fisheries, bird population. potentially. going to have an impact on the populated areas, as well. >> reporter: ni don't want to give a false sense of security. the oil can come close and very vulnerable to this. what they have done is already put out about 217,000 feet of that protectedive boom. nearly 300,000 additional feet to possibly deploy in the coming days and it is not just for this region, guys. we are talking about places around the gulf coast. mississippi, alabama, into florida. there have been reports of people being able to smell, smell the oil from these great distances. and i can tell you, right now that the parrish president billy noneguesser saying it takes maximum effort to combat the oil. >> as the oil comes ashore, we'll set different crews out there with the support of bp.