At three and a half football fields long and ten stories high a massive ship, dubbed “The Whale” has come down here to join the fight against the spill.
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On Fourth of July tourists typically pack the beach along Gulfport, Mississippi to swim. This year, there’s fewer tourists but they’re coming to see oil, tar balls and lots of clean up crews. They’ve come from as far as Boston to Atlanta, more than 11-hundred workers are trying to keep the beach along Gulfport, Mississippi clean as they search for oil and tar balls. Clean up worker, Thomas Stevens says “There’s 26-miles of beach. These probably washed up last night at high tide. We’ll work this beach and 20-minutes later we have to work it again.” BP Spokesperson, Richard Judy says “It’s very weathered material it’s not particularly toxic and it can be picked up fairly easily. We’re also finding what we call tar patties which are larger and they pick those up as well.” On occasion workers may miss a tar ball because some are the size of a dime. Charles Murphy drove in from Bruce, Mississippi hoping to cool off in the water. He got more than he bargained for. Charles Murphy says “Just swimming on the beach and put my hand down and this was on it.” BP Spokesperson, Richard Judy says as oil continues to wash up ashore here in Gulfport, Mississippi they’re warning beach goers to swim at their own risk. Richard Judy says “Just use your judgement if you see an area where it looks like there’s material that hasn’t been cleaned stay away.” Thomas Stevens says “its a public beach you can’t keep people off of it, and people are curious they want to see.” But if you do get oil on …
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