storm surge which is on the right side right up here into lake ponchatrain and right up into the mouth of the mississippi river. this is kind of a worse case scenario. the worse case would be if it strengthens. that is still possible yet. the good news is we don t have a lot of time. tuesday evening 7:00 p.m. less than 48-hours. may run out of time for it to strength enthat much. the good news is the panhandle in florida you are out of the cone. you will still get effect but not making a direct hit. that is a disturbing shift for that city. satellite image from nasa. hundreds of miles from the center. be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don t take it with food.
land, but we are going to see the effects far longer than that tuesday evening. th this is a look of where the center of it is now. what we have not seen for quite a while is it is looking for tropical positions. it looks more like we see than a tropical storm. it has a designed center core it has no more interaction with land. it will now begin to stenth en. point this out a couple days ago all of these models were going over here around panama city. now going to the west. it put new orleans on the sad site of this storm. it brought in a lot of water through lake ponchatrain and that s what causes a lot of
all right. bottom ofthe hour now, let s take a quick look at what s driving the day. the oil seeping from the ruptured gulf has arrived in new orleans reaching lake pontchartrain. later this morning president obama will talk about doubles u.s. exports by 2014. he believes this will create 2 million jobs. and the heat is rising again on the east coast. the entire region will see temperatures close to tuesday s record-breaking figures. cities are expanding pool and library hours. and emergency crews are checking on seniors to make sure they are staying cool. other stories making headlines on a wednesday, hawaii s governor feet joed a civil unions bill to give same sex couples granted though to
chose on the goose it through spending in congress are simply not flying because of deficit concerns. john harwood, thank you so much. we ll turn to the gulf now where the oil has moved inland in louisiana spotted in the state s lake ponchatrain. we hear it is a small amount of oil in the lake, but worrisome nonetheless. reporter: it is very worrisome for the people of new orleans. this means the crisis has essentially come to their doorstep. the coast guard is reporting an oily sheen and tar balls found here. state officials closed park of the late to fishing areas. the waters have been choppy to make it perform any kind of separations. it is a small amount, and there s a bit of sea food in the area. the tests so far have not revealed any contamination, but
the islands east of lake ponchatrain. so that s ts best answer that we have for you as far as when the initial sheen will reach the shore. will that thick, coagulated oil get there? main not. that would be good. get some burns going? getle more of those skimmers out there. because they don t have enough of the booms to cover the coastline. i want to touch briefly on this because we have fairly serious weather today. the same south winds pushing that oil we re seeing thunderstorms pop because of it and this will all march off towards the east. mississippi, alabama, parts of louisiana will be affected by this. kansas city, marching across missouri towards st. louis