BP Contractors Cover Up Oil With Sand!

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PENSACOLA - Today, we've been hit with a number of calls and e-mails from people concerned about the oil they're finding beneath the surface of the sand on local beaches.

As we told you last week, Coastal Geologists, say it's a natural phenomenon for the outgoing tides to cover up the tar balls.

With more on what BP plans to do to clean up this sub-surface tar....

Take a look around....BP workers have left the scene.
There's plenty of oil still out here that they've left behind.

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To the casual beach-goer it may not be noticeable. Let me show you.

Dan:
Lift up your foot like this."

Rachel Burleson:
"Is that oil?"

Dan:
"Did you not know what it was?"

Rachel:
"No."

By the afternoon, the BP workers came out in force, sifting the sand on the surface. But anyone building a sandcastle knows that the clean-up the BP workers are doing won't get all of the oil. Take a look at this. There's oil anywhere from two inches to 18 inches below the surface. But we're told bp has a plan to clean all this up.

So, we took BP spokesperson Lucia Bustamante out to the beach and showed her the oil beneath the surface.

Lucia:
"So this is the natural tidal wave"

Dan:
"Yeah I know why is it there?"

Lucia:
"Well now that I know where it is, I can talk to supervisors and get crews over here"

Dan:
"So this will be cleaned up by tomorrow morning?"

Lucia:
"Hopefully yes"

We're told the equipment to dig out the oil from underneath the sand can't work during the day because of the heat, but they will be working overnight.

Reporting live on Pensacola Beach, Dan Thomas, Channel Three.
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