My buddy went to Grand Isle to cut grass at his camp, and afterwards he decided to check out the beach to see if he could see any tar balls or oil.
There was an oil boom along the sand on the beach, so he stepped over it and started to walk to the water. After about ten steps past the boom, a Jefferson Parish Sherrif officer called him back and told him he wasn't supposed to go past the boom.
He asked if he was going to be fined for being on a public beach, and the officer told him no.
My buddy started to step back over the boom to go back to his car, and the officer told him to stay on the other side of the boom and don't cross over. He asked if he wasn't being fined or arrested, why he couldn't go home.
The officer said he had wait to be picked up and brought to the decontamination tent.
Now this guy hadn't seen a drop of oil on the beach, and the goobermint is going to waste taxpayers resources and money to have a clean guy decontaminated.
The sheriff probably has a ‘friend’ who owns part of the company doing decom.