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The florida straits and cuba and at this point a weak tropical storm and very minimal impacts in south florida and the rip current threat the biggest danger to any life. wind and thunderstorms and really nothing you wouldn't see in a good squall and during the afternoon. the storm then heads due south of the oil spill saturday morning. that's when the wind will be the highest and the waves will be the highest over that containment site and the big question is, will the cap stay on as the storm passes just to the south. then, finally, the storm should make a landfall, not expected to be a big, ...

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 whipping up the waves. rick leventhal has more on that and how that could be a setback for folks who ...

Say the mere presence of such a storm could force an immediate stoppage, a retreat from the well head for the safety of the crew. that would mean removing that containment dome we've heard so much about, stopping the drilling of those relief wells, which ultimately can stop this, we hope, completely, and pulling out all the ships that are rounding up, skimming or burning oil up on the service. it's a big operation. all of this would have to start days ahead of the storm's approach in getting everything back in place acid would also be just as hard. so, thad allen, you saw a moment ago, estimat...

Friday, which is a good number. but again, maybe less than half of the numbers that you gave earlier that are escaping on a daily basis and if tropical storm alex does head in this direction, they're going to have to suspend operations out at the containment site. that means zero barrels, zero gallons collected at the site. all of it, thick crude, spewing into the gulf for at least two days, maybe up to five days before the storm arrives and several days after until they can get all the crews back in place. that's certainly a major concern here. >> not what they need to hear down there. thanks...

The possibility of a storm approaching, a tropical storm, some of them were moved to nearly to tears and these are people who are accustomed to hardship and now maying facing the greatest threat to their livelihood ever and the last thing they need is oil coming ashore. >> someone comes in, we're going to catch hell. it will be dispersant all over the place. it's killing all the animals. i'm totally disgusted. >> every home here on grand isle is on stilts. so a storm surge is not an issue. but obviously oil on the beaches would be. >> there are containment operations going on. you've been poin...