the area, that will help make the pattern a little bit more progressive from west to east. so as far as what the forecast models are showing for our winds, we go from calm to slightly on shore to everything now over the next couple days really goes offshore pretty strong. and first it goes 10 to 20 to 30 miles an hour. by the time we get to sunday, anywhere from 10 to 15. that's the direction we want. and that's for the most part, you know, four out of five days, suzanne is when we'll get a pretty strong offshore wind. that's what we want. it's the one or 1 1/2 days out of the week where we get either light winds or on-shore flow is when things get nervous. and that's how that radiation gets into the soil and vegetation and unfortunately the water supply in spots. >> thank you, rob. >> you bet. an american contractor has a special interest in what's going on in japan's crippled nuclear plant. he was actually there the earthquake and tsunami hit. he talked about his dramatic experience with cnn's david mattingly.