Massive oil stretch discovered outside the mouth of Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico

Amidst the media talk of the resolution of the oil nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico: this in from New Orleans' "Times Picayune:"

"Just three days after the U.S. Coast Guard admiral in charge of the BP oil spill cleanup declared little recoverable surface oil remained in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishers Friday found miles-long strings of weathered oil floating toward fragile marshes on the Mississippi River delta."
Just three days after the U.S. Coast Guard admiral in charge of the BP oil spill cleanup declared little recoverable surface oil remained in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana fishers Friday found miles-long strings of weathered oil floating toward fragile marshes on the Mississippi River delta.

In midst of jubilant news of vanishing oil spill: Big oil plume confirm

We're getting prominently placed news about the shrinking of the oil spill from British Petroleum's (BP) Deepwater Horizon. But Thursday, August 19, 2010 we get confirmation of a deep, long oil plum:
"Major study proves oil plume that's not going away"