11.   Despite the drift seaward, the state environmental office said it was unlikely the oil would reach ocean beaches such as Copacabana or Ipanema.

12.   If taking the Lukut exit, one has to drive along a road leading to town before reaching the beaches which is quite a distance.

13.   One was arrested Tuesday after spending the night on the atoll, and the other was caught in the lagoon before reaching the beach.

14.   Signaging is woefully inadequate, but you cannot go wrong if you head for Sepang and Sungai Pelek before reaching the beach at Bagan Lalang.

15.   The Danish Emergency Management Agency put floating barriers in the sea near the shore to try to keep oil from reaching rocky beaches.

16.   Two reached the beach and four were plucked from the water by the Coast Guard.