Sandbags to try to block oil blobs in Louisiana
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 07:31
in Earth & Climate
(AP) -- Icy slush foiled plans to use a giant box to contain the uncontrolled oil gusher in the Gulf, leaving BP pondering an alternate solution at sea, while on land, helicopters were expected to drop sandbags in Louisiana to guard against thick blobs of crude that began washing up on beaches.