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Although National Weather Service reports predicted strong winds, high tides and high waves through Sunday that might delay the arrival of the bulk of oil slick on the Gulf Coast, some say the weather may actually push oil deep into the inlets, ponds and lakes in southeast Louisiana. Crews may be unable to effectively collect or eliminate oil because of the weather, and high waves may wash over yellow and orange collector booms strung out just off shorelines to stop…

Deepwater Horizon, the owners of an oil exploration rig that sunk into the Gulf of Mexico last Thursday after a exploding into flames 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, has rescue crews covering nearly 2000 square miles, looking for 11 missing crew members. TransOcean, the company that owns the oil rig, believes they will not be found. British Petroleum, which contracted the rig, realized almost immediately that there was the potential for a major oil spill, and crews are…