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well, it s just hoping that we can it stays off shore and that we can the boats can do the work to try and contain it and to get it dispersed, collected, all the work that goes into working a large spill like this. and it it s a big ask because it s a huge area, and it s it moves around. so it s just continuous work. one thing that s been in our favor is very fair weather, flat seas, light winds. i think that s really helping us. and the south current is taking it toward laguna beach, dana point. still off shore, it s not going on the beaches right now i believe. so it s a continuing, evolving situation. sure is. the los angeles times is reporting today that the platform company amplify energy emerged from bankruptcy just four years ago, and the way that the los angeles times puts it,
prime minister, who has been here in perth visiting the operation center, was cautious as well, pointing out there is a lot of rubbish out there floating out in the sea. this is what he had to say. there is a lot of ocean debris floating around the globe continuously. and containers do fall off ships. and so there are any other number of potential explanation as to what this these items actually are. reporter: nevertheless, we can expect to see this operation stepped up quite dramatically over the next few days. we have got those six aircraft out there today. they have been joined by two chinese aircraft, japanese aircraft, as well. as well as vessels, ships out there, including japanese and chinese ships, which will be scouring that area tomorrow. but as you point out, the weather isn t doing us any favors. we had a couple of days of flat