将文件正确，因为我们觉得有€ ™没有一次有追索权的判决是一个“她说。

帕蒂环线，50，橙海滩

OCC公司 upation：租船科幻总经理圣大鹏礁，55滑码头，零售及 成业务，并承担匡点，其中有75个单。

新闻寄存器 报道 6月20日开始，该市关闭圣大鹏岛的码头时， 泄漏击中，游客在购物中心，几乎完全缺乏 租赁与ǰ商店和四家餐厅。 这次泄漏停止夏季购物 第二关闭租船业务。 链接表示，一些居民从B检查了 P，但没有超过5,000元，及包船一些长BP在工作 石油泄漏的清理工作。

展望：“没有多少生意，它的淡季，”她说。 海湾海岸与橙B 每把促进旅游业是该地区很多钱，她说，这 将帮助很大。 “我们将在10月的海滩演唱会，我们是干什么 克事件的每个周末在新大鹏岛“，其中包括包机钓鱼，她说。 “我们希望这些人谁 没有选择在今年夏天会来了。 我们有一个很好的劳动节。“圣大鹏岛有 没有失去，因为漏油任何租户，她说。 “如果他们有一半的大脑，他们希望到S 泰在这里，“她说。 “事实上，有很多人叫我想搬到这里。”

索赔程序：发展拥有人 没有文件与BP有一个说法，但收入损失提出在新的公关 ocess，她说。 该中心的租户已全部重新申请，但与范伯格 还没有得到任何钱，她说。

NIST的埃里克，38，费尔霍普 Â

职业：Presid耳鼻喉科和出租业主阿拉巴马海滩度假，或者ALBVR.com，在海湾岸边。

新闻寄存器报道 7月11日开始的NIST的没有收到华电工程 从BP对k失去了两个公寓，他和他的妻子自己的租金收入。 他思量 与BP在为他的度假收到租金支票的金额只有法力 gement业务。 NIST的他的血压在四月提交索赔时，第一个星期一后的德 epwater地平线石油钻井平台爆炸发生爆炸。

展望：“好消息是，我们似乎越来越 回到我们的业务，“NIST表示上周。 “人们都回来了。”他说，即将举行的邦乔维和布拉德佩斯利浓 专家审评组，雷霆在海湾摩托艇比赛和虾节将是“一个很好的射中 手臂。“NIST表示为时已晚拯救六月，七月和八月，但他的乐观 明年。

索赔程序：NIST的继续等待检查。 新进​​程 已被“激怒”。NIST表示他所谓的第一天范伯格接手，是由representati告诉 他声称已无法在计算机系统中找到。 “你几乎可以看到在鹿 大灯，说：“NIST的。 “这就像他们抓住了街上的人，把他们的电话银行”，并告诉他们“打哑了。”他说，交流 laims表示，他去网上找他的要求调节器，但没网站 '吨承认他的名字或原始的BP索赔号。 经过几个星期的反复校准 ls的关于他的理赔状况查询，NIST表示，他最近告诉他的C laim和文件被发现。 NIST表示他的要求审查依然存在。 “这个过程蜂 ñ只是痛苦的，“他说。 “我们怎么会想到介入将提高政府的进程 ？“

斯蒂芬奎恩，27，费尔霍普

职业：在2007年奎因开Blackfyn海关，使得 铝运动钓鱼塔的船只。

新闻寄存器报道搁 克7月29日的Quinn’30万美元的预期今年的营收已落后disas trously。 英国石油公司付给他失去的收入一十点四〇〇美元五月，但他什么也没听到别的afte ř备案另一个$ ȗ，000夏季左右。

展望：周三， 他在存储设备，奎因席卷了他的空棚工作台面，关闭日 好的，前往坦帕，佛罗里达州，电子门参加工作代表船合约 空气。 “这是不是留在脸上的建设和驱逐，”他说，“还是出不来。 我不会说我们关门。 我 说我们无家可归。“

索赔程序：Quinn表示，他相信他会获得八月paym已废除如果血压七月去了推进其索赔过程。 “这本来是应用roximately 63 000美元，这已足够我们一直在她的生意 é，“他说。 “每当范伯格接手，我们被告知，他们停止了所有款项。 到了这一点 其中英国石油公司wouldn’吨和我们交谈了。“新工艺，Quinn说，”告诉我们任何一天，任何一天，我们会公顷 我们的要求已经支付。“但他还没有收到超出了最初一○四○○美元什么。 “如果溢油发生了东北版本，新星€™ð仍然在店里，我们还是有收入，我想甲肝 电针的生活和房子，一切都会好的。“

埃迪彭斯，50，海湾畔

职业 ：共同拥有八个餐厅和虾篮蒸锅烤牡蛎乙 氩1996-04-03 Mikee的海鲜和Shrimpy的迷你高尔夫球唯一拥有者。

新闻寄存器报告共从六月20的斯彭斯和商业伙伴，大卫卡洪，取消复数 答打开手机一篮子虾给予的石油带来的不确定性s 丸。 泄漏被限制后，他们决定在十月开放旧谢尔ř oad。 与BP提出索赔的食肆，并检查五月及颗粒 六月和七月人支付帮助现金流。 收入在五个海滩restau 咆哮下跌25至百分之35六月，比2009年同期。

展望：“这真的很难，我们正在准备即将进入冬季没有用，”斯彭斯说。 “商业考虑关闭 干练，但它不是像我们关闭。 我们确实有一个良好的劳动节。“十月应该去 外径，他说。 “但在此之前，我们需要一些缓解。”

索赔程序：内部会计在与贝尔 桑德斯，一个海湾畔的会计师，重新文件与范伯格主导P均索赔 rocess。 斯彭斯的新的索赔被送往9月13日。 他寻找六个月compens 迷你高尔夫球场为中心，所有的餐馆，除了​​通报BULLETIN湾一中 米内特。 桑德斯告诉他，这应在每月至少收到任何付款 第 “这似乎并不像它附近与BP积极处理，”斯彭斯说。 “他们与我们要求的扰动与Q uestions。 至少前，当我们提出的索赔，我们有一个联系人。 它的 比什么都令人沮丧。 你看报纸，看看有什么范伯格说 ，它的描绘成被顺畅，更快捷，更简单，这些都不 在我的情况下发生的。“

麦克亨利，58，多芬岛

职业：宪章队长f 或40岁，队长迈克的老板深海Fishing.Â

新闻寄存器 报道 5月23日开始蒂埃里哀悼失去的时间花在捕鱼 第二说，不确定性发生石油泄漏，很难塔尔K到他的儿子，船长亨利，谁对他的父亲长大的小船，是一种许可证ð包机队长。

展望：前景仍然不明朗。 亨利和他的儿子公顷 已经集体预订了秋季的红鲷鱼的季节预计氧化聚乙烯，15人次 N在10月1日开始的周末。 “我们正在几个电话每一天，”麦克亨利说，“但有些人还是鱼氩é不安有关，是否吃与否，和不确定性Ø F中石油和分散剂的长期影响。 有些人说theyâ ™重新罚款，而政府的考验他们，但对某些人来说，它的J乌斯人性要小心，我不能抱怨他们。“

索赔程序：蒂埃里 受雇于其船舶的BP计划的机会，它把自己的船5月5日 雇员再培训计划工作在泄漏的清理工作。 他在八月初已停用，然后再重新聘用 本月晚些时候在美国工作的海岸警卫队海上两个星期的努力来德国电信 克拉油中的水柱。 他现在等待他的船接受强制性迪科 被污染和。 他的妻子，安亨利，谁处理索赔申请，称 企业收到两5,000元的紧急检查和其他四个小丢失的 来检查。 赢钱的因素进行了调整，使资金蒂埃里工作 英国石油公司。 她说，自重新提交了近六个星期前与范伯格要求， 她没有听到从一个索赔处理器。 “我敢肯定他们知道我与所有的鞋码 的信息，他们对我们，但没有人真正知道他们要去 我们的索赔处理工作。 我们准备回去的东西所谓的正常了。“

吉米沃勒，41，埃尔伯塔

职业：沃勒拥有“大冒险”一租船海滩设在奥兰治。

新闻寄存器加入沃勒在他的65英尺的渔船 6月7日，他的s econd天作为BP的机会方案的一部分工作船只。 He was worri ed about how he'd keep his business running and pay off the $300,000 owed on h is boat, plus support a family that includes aŃ-year-old son with cerebral pals y. Waller said that a monthly check from BP was enough to pay the boat note and cover insurance and his slip fee. But on Aug.ಛ, BP terminated the contract tha t had paid him $2,ዀ a day for use of his boat plus another $200-$300 for a day 's work.

Outlook: He's missing the BP paycheck and feeling the pinch. “Nobody's called ,” Waller said. Most of his clients hunt and watch football, so he's not optimistic that his boat will be in much demand this fall. “After a year of a bad economy and a year of an oil sp ill,” Waller said, “if we don't have a good year in 2011, I pretty much think my future in the charter bus iness is over. I'll have to do something else.”

Claims process: Waller filed two claims un der Feinberg’s process, a personal claim as an employee of his business and a business claim as the owner. He has received six month's worth of a salary — he declined to give a figure — through the personal claim, but by last week h ad heard nothing regarding the larger business claim. He said that he's tried to log onto the claims website to check his status but is unable to do so with t he log-on information and password given him. “I'm just waiting like everyone else, and ther e's no way to hear what's going on,” Waller said. “I think Feinberg has a little more on his plate, more numbers to deal with, than he thought.”

Patricia Zirlott, 56, Bayou La Batre

Occupation: She and her husband, Vic Zirlott, own Zirlott Gulf Products, which sells Gulf s hrimp, crab, oysters and gourmet seafood entrees, including homemade gumbo.

该 Press-Register reported in a June 13 column that Zirlott was worried whether she and her husband could continue their way of life.

Outlook: Patricia Zirlott s aid Wednesday that the company is still in business, but sales are “way down.” She's worried that American s will continue to avoid seafood from the region. “Our name says that our products come from t he Gulf,” she said. “People have said that we should change our name, but we have 20 years building a reputa tion on Gulf products, and it would be hard for people to recognize it if it wer e something else.”

Claims process: It has been a mess, she said. “I have people who pick crab for us, and none of them are getting treated fairly. One will get something, and another one will get nothing, and they all do the same thing,” she said. “I wish I had kept all the full-page ads that BP ran saying that they were going to make things right” because it hasn't happened, she sai 四 “There are a lot of people who deserve more than what they are getting.” She planned to file with the Gul f Coast Claims Facility for both her husband and herself last week, despite bein g discouraged. “You keep trying,” she said. “That's all you can do. I'm not looking for it to be right.”

This, though, is an important milestone for the still-weary residents of the Gulf Coast: an assurance that not so much as a trickle of oil will ever seep from the well that already has ruined so much since the disaster first started. The tragedy began A pril 20, when an explosion killed 11 workers, sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in US history.

Crews had already pumped in cement to seal the well from the bottom, and officials said Saturday it had set. Once ap ressure and weight test was finished, officials expected to confirm that the wel l is permanently plugged. That was expected to occur late Saturday, but an annou ncement may not come until Sunday.

People who rely on the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline for their livelihoods, though, know the disaster is far from over. 钍 ey are left to rebuild amid the businesses destroyed by once-oil-coated shorelin es and fishing grounds that were tainted by crude. Even where the seafood is saf e, fishermen struggle to sell it to consumers fearful that it's toxic.

News th at the blown-out well would soon be dead brought little comfort to people like S heryl Lindsay, who owns Orange Beach Weddings, which provides beach ceremonies o n Alabama's coast.

She said she lost about $Ꮀ,000 in business as nervous bri des-to-be canceled their weddings all summer long and even into the remainder of the year. So far, she has only received about $29,000 in BP compensation.

“Iâ ™m scared that BP is going to pull out and leave us hanging with nothing,” Li ndsay said.

The Gulf well spewed 206 million gallons of oil until the gusher was first stopped in mid-July with a temporary cap. Mud and cement were later pushe d down through the top of the well, allowing the cap to be removed. But official s will not declare it dead until it is killed from the bottom.

In Louisiana's coastal Plaquemines Parish, Guy Laigast was among three deputies setting up New Orleans Saints football garb Saturday along a fence at the sheriff’s office tr aining center, preparing for an annual employees' picnic. For him, news that t he plug was nearly done meant little.

“They've still got tons of oil out the re, so …” he said, his voice trailing off. “I don’t think it's going to solve all the problems. They've got a lot to go.”

Librarian Donna Pobrica was working in a n otherwise empty building in Belle Chasse serving as a polling place for a loca l election.

â œI know a lot of people who have been waiting for that,” she sai d of the well's plugging. “We've waited a long time.”

Pobrica said the s pill “really killed the people down the road. Oysters were the main thing down here, and now it's gone.”

Many of the area's oyster beds were wiped out w hen officials flooded the marshes with fresh water, hoping it would help keep oi l out of the delicate wetlands. Oysters thrive in salt water.

For Tom Becker, a charter fishing boat captain in Biloxi, Miss., news that the well was nearly dea d is too little, too late. His business has tanked, down more than 60 percent wi th $36,0Ǡ in lost revenue, not to mention the business he’ll lose in the futu 重。

“The phones just aren't ringing,” Becker said. “The damage is done. I'm glad to hear the well is sealed because now we won €™t have to speculate a bout it happening again. Now let’s worry about the future. How can we recover from this, and what do we have to do to bring people back?â€

Even aboard the De velopment Driller III — the ship that drilled the relief well and allowed crew s to pump in the cement for the plug — celebrations were muted.

“It's kind of bittersweet because we lostಋ men out here,” said Rich Robson, the offsho re installation manager on the DDIII vessel. “There isnâ ™t going to be any re al celebration. To a lot of people, the water out here is a cemetery.”

The Ass ociated Press was the only media outlet with a print reporter and photographer a board the ship.

Tim Speirs, BP's well site leader aboard the ship, told AP the re would be no sirens, no lights flashing, once the declaration came. In fact, m ost of the crew would be asleep.

The DDIII crew began finishing their work Thurs day, when the relief well being drilled intersected BPâ ™s blown-out well. The c ement — which will permanently plug the blown-out well from the bottom — sta rted flowing Friday. It had hardened by Saturday, leaving only the pressure test 。

Until the test was finished, men in red work suits and mud-splattered hardhats were operating heavy hydraulic machines being used to lift the drill pipe back to the deck of the DDIII vessel. Two men sitting in black leather chairs used jo ysticks to maneuver the massive machines on the deck, which were lifting the equ ipment that was thousands of feet below.

The relief well was the 41st successful drilling attempt by John Wright, a contractor who led the team drilling the rel ief well aboard the DDIII vessel. Wright, who has never missed his target, told AP in August that he was looking forward to finishing the well and celebrating w ith a cigar and a quiet getaway with his wife.

He said Saturday he plans to make good on that promise. He planned to head back to Houston and then leave for av acation with his wife, probably to California. For him, the difficult work is fi nished.

“In my mind, it's already over. It’s been a long, exhaustive proce ss,” he said, citing “the media attention, the government involvement, the s tress levels, the pressure levels — not just on me, but on the entire team.”

More than 100 days later, the oil spill is in the c leanup phase and the annual Texas gulf shrimping moratorium has ended, leaving r esidents and fishermen waiting to learn what, if any, effect the spill may have locally both in and out of the water.

While his company's shrimp comes from th e local bays, Clifford Hillman of Hillman's Shrimp and Oyster in Port Lavaca a nd Hillman's Seafood Co. in Dickinson, said that he understood that the oil sp ill may have had an effect on the gulf shrimping season. Hillman said shrimp mig rate from east to west, meaning that some shrimp caught in Texas waters may orig inate in Louisiana, which could be a problem if it is true.

“The gulf shrimp s eason has opened at probably 30 percent of what it normally is, so it would lead one to believe that there has been some mortality of shrimp trying to migrate b ecause the shrimp season has not been what it normally is, but that has yet to b e proven,” Hillman said. “The long term result will not be identified for a number of years to come. It's not just hydrocarbons in the water column, but a heavy number of water dispersants. So there are answers to be had, but they may not be for a while.”

Shrimp boats may not operate in state waters withou ta state license â “ an item hard to come by since the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department began its bay and bait shrimp license buyback program in 1995. 虽然 123 out-of-state shrimpers own some current licenses, other shrimping crews loo king to work in Texas may only purchase a license from one of the 651 current li cense-bearing residents.

As of Aug. 14, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has reopened state waters previously closed by the oil spill, but the concern that some unlicensed out-of-state shrimpers may try to work in Texas wa ters has the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department watching closely.

Mike Mitchell , TPWD game warden in Calhoun County, said state game wardens are working via bo at and aircraft on a regular basis to guarantee shrimp boats are operating legal ly.

“As far as local enforcement is concerned, gulf shrimp boats that come int o our ports and unload are routinely checked. Shrimp is confiscated and the capt ain is cited if that shrimp boat and/or shrimp boat captain are not licensed,” Mitchell said. “This season, game wardens have not encountered out-of-state G ulf shrimp boats operating in this immediate area.”

Kathleen Lambright, a real estate agent with Pooley Land and Realty in Seadrift, said her office began rec eiving calls shortly after the oil spill began to close state waters near the ri g explosion site along the eastern Gulf Coast.

“We've received calls from Al abama, Mississippi, Florida – all up and down the gulf coast,” Lambright sai 四 “Within weeks of the spill, we got more and more calls from people wanting to rethink their options.”

Lambright said Seadrift could be attractive to people considering moving elsewhere because of the RV and golf cart ordinances i n place, as well as the lower cost of living.

“If they €™ve got a boat, they € ™re going to move it,” Lambright said. “This is not usual within the last 11 years or so for a coastal person to look elsewhere, but a boat's going to loo k for where it can fish.”

While shrimp season is in full swing, the Texas oyst er season is set to open on Nov. 1. Hillman expects an average year or above for the lower coast bays, but said the Texas season will likely be dependent on the Louisiana oyster season, which typically opens in early September.

“Louisiana produces approximately 60 percent of oysters on the Gulf Coast, so the fishing pressure on Texas bays will be predetermined by the Louisiana bay season,” Hil lman said. “Texas should have enough oysters if Louisiana's season is good, but if Louisiana is low due to pollution or mortality from freshwater, then Texa s may experience a situation where we don't have enough oysters for the season .â

Under a directive from Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, that state began divert ing freshwater through spillways as a means of overcoming the tidal currents to keep oil out of the oyster beds. According to Hillman, the freshwater may have a negative effect on the beds, which could possibly lead to a high demand for Tex as oysters.

“Oysters can't sustain in a freshwater environment; they need a mixture of freshwater and saltwater, a brackish environment,” Hillman said. “The fresh water they brought in may have kept the oil away, but it also may have killed th e oyster beds. This will determine how the crop is pursued for higher demand and greater fishing pressure.”

Because oyster permits are similar to shrimp permi ts with a state moratorium on sales, Hillman said there are a number of Louisian a residents with existing Texas licenses. Hillman said the number of out-of-stat e license holders should prevent a higher than usual number of oystermen from co ming into the area.

“There won't be an excessive number of people oystering or shrimping,” Hillman said. That's a false fear and after the oil spill thi s year, that is a good thing.”

Multiple local shrimpers contacted declined to comment for this story or did not return phone calls.

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – The impending death of BP's blown-out oil well will bring one piece of the catastrophe that began five months ago to an anticlimactic end — after all, the gusher was capped in July.

This, though, is an important milestone for the still-weary residents of the Gulf Coast: an assurance that not so much as a tric kle of oil will ever seep from the well that already has ruined so much since th e disaster first started. The tragedy began April 20, when an explosion killed 1 1 workers, sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. h istory.

Crews had already pumped in cement to seal the well from the bottom, and officials said Saturday it had set. Once a pressure and weight test was finishe d, officials expected to confirm that the well is permanently plugged. That was expected to occur late Saturday, but an announcement may not come until Sunday.

People who rely on the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline for their livelihoods, t hough, know the disaster is far from over. They are left to rebuild amid the bus inesses destroyed by once-oil-coated shorelines and fishing grounds that were ta inted by crude. Even where the seafood is safe, fishermen struggle to sell it to consumers fearful that it's toxic.

News that the blown-out well would soon be dead brought li ttle comfort to people like Sheryl Lindsay, who owns Orange Beach Weddings, whic h provides beach ceremonies on Alabama's coast.

She said she lost about $240,000 in business a s nervous brides-to-be canceled their weddings all summer long and even into the remainder of the year. So far, she has only received about $29,000 in BP compen sation.

“I'm scared that BP is going to pull out and leave us hanging with nothing,” Lindsay said.

The Gulf well spewed 20 6 million gallons of oil until the gusher was first stopped in mid-July with at emporary cap. Mud and cement were later pushed down through the top of the well, allowing the cap to be removed. But officials will not declare it dead until it is killed from the bottom.

In Louisiana's coastal Plaquemines Parish, Guy Laigast was among t hree deputies setting up New Orleans Saints football garb Saturday along a fence at the sheriff's office training center, preparing for an annual employees' picnic. For him, news that the plug was nearly done meant little.

“They've still got tons of oil out there, so …” he said, his voice trailing off. “I don't think it's going to solve all the problems. They've got a lot to go “。

Librarian Donna Pobrica was working in an otherwise empty building in Belle Chasse serving as a polling place for a local election.

“I know a lot of people who have been waiting for tha t,” she said of the well's plugging. “We've waited a long time.”

Pobrica said the spill “really killed the people down the road. Oysters were the main thing down he re, and now it's gone.”

Many of the area's oyster beds were wiped out when officials flooded the marshes with fresh water, hoping it would help keep oil out of the delicate wetlands. Oysters thrive in s alt water.

For Tom Becker, a charter fishing boat captain in Biloxi, Miss., news that the well was nearly dead is too little, too late. His business has tanked, down more than 60 percent with $36,ዀ in lost revenue, not to mention the busi ness he'll lose in the future.

“The phones just aren't ringing,” Becker said. “The damage is done. I'm glad to hear the well is sealed because now we won't have to speculate abou t it happening again. Now let's worry about the future. How can we recover from this, and what do we have to do to bring people back?”

Even aboard the Development Driller III — the ship that drilled the relief well and allowed crews to pump in the cement for the plu g — celebrations were muted.

“It's kind of bittersweet because we lost 11 men out here,” said Rich Robson, the offshore installation manager on the DDIII vessel. “There isn't going to be any real celebration. To a lot of people, the water out here is a cemetery.”

The Associated Press was the only media outlet with a pr int reporter and photographer aboard the ship.

Tim Speirs, BP's well site leader aboard the ship, told AP there would be no sirens, no lights flashing, once the declaration came. In fact, most of the crew would be asleep.

The DDIII crew began finishi ng their work Thursday, when the relief well being drilled intersected BP's blown-out well. 钍 e cement — which will permanently plug the blown-out well from the bottom — started flowing Friday. It had hardened by Saturday, leaving only the pressure t 估计值

Until the test was finished, men in red work suits and mud-splattered har dhats were operating heavy hydraulic machines being used to lift the drill pipe back to the deck of the DDIII vessel. Two men sitting in black leather chairs us ed joysticks to maneuver the massive machines on the deck, which were lifting th e equipment that was thousands of feet below.

The relief well was the 41st suc cessful drilling attempt by John Wright, a contractor who led the team drilling the relief well aboard the DDIII vessel. Wright, who has never missed his target , told AP in August that he was looking forward to finishing the well and celebr ating with a cigar and a quiet getaway with his wife.

He said Saturday he plan s to make good on that promise. He planned to head back to Houston and then leav e for a vacation with his wife, probably to California. For him, the difficult w ork is finished.

“In my mind, it's already over. It's been a long, exhaustive process,” he said, citing “the media attention, the government involve ment, the stress levels, the pressure levels — not just on me, but on the enti re team.”

___

Associated Press writers Janet McConnaughey in Venice, La., and Brian Skolof f in Ocean Springs, Miss., contributed to this report.

205.8 million gallons of oil spilled.

33.6 million gallons of oil recovered by BP ships.

10.35 mllion feet of booms deployed.

11.14 million gallons of oil removed in co ntrolled burns.

1.84 million gallons of chemical dispersants used.

11 oil rig explosion workers killed.

5,939 dead birds collected.*

584 dead sea turtles co llected.*

92 dead dolphins collected.*

2 dead whales collected.*

411 controll ed burns.

966 miles of shoreline hit by oil at peak.

7,000 response vessels at peak.

47,416 response workers at peak

88,522 peak area of federal waters, in square miles, closed to fishing.

$552.5 million BP payments to claimants, so fa 河

$ 8 billion BP costs, so far.

Source: Times research

* Animals collected as of Sept. 14。

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — The impending death of BP's blown-out oil well will bring one piece of the catastrophe that began five months ago to an anticlimactic end — after all, the gusher was capped in July.

This, though, is an important milestone for the still-weary residents of the Gulf Coast: an assurance that not so much as a trickle of oil will ever seep from the well that already has ruined so much sin ce the disaster first started. The tragedy began April 20, when an explosion kil led 11 workers, sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U .S. history.

Crews had already pumped in cement to seal the well from the bottom , and officials said Saturday it had set. Once a pressure and weight test was fi nished, officials expected to confirm that the well is permanently plugged. 这 was expected to occur late Saturday, but an announcement may not come until Sun day.

People who rely on the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline for their livelihoo ds, though, know the disaster is far from over. They are left to rebuild amid th e businesses destroyed by once-oil-coated shorelines and fishing grounds that we re tainted by crude. Even where the seafood is safe, fishermen struggle to sell it to consumers fearful that it's toxic.

News that the blown-out well would soon be dead broug ht little comfort to people like Sheryl Lindsay , who owns Orange Beach Weddings, which provides beach ceremonies on Alabama's coast.

She said she lost about $240,000 in busin ess as nervous brides-to-be canceled their weddings all summer long and even int o the remainder of the year. So far, she has only received about $29,000 in BP c ompensation.

“I'm scared that BP is going to pull out and leave us hanging with nothing,” Lindsay said.

The Gulf well spew ed 206 million gallons of oil until the gusher was first stopped in mid-July wit ha temporary cap. Mud and cement were later pushed down through the top of the well, allowing the cap to be removed. But officials will not declare it dead unt il it is killed from the bottom.

In Louisiana's coastal Plaquemines Parish, Guy Laigast was am ong three deputies setting up New Orleans Saints football garb Saturday along a fence at the sheriff's office training center, preparing for an annual employees' picnic. For him, news that the plug was nearly done meant little.

“They've still got tons of oil out there, so …” he said, his voice trailing off. “I don't think it's going to solve all the problems. They've got a lot to go.”

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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — The impending death of BP's blown-out oil well will bring one piece of the catastrophe that began five months ag o to an anticlimactic end after all, the gusher was capped in July.

This, though , is an important milestone for the still-weary residents of the Gulf Coast: an assurance that not so much as a trickle of oil will seep from the well. The trag edy began April 20, when an explosion killed 11 workers, sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in US history. The Gulf well spewed 206 m illion gallons of oil until the gusher was first stopped in mid-July with a temp orary cap.

Crews had already pumped in cement to seal the well from the bottom, and officials said Saturday it had set. Once a pressure and weight test was fini shed, officials expected to confirm that the well is permanently plugged. That w as expected to occur late Saturday, but an announcement might not come until tod ay .

People who rely on the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline for their livelihoo ds, however, know the disaster is far from over. They are left to rebuild amid t 他的企业毁于一次油涂层的海岸线和渔场的瓦特 东铁支线的原油污染。 即使是安全的海鲜，渔民斗争出售 给消费者担心，它的毒性。

在路易斯安那州沿海普拉克明堂，盖伊Laigast是在t 沿着篱笆设立新奥尔良圣徒外衣星期六重稀土足球代表 在警长的办公室培训中心，准备一年度员工野餐。 对他来说，有消息称， 插头几乎毫无意义做。

“他们还有很那里吨石油，”他说，落后了。 “我不认为这将解决所有问题。 他们已经有很多东西去。“

即使船上 三，发展钻 - 该井钻救济和allowe船 ð摄制队在泵为堵塞水泥“庆祝活动的静音。

“这是一种苦乐参半，因为瓦特 é在这里失去了11名男子说，“富罗布森，对船舶海上安装管理器。 “我们是不会被任何r的EAL的庆祝活动。 要很多人，水在这里是一处公墓。“

蒂姆斯皮尔斯，BP的井场领导抗体 oard船舶，船员说，最可能是睡着了，当declarati 就来了。

救济井赖特的第41次成功的约翰试图钻 一名承包商谁带领球队登上DDIII钻井船的减压井 。

赖特，谁也从来没有错过他的目标，周六说，他计划在头部 回到休斯敦，然后采取与妻子度假。 对他来说，困难 工作已经完成。