Valerie's photos > After the catastrophe but before landfall
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Boats waiting In Venice
With rough seas, 6-8 ft. boats with boom are waiting to go out
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BP Outreach Coordinator
Brian Kinnear BP Outreach at Plaquemine Town Hall Meeting
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Empire Marshes
Oil Storage tanks, Hurricane damage and eroding coastline
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Captain RIchie Blink
Richie is a crewboat captain, third generation commercial fisherman, wetlands preservationist
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Two Industries of Plaquemine
Two things that sustain the economy of this parish, fishing and oil industry, sharing the marshes
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Philip Simmons
Phillip is presently raising catle in Marshes of Plaquemine and has a Marine Company that rents small barges and boats. He has worked as a commercial fisherman and in the oil industry, sometime both at the same time
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Richie & Phillip
Richie Blink and Phillip Simmons discussing the pending intrusion of oil
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Phillip's Land Erosion
Phillip took us to his family land and graveyard, the place he grew up is now a marsh
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Bird Rescue Demonstration
BP's PR attempt to reassure the press corp they were ready to clean birds
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Acy Cooper
Great man, spokesman for the Plaquemine parish fisherman and VP of Louisiana Shrimpers Association
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Not quite Right
All seemed like a regular day except the BP workers were everywhere
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Normal Day
Life as usual, guides cleaning fish and barges traveling the Mississippi River
