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Facilities is absolutely crucial to getting us out of the woods here. once we get power restored things will recover quite quickly. >> are you confident that the power restored would mean the pumps activated? >> remember, the safety systems that are in the power plants are designed to with stand the seismic event. so im quite hopeful and they have redundant multiple safety systems within each facility. im confident that one they get power restored and start recovering the systems in a very syste...

>> stable -- and once we get power restored, things will recover quite quickly. >> are you confident that the power restored would mean the pumps activated? >> the safety systems in the power flants are designed to withstand the seismic event. im quite hopeful -- they have redundant safety systems in each facility. im relatively confident that once they get power restored and start recovering the systems in a systematic fashion, they should be able to cobble together a series of pieces of equipm...

Meltdown? if some of the reactors do melt down, what does that mean for us? >> lets start first with the american people. if those reactors were to melt down, or if that fuel was to melt down, the amount of radiation would be more localized. it would be a much more serious issue for the people who live in japan. >> would it become a dead zone? >> there is an area potentially you would want to keep people away from entering because it could have very high radiation levels. >> for a long time? >> ...

>> no, we dont. >> we dont have to worry about it beaming on us. >> thats correct. >> do we have to worry about the plants melting down truly, what we know as a chernobyl-style meltdown? if those reactors, if some of them do melt down, then what to us? how about to the japanese? >> if were lacking only -- lets start first with the american people. if those reactors were to melt down, or if that fuel was to melt down, the amount of radiation would be more localized. it would be a much more seriou...

>> they call us the coolest company on the planet. >> reporter: he is the founder of patagonia, the sportswear and outdoor gear retailer. sales last year were over $300 million. >> this is a design center here. this is where, the most interesting part of the company for me anyway. >> reporter: patagonias success and image as a retailer come not only from its designs but the environmental model. in 1986 it converted its cotton clothing line to 100% organic because of pesticide concerns. >> if you...

The shore suggesting a huge dead zone where the animals conditioned find food. there are a lot of risks in this. adam shapiro, you were using that water hose and i noticed as you tried to put your finger on top of the water hose, you werent able to stop the flow. thats how you spray the water for the flowers. if you crimped it at the end to where no water comes out. if you did that, somewhere down in the water hose, if there was a leak, you would find out. if it had a bubble, it might even blow....

Arterial-aerial flying over the same area over grand isle where you can see more, thick heavy oil even closer to shore. the governors office says that he came here after seeing our reporting on this advancing plume yesterday on fox. only good news is we havent seen the oil washing up on the beach. we know its out there and getting closer and more is leaking every single day. >> shepard: rick leventhal with the continuing disaster in the gulf. thank you. bp reports today that as of this day the c...

>> is part of the fear the plankton are eighting so much oil and creating a depletion of and then and the areas will become dead zones? >> thats probably going to happen right where the oil is. as far as the adjacent areas towards shore, i dont think. were going to deal with perhaps a dead zone for a while but that will eventually break up, eventually, perhaps being years. we dont know. what were concerned about is the changes that take place because of whats happening out there now. the effects...

Boats communicate with each other and with the coast guard so that the coast guard can direct them to where the oil is. shep? >> shepard: molly henneberg on a windy night in new orleans. monthly liberation thanks so much. scientists tell us the oil appears to be sucking the oxygen right out of the gulf just as so many predicted. in essence, suffocating the marine life there. experts have observed animals behaving strangely. in fact, on "studio b" today we spoke with an environmental reporter who...

Contained and make the people of the gulf whole. 11 people died. that should be a criminal scene. 11 people died. so i hope that we get it all right. right now contain the gushing and, wolf, i know youre going to have scientists on later to talk about the methane gas that might create a dead zone in the gulf. look, i love oysters. every friday night i go out and get raw oysters. now i have to go to canada and other parts of the united states to get them. please, let us get the gulf back. and by ...