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pl23_r0021610.jpg

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Description

This images shows the big gaps in East Timbalier Island left after HurricaneAndrew passed through the area on August 6, 1992. The oil blowout occurredalmost one month post hurricane.

Credit

NOAA Restoration Center

Display Date

Sep-92

Location

Louisiana, East Timbalier Island, Lafourche Parish

Collection

Restoration

Damage Assessment Restoration Program (DARP)

Greenhill Oil Spill - East Timbalier Island