(In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 image taken from video, Corey Moore, Dauphin Island public works superintendent, gestures toward a portion of a 3.5-mile-long berm made of sand built with money from BP PLC to protect Dauphin Island, Ala. from oil during the2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials are hoping it will help protect the coastal barrier from storm surge during Hurricane Isaac. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves))
