around the well site here. so that may slow things down as they prep for the static kill operation later today or tomorrow. as far as the heat we saw yesterday, 105 yesterday in monroe, louisiana. 102 in gulfport. these are record highs in some cases all-time record highs. unbelievably warm there. it is also heating up in the tropics. this is the atlantic pretty far away from the caribbean at this point. at least five or seven days, but this is a tropical wave to become our next tropical depression or the next tropical storm. we'll see if it closes out its circulation. at this point, nothing happening, but maybe by tend of today. that would be the favorite area of seeing development this time of the year. in the month of august, we see things come off the continent of africa. we call it cape verde storms. now that we are into august, that is the time of year for that. in general, the tropics tend to start heating up right around now. >> absolutely. august is the month, rob. thanks. well, how bad is the housing