Oil stays offshore, but slick could hit Mississippi islands today | al.com

Oil stays offshore, but slick could hit Mississippi islands today | al.com: "The Alabama coast continued its waiting game Friday as a massive oil slick stayed offshore, and well owner BP PLC took its best near-term shot at containing the estimated 210,000 gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf each day.

The latest projection from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls for oil to make landfall along Mississippi's barrier islands as early as today. The 72-hour projection calls for no oil landfall along the Alabama coastline before Monday."