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We had high tide about 15 minutes ago, the first one of the day at 12:20 eastern time. if we pan down to the right you can see where the light ends, where the sand, the beach ends and we get into some of that dark area, that is sea grass and a little bit of a dune there. i don't suspect that we will see any water up into the streets getting anywhere near land i at avenue. to push it into the roads and inland into some of the inlets out toward the intracoastal water way. around the lunchtime hour, and that one could be a lot more interesting, especially if we see winds topping 100 miles an hour...

Space station to keep it from striking space debris. those of your fast five headlines. let's get the latest on the oil leak in the gulf of mexico, and joining us is david usher, chairman of marine pollution control. david, good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm fine, thanks. let's get right to the mess in the gulf, because let's talk about the big debate as to just how much oil is leaking out there. >> of course, it is a problem. one of the things that i think about that i haven't heard is how much of a dissipation there is. usually in vessels that carry the material, the light ...

Not holding the oil. but talk to us about why you say the oil on the surface is not the biggest problem, but that there is a cloud, the oil has depth, and that getting to that is a huge challenge. >> this is louisiana sweet crude. it's got a lot of what's called light ends which evaporate quickly into the air and also dissolve very readily into the water column. what you see on the surface is like the tip of the is imagine cumulus cloud of dissolve dispersed oil under the slick, wherever it is. >> we have a graphic to kind of demonstrate what you're talking about. this cloud beneath the surfac...

If we have enough of it, it's what we call the light ends, and then you can work with it and they are going to try to bring together the material that is spread into a closer air with booms and then ignite so that we have enough of the light ends and if any of the heavy ends are there. >> we keep hearing the word disaster being thrown around. this could be a disaster. is that an -- >> i don't know how to put it. that's the way we attack things. the exxon valdez was certainly one. >> does this have the makings of being another exxon valdez, in your opinion? >> it could. the viscosity of the mat...