oil as far off shore as we can. we re being inhibited by the weather. we will be out there hitting it hard. happy to report that admiral allen says he does not expect a hurricane to interfere with the operation to contain the oil itself. still gushing on day 72. hurricane alex is the latest plan to expand that operation and to double the amount of oil they re collecting. i mentioned that we were trying to get to rick leventhal on the satellite and the weather is not allowing. he s on the phone with us now from louisiana. how much oil are you seeing there now, rick? shepard, we had hoped to show you live but the storm clouds got in the way of our satellite signal so massive pools of food washed up on the pristine beaches here, more than we ve seen and more locals have seen. last time it washed up is may 19th. oil is here very bad. they ve shut the beaches down and it stretches as far as the eye can see. do you notice a difference in the skimming operations since
shore, some say three. it bears watching and protecting. there have been 275,000 feet of the protective boom stretching across the region in louisiana and mississippi, back into florida and alabama. they have another 3,000 of the protective boom they are going to put out. they have on back order, 5,000 feet. about a million will be put along the coastline to protect the wildlife and the economy. the economic impact it s going to have on the region in terms of seafood, shrimpers and the people who collect the oysters and tourism. alabama coastline and florida coastline. you have the pristine beaches called the emerald coast. with the oil, it s going to keep people away from the beaches. what they are going to do is put that out. some of the protective boom to
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very difficult endeavor for them, certainly, damaging to them. even more, when you think about the people who come to these beaches for vacation, maybe not in louisiana where you have the brackish water and a lot of the silt from the mississippi river. when you go to the alabama coastline, parts of flort ida panhandle, they refer to that as the emerald coast, clear water, pristine beaches. no question this can be c catastrophic for many of those people. obviously, it is not stopping the boats from taking off behind you. reynolds wolf, appreciate you so much. we need to remember one other thing about this story. there are 11 rig workers that are still missing right now. their families are devastated. witnesses say that the 11 were on the deck when the oil rig exploded last week. we are going to continue to follow that part of the story and remember those 11 workers. well, you know all that anger that s been boiling up at protests and tea party rallies. today, we could see some of it
of yours that disagree. louisiana senator mary landrieu pointing out these spills are very rare, a .right of 0.001%. most of the time oil is produced and transported safely. what do you say to that? well, look at the potential magnitude. why did not the back-up safety mechanisms work? this thing is moving east now, toward florida. i can tell you people down here are panicked. our tourism, pristine beaches, base and estuary where marine life is spawned. our military training area, the largest for the military in the world, all of these things are threatened. are we putting too much you say you re pleased with the white house response too far. are we putting too much trust in the oil companies?