shepard: it s day 70 of our national disaster in the gulf of mexico. and word today of yet another setback. that s a live look at now tropical storm alex and forecasters now predict it will be a hurricane by the time it hits land later this week. the national incident commander says it s already churning up rough seas near the spill and delaying plans to double the amount of oil they are collecting. the only impact we are having right now is the delay in the preparation to bring production vessel online. brought us to 53,000 barrels by the end of june. that will be sometime in early july and we are monitoring it. shepard: admiral allen does not expect the storm to get close enough to effect the current containment operation. officials do in fact say the skimming boats are back to shore today. a blong barges setting up barriers because of the rough seas. this is not just a little minor
oil from the bp oil spill reached shore today. two weeks after the well explosion in the gulf of mexico, the oil washed up on the chandeleur islands, crews were there to see and assess the damage. meanwhile at the site of the massive leak where hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude continue to gush into the gulf every day, efforts to siphon, plug and disperse the oil continue. a four-story 98-ton steel box arrived at the ruptured well today. engineers and welders worked day and night for a week on the structure they hope will capture the oil and divert it to a ship above the surface. even though the cap part arrived today, the hookup to that drill ship will not be complete until the weekend. best case scenario, the containment dome will suck 85% of the oil coming out of the largest of the remaining two leaks. there are huge 5,000 foot ifs here. they have never been used at
oil from the bp oil spill reached shore today. two weeks after the well explosion in the gulf of mexico, the oil washed up on the chandeleur islands, crews were there to see and assess the damage. meanwhile at the site of the massive leak where hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude continue to gush into the gulf every day, efforts to siphon, plug and disperse the oil continue. a four-story 98-ton steel box arrived at the ruptured well today. engineers and welders worked day and night for a week on the structure they hope will capture the oil and divert it to a ship above the surface. even though the cap part arrived today, the hookup to that thrill ship will not be complete until the weekend. best case scenario, the containment dome will suck 85% of the oil coming out of the largest of the remaining two leaks. there are huge 5,000 foot ifs here. they have never been used at
of the cayman islands. cuba has hours and hours more of rainfall, and the big tail to the cayman islands will eventually get to the u.s. there s your 70 miles per hour gust possible later on today into tonight and tomorrow. so here s what the radar is going to look like. somewhere around 5:00 or 6:00 tonight, the storm ramps up. there likely will be tornado warnings, keep that in mind, likely flash flooding because of rainfall, and likely some storm surge, 3 to 4 feet of storm surge. we re going to have to watch that as well. a complex storm, not a hurricane yet. it could happen. the east coast in better shape than the west coast but still as the storms come on shore today, even the people around surf side could still see something. cadhad myers, thank you very