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anything that gets pushed onshore will be pushed a little bit further inland. you can look at history, they ve had a list of problems in this beta field. they ve been fined before for corroded pipes and things of that nature. in 1969, this was the worst, santa bar bra spill, 3 million, the worst until the exxon valdez and then bp again. a history of problems. you know they re going to be talking about this in more depth not only in southern california but you ll probably hear about it on capitol hill this week as well. that was a lot of great information, the scariest among them this will elongate because of the currents you described that come from so many different directions. tom, thank you so much. let s talk more about all of this. joining us on the phone is katrina foley, natasha was making reference to, a supervisor representing huntington beach. glad you can be with us.