A sign reading "In memory of all that is lost. Courtesy of BP and our federal government" with crosses in the background in the tiny community of Grand Isle on the Louisiana gulf coast near the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Residents and businesses are reeling from the effects of the oil spill. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea.