BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Governors of several Gulf coast states say Sunday will be a day to pray about the oil gushing from a blown undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal issued a proclamation declaring a day of prayer for perseverance in coping with the environmental crisis caused by the gusher.

In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry is urging Texans to pray for the healing of individuals, the rebuilding of communities and the restoration of the Gulf coast environment.

Alabama Governor Bob Riley has issued a similar proclamation calling for prayer this Sunday.

Experts say the current worst-case estimate of what’s spewing into the Gulf is about 2.5 million gallons a day from the blown well, polluting shorelines from Louisiana to Florida.