Gulf Coast Struggles With Oil Spill And Its Economic Costs

BAYOU LA BATRE, AL- MAY 16: Kathryn Nelson walks with her children Hunter Nelson (L) and Steven Hunter after collecting a number to reserve a spot in line for filing claims against BP at a claims office on May 16, 2010 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Nelson said her husband is a fisherman and should be home tomorrow when he will visit the claims office. BP says they are committed to pay legitimate and objectively verifiable claims for loss and damage caused by the spill. Oil continues to leak out of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead as BP works on slowing the leak. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)