AdvertisementReminders Of BP's Oil Spill Linger Along Gulf CoastOctober 28, 2010Debbie ElliottfacebookEmailThe waves deposit tar balls along with shells on the white sand beaches in Orange Beach, Ala. The clumps of weathered oil are still washing up, three months after BP stopped its underwater oil gusher. Some 577 miles of shoreline have residual oiling. (NPR)