notice in order to get personnel and ships away from the drill site, which is about 50 miles off the coast here in venice, louisiana. there are about 1500 personnel working on the rig. they would have to be evacuated and admiral allen said it would take about five days to do so. none of the vessels are capable of handling a hurricane-type situation. that's a criteria. if the winds get above 46 miles an hour, they would have to abandon it and they need five days notice to do that. >> ground support operations. how much might they be affected? >> reporter: here's the concern. as the storm moves towards texas, it has counterclock wise winds which will shoef the sea water into the other direct and with that, would be the oil on the surface. that's the concern for folks in alabama, mississippi and