northern florida, but how about six and a half inches of rainfall statewide, 7.5 trillion gallons are water or 11 million olympic size pools. le for every person in florida, 300,000 gallons are water fell from the sky in the last couple of days, a remarkable amount of water. but we know 6.2 without power. in georgia an ain credible 1 and a half million. georgia well known for pines and oak trees, with all that rainfall. this is an area susceptible to trees coming down. hurricane opal in 1995. much the same. three fatalities so far and the threat is the trees will come down additionally in h the next couple days as this plays out even with sunshine. the soil will remain saturated. it still dangerous. there s a lot of debris and lot of risk. the everyone be care phil.
nitty-gritty negotiation session over just how bp is going to pay for the claims and damages of all the folks who are suffering. more on that at the top of the hour. i m patricia wu in new york. more oil could be flowing into the gulf than previously thought. the government now estimates 60,000 gallons could be spilling every day. we will break it down to gallons of milk and olympic size pools. i m elizabeth cohen in atlanta. on capitol hill today, senators grill experts, is the seafood supply safe and the workers cleaning up the oil, are they safe. that at the top of the hour. thank you. more from all of you coming up. he met with president obama just this week and watched his speech last night. richard guyo is part of six generations of gulf coast shrimpers. we ask him his thoughts on the