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katie couric. to want, erica hill in new york and harry smith on the gulf coast. smith: good evening, katie is off. in better times, this resort town is one of the jewels of the gulf coast but it s reeling from the effects of the b.p. oil disaster. tonight the rough weather is only making things worse. the coast guard has pulled all the ships that have been skimming oil along the gulf coast back to shore. bad news because more oil has been washing up in mississippi and louisiana hundreds of miles at sea, alex is churning through the gulf and is expected to become a hurricane. landfall is projected early thursday morning in mexico. but hurricane warnings extend from south of the border up to texas. as for the leak, more than a million gallons of oil is still spewing into the gulf each day. b.p. is now working on a new plan b to stop the flow that s just in case the relief wells don t work. but on day 71, the weather is the big story. high seas and strong winds contin ....