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Preparations cause if it makes that norly turn a stronger storm for areas of south texas, some wind and rain in that area could cause flooding as well. shannon. >> shannon: thanks for giving us the latest. as we keep our eye on tropical depression alex, one major concern is how this storm or another storm or even a hurricane could disrupt the oil spill containment operation. our underwater cam shows you how much oil is gushing from a leak. imagine what that would be like with gale force winds wh...

Change. >> from when we first started til now, theyre a lot more pro-active. before they maybe did one patrol a day, if that at all. now we have them doing at least two to three patrols on their own a day. >> while u.s. officials insist afghanistan is not iraq, they admit the blueprint for success is the same. build up the local government and keep insurgents from the population. its nation building at its most basic. with the right resources and help, american commanders are hopeful the afghans...

Lets check in with chief meteorologist in the fox weather center. what can you tell us? >> hey, shannon, you know that scenario that hes talking about is a scary one for those folks. alex will not be the storm that will have that kind of an effect. we are expecting such a busy system and im sure well see very large significant storms in the gulf with them in the next couple of months that could cause that kind of damage. alex pulling off to the west and northwest. right there, its cutting across...

>> i find that the elderly fishermen, theyre very resilient and they are having a hard time dealing with this because this is not only a loss of a way of income, but it is a way of culture that theyre losing right now at this time. and were talking to them and theyre listening, but theyre very hesitant on asking for help and its very hard for them to accept the tragedy thats going on right now. >> shannon: this is such a double whammy for the gulf. so many people trying to recover from hurricane...

With sea water. booms like this would have to be picked up in the event of an vaning storm. there are miles of it along the beaches and also out in the water itself. they wont be able to collect all of it. those booms, soaked with oil, could then wash ashore on beaches like this one or into the marshes themselves and that would create an even bigger mess that people would have to clean up once the storm passes through. we want to show you some aerials that were shot by one of our photographers a...

Heres more from what some people here on grand isle have to say. >> most concerned about oil getting on the island. if it does, excuse my french, were screwed. >> if a tropical wave passes in the gulf, we have four, five foot of water on the island. picture that plus the oil on top of it. we really do need prayer. need something. >> again, remember, these are people who are used to hurricanes, shannon. theyre used to storm surge here clearly because they built their homes up so high but theyre n...

Surface of the water that we can not see. its one of many giant slicks out there that could be headed this way. another big concern here on the ground, not just tropical depression alex now, which could become a tropical storm and head this way as weve been mentioning, you look at the video of that storm hitting belize, it could create severe problems or any other storm could create severe problems for the gulf coast. theyre also expecting thunderstorms all week long. we talked to some residents...

Pick up steam when the storm does cross the gulf and as we all know, storms are very unpredictable. officials are working to contain the spill say any kind of setback could last weeks. if a future hurricane does disrupt their operation. rick leav leventhal is in grand, louisiana, to talk about what might happen. >> any storm of more than 4 of miles an hour would force the suspension of containment efforts at the spill site. there are two ships collecting a million gallons of oil every day. that ...

Over water. as it does, it will strengthen. few variables in it. the good news is, right there is where the oil spill is. take a look where all the models bring this storm. off towards the west. i dont think well be talk being any big effects from this storm. this storm across the areas of the oil spill. well see some swells move across the gulf two to four feet that will cause overwashing around some of the berms that have been put in place. past that, i think no big problems. here is the offic...

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