should have the time to reform their oversight agencies and really get this thing right. now, there's a lot of sympathy for these guys down here. i talked to one restaurant owner in pensacola, he says, you know, he feels bad for the drillers but he says, no, something like the bp incident can never happen again. he says, if the guys can't drill, well, they're just going to have to get in the unemployment line with everyone else. >> steve hargreaves from new orleans. steve, thanks very much for that. >> this is a region that keeps getting hit. because of alex, there's about a quarter also halted in the gulf. >> you know, just in terms of the shallow water drilling, too. remember that well, 1979, off the coast mexico. it was only 200 feet deep, they couldn't close it for ten months. >> right. and people are likening that to this situation right now. how do they finally get it to stop. cnn is your resource for news about your money. head to cnn.com about the bp spill and the economic impact