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>> bret: b.p. and the coast guard spent oil-scooping ships back to shore as winds and waves from tropical storm alex are impacting the gulf coast clean-up operation. rick leventhal is live in grand isle, louisiana. good evening, rick. >> reporter: we are getting wicked weather on the beach of grand isle. fringe effect of tropical storm alex with winds gusting to 25 miles per hour or more and the chop in the gulf, at 10 to 12 feet, some of the swells. there has been a small craft warning in effect throughout the day. and the surface cleaning operation have been suspended. you mentioned the skim...

This picture isn't reflective of high winds and rough seas. forecasters predict alex will become a hurricane today, possibly a category 3 but more like a strong 2. either way big trouble. the storm is not expected to hit the site directly. thad allen at this point says he does not believe the storm will hamper efforts to collect oil and drill relief wells but forecasters warn it could push more oil toward the coast. rick leventhal is live in are grand isle, louisiana. it's windy. >> very windy today. we've been beaten pretty much all day long but gusting winds. forecasters tell us this is the ...

>> bret: b.p. and the coast guard spent oil-scooping ships back to shore as winds and waves from tropical storm alex are impacting the gulf coast clean-up operation. rick leventhal is live in grand isle, louisiana. good evening, rick. >> reporter: we are getting wicked weather on the beach of grand isle. fringe effect of tropical storm alex with winds gusting to 25 miles per hour or more and the chop in the gulf, at 10 to 12 feet, some of the swells. there has been a small craft warning in effect throughout the day. and the surface cleaning operation have been suspended. you mentioned the skim...

Hey rick. >> reporter: good morning, martha. rough winds and choppy seas and that means very little cleanup effort going on, no skimmers, no vessels of opportunity to help picking up the oil, the barges serving as barriers are back on shore and some of the containment boom like the boom you see on the beach, some of the boom on the water has been pulled back because of concerns it might break free. but despite the small craft warning that's in effect we did go out on to the waters with the local fishermen and it didn't take long to find the oil. >> an oily, shiny sheen, two and a quarter miles...