Barges OK'd to Block Oil Spill from La. Bay

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Plan Calls for 60 Barges to be Anchored Together, Tied End-to-End to Stretch 7,000 Feet Across Entrance to Barataria Bay

(CBS) The Coast Guard said Friday that BP is now capturing more than a million gallons of oil per day, but that may only be half of the leak. Relief wells offer the best hope for plugging it. One of them is just 200 feet from completion, though it could take weeks to finish the job.

Local officials here are finally beginning to blockade the entrance to Barataria Bay, responsible for a third of Louisiana's seafood revenues, with barges, CBS News Correspondent Don Teague reports.

It's a desperate attempt to keep oil out of the bay after a month-long battle with the Coast Guard for permission.

"As far as we know, we're breaking new ground," said Deano Bonano, director of emergency preparedness for Jefferson Parish. "Give a cajun some tools, and he'll figure out how to do something."

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1. I thought, the relief well reached to within 200 ft of the blown out well...

but has to drill down nearly 2000 ft until they will start the kill procedure..

The crew working on those two relief wells, have my prayers for sure... :)