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Jun 05
2010
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BP's cap starts collecting oil, but spill still threatens FloridaPosted by: Administrator in Oil Spill Tagged in: Beach
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The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continued to washed ashore Florida's Panhandle on Saturday, stunning tourists and locals alike, as government officials said the amount of oil a makeshift containment cap is capturing from the ocean-bottom gusher is slowly increasing.
BP's cap, initially put into place on Thursday, collected 6,000 barrels (252,000 gallons) of oil "in the last 24 hours," said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man for the disaster, on Saturday morning. Official estimates are that 12,000 to 25,000 barrels of oil are gushing out underwater each day, but some scientists have said the number could be substantially higher.
