Coastal economy, ecology relies on protection of floating barriers against encroaching oil spill (with video, gallery) | al.com

Coastal economy, ecology relies on protection of floating barriers against encroaching oil spill (with video, gallery) | al.com: "Coastal Alabama -- at least its marshes, beaches and sea life -- now depends heavily on thick, floating plastic.

But as the oil from the Deepwater Horizon well continued to creep toward the shore Friday, agencies tasked with laying booms to protect the state's shoreline were still organizing a list of where it had been deployed."

Preparations for oil slick off Bayou La Batre, Ala.