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Oil would be pushed on land here. that would be the worst possible case. the best possible case, lets change direction a little bit. this thing doesnt get any bigger, but it travels to the east and goes over florida somewhere as a 30 mile per hour rainmaker. what would that do? it would shift the wind direction like this, and take the oil and blow it into the middle of the gulf of mexico. allow it to sit there for a longer length of time. the more oil that stays out there, the more it turns into...

This thing doesnt get any bigger, but it travels to the east and goes over florida somewhere as a 30 mile per hour rainmaker. what would that do? it would shift the wind direction like this, and take the oil and blow it into the middle of the gulf of mexico. allow it to sit there for a longer length of time. the more oil that stays out there, the more it turns into a tar ball. its easier to pick up the tar balls than the liquid oil. i dont see a best case or worst case. we get what we get. my so...

Downpours of rain can cause some dispersion. it is minimal when you are talking about a widespread area and isolated thunderstorms. the forecast calls for winds out of the south southeast up to 17 miles an hour. waves will be a little more relaxed, two feet or less. the wind direction will eventually shift and come more from the southwest as we go into monday, tuesday, and wednesday. every week, we are talking about different changes out there, in terms of the gulf coast and weather we are exper...

>> yes. exactly. its been kind of floating around, going down and sinking. well, this long wind direction from one direction is now pushing it on to the -- i dont want to say beaches. there are a few beaches in here. but this is the fishery. this is the bayou. this is the the nursery of the gulf of mexico where all the fish are born, literally. its where the plankton is eating, its where the fish eat the shrimp and so on and so on and so on. so now we have the disaster where theres oil in the fo...

Looks like its making a -- >> as a louisianan it worries me, its been said on the shows, you have the oil spill and now you have a big ball of fire coming. >> way better, because you disperse it in the air and it doesnt affect the wildlife that much, however bad the oil is smoke is less bad than oil. ash is less bad than oil. >> thats what i wanted to talk about, the winds. lets go iceland, "off the radar." >> wait for it. >> there you go. theres the volcano, heres the ash. its back! all the w...

The restrictions were caused by a change in wind direction. not an increased amount of dust. thats good news. the irish aviation authorities says aircraft flying over ireland from britain and the rest of europe not affected. >> meanwhile, irans navy will kick off eight days of war games in the persian gulf starting tomorrow. the exercise is supposed to flex their military might and comes after the united states and other western delegations walked out on president mahmoud ahmadinejad as he gave ...

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>> reporter: tony, it seems that some shorelines may be more sensitive and delicate than others. so five staging areas had been set up in gulf coast states to try and concentrate on those areas, including venice, which is where im reporting from now. back to you. >> samantha, appreciate it. thank you. got to tell you the oil slick could devastate the seafood industry, even the perception that shrimp and oysters and fish could be tainted has business owners worried. heres dan thomas with affili...

Wait to florida. 210,000 gallons a day still pouring out. tough on the people who make their living on shrimp, fish and oysters. we get more now from pensacola, florida. >> reporter: ray boyer has spent 22 years in the seafood business. >> i dont recall having something like this in our backyard, having to worry about the direction of the spill like that. >> reporter: thats just what he is doing, keeping a close eye on gulf currents and wind direction. >> it is always in the back of everybodys m...

Before her in a legal dispute if she became a justice. >> bret: thank you. this is another fox news alert. the coast guard has just started burning an oil slick from a sunken rig in an effort to keep it from reaching the louisiana coast. correspondent chris gutierrez is live in venice, louisiana, with the story. good evening. >> hello. we got the confirmation from the coast guard minutes ago. huge development today when you consider that the size of that oil slick has grown now to 600 miles in c...