Louisiana Shrimp, Petroleum Festival Draws Attention Amid Oil Woes

3 September 2010, 11:20 am

MORGAN CITY, La. | Some people might find it odd that this city near Louisiana's southern coast has a Shrimp and Petroleum Festival . Somehow the two don't seem to go together. But some local citizens get a bit testy if you ask them about that juxtaposition. They say it's really a harvest festival, and that people here "harvest" oil from the sea in the same way that they harvest shrimp. It ...... Read More »

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