PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Booms stand in place protection the Port of Pascagoula, Mississippi, life continues as normal here with preparations for disaster in place and ready after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig that sank April 22, 2010, causing an oil spill near the U.S. Gulf Coast. U.S. Navy video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Rosprim.