"It's in our area now and there's nothing we can do about it," said BD Root, a Jackson County Recreation Department employee. "Because of Gov.
– Oil officially hit Mississippi's shoreline yesterday, and the state's governor has finally decided that this spill is bad news: Gov. Haley Barbour, who just last month suggested that the spill would have "minimal impact," is now pushing BP and federal officials to boost his state's resources, reports the AP. "While command and control of on-water resources has improved, it must get much better and the amount of resources to attack the oil offshore must be greatly increased," said Barbour in an email statement.