the week before it was hurricane alex and a low pressure system that caused some problems for activity in the well site area. with the sea state being relatively calm they ll be maximizing efforts now. vivian, thank you, very good explanation, hopefully our viewers understood that. i did and we appreciate you providing perspective on this, and those were live pictures looking at the gushing well under the gulf of mexico there. a lot more oil is going to escape into the gulf of mexico before this is all over and cnn s ines ferre joins from us waveland, mississippi, on the gulf coast. thank you for joining us. local officials were worried the oil would get into the marsh. they must be pretty upset it has actually gotten there. reporter: yes, because it actually has reached this area. an let me show you how it reached the area. right across the street there s an inlet right there, where the water comes in and out of the marshes. you ll see that boom is closing off that inlet.