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Wouldnt be visiting the gulf. what do they attribute their success to there, they havent had many soiled beaches or people starting to come back? >> reporter: well, i think the nun one thing they attribute it to is finally able to watch and see this wellhead with no oil coming out. as we were showing as so many were seeing the oil emanating and washing up on the beaches, that was the repellent, the thing that kept people away. since they put on the containment cap, even before the static kill th...

They had been capturing more but an estimated 20,000 fewer barrels were collected as a result of some of that wobbling. thats the situation there under water. whats the situaon on the beaches? supposed to be a big beach weekend this weekend. its the 4th of july. this is when a lot of those businesses make their money but some tourists are not going to the beaches. some still are despite the reports of tar balls that we have been seeing showing up. meteorologist reynolds wolf is live from gulf sh...

A lot of people down there with the restaurants, bars, hotels, reynolds, have been affected. some people starting to gather there on the beach as always but what are folks down there, reynolds, in gulf shores, expecting of this weekend? >> reporter: well, theyre expecting a turnout. it may not be as big as weve seen over the last couple years. last year things were filled to capacity, all the hotels sold out. this year not quite so much. it is a $1.1 billion industry, tourism here along the gulf...

Oil as far off shore as we can. were being inhibited by the weather. we will be out there hitting it hard. >> happy to report that admiral allen says he does not expect a hurricane to interfere with the operation to contain the oil itself. still gushing on day 72. >> hurricane alex is the latest plan to expand that operation and to double the amount of oil theyre collecting. i mentioned that we were trying to get to rick leventhal on the satellite and the weather is not allowing. hes on the phon...

Shore, some say three. it bears watching and protecting. there have been 275,000 feet of the protective boom stretching across the region in louisiana and mississippi, back into florida and alabama. they have another 3,000 of the protective boom they are going to put out. they have on back order, 5,000 feet. about a million will be put along the coastline to protect the wildlife and the economy. the economic impact its going to have on the region in terms of seafood, shrimpers and the people who...

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Very difficult endeavor for them, certainly, damaging to them. even more, when you think about the people who come to these beaches for vacation, maybe not in louisiana where you have the brackish water and a lot of the silt from the mississippi river. when you go to the alabama coastline, parts of flort ida panhandle, they refer to that as the emerald coast, clear water, pristine beaches. no question this can be c catastrophic for many of those people. >> obviously, it is not stopping the boats...

Of yours that disagree. louisiana senator mary landrieu pointing out these spills are very rare, a .right of 0.001%. most of the time oil is produced and transported safely. what do you say to that? >> well, look at the potential magnitude. why did not the back-up safety mechanisms work? this thing is moving east now, toward florida. i can tell you people down here are panicked. our tourism, pristine beaches, base and estuary where marine life is spawned. our military training area, the largest ...