Spilled Oil Reaches Lake Pontchartrain

Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill site has reached the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, and the eastern edges of the lake are now closed to fishing. A YouTube user recorded what appears to be oil in the water. The city of New Orleans wraps around the southern shore of the lake.



User name: gs3772
Location: Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Date uploaded: July 4
Views: 12,347
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