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We're more than three months into the gulf oil disaster and bp is still trying to plug the ruptured well. that and the clean-up delayed just a bit because of stormy seas, our reynolds wolf is tracking it all from the coast. >> i'm covering this from grand isle, louisiana, where remnants of bonnie continue to move inland and boats from the deepwater horizon continue their journey out to sea. the one of the key vessels into the drilling operation not relief well to stop it altogether. it won't be one of those situations where they'll be able to resume work immediately. they've go a a little set-...

Thing. one it gave them that dress rehearsal. we'll see more storms develop in the gulf of mexico but also gave the boats a chance to retrofit, to resupply and going to get things started up again in a couple of days but probably take one to two weeks before they can really make that effort for the static hill and bottom kill operation. a little bit of a hiccup but they'll start getting things started. t.j. speaking of getting things started last night here they had in grand isle called island aid 2010, it was a big fund-raising event for a lot of the businesses here that have been ravaged by ...

Kill operation. in fact, they were to begin this weekend killing the well that would bring this disaster in the gulf of mexico finally to an end. but all of that has been delayed at least a few days until the ships can get back after bonnie passes. veronica? >> yeah, the nation doesn't want to hear that word. delay, delay, delay, delay, no more delays. with that in mind, what would the highest priority be at this point? >> well, the rovs that provide the video feeds, they apparently are staying on-site. the last time i checked, they were still providing a live feed. if they have to disconnect,...

Busses that were flooded and not used for evacuation because they were not moved in time. >> nbc's charles hadlock is in venice, louisiana and the big question a lot of people are asking right now is how much is this storm likely to delay the oil response teams? >> reporter: that's what is the frustrating point about all this. this weekend, they were going to begin the kill operation of the pouring cement and mud into the bottom of that well to begin the process to kill. but that has now been delayed at least a week, according to the coast guard. they have ordered the evacuation of all the dri...

Precisely to go, and then we will start the kill operation. >> we have kind of analyzed this almost like trying to get an i.v. and trying to find the some kind of vaein that you can't fid with the small needle and that is what you are doing at 5,000 feet below the bottom of the ocean, is that right? >> well, in fact, almost 18,000 feet from the floor of where the drill ship is where we are starting the operation. >> yes. >> and what we are doing right now is to drill 30 feet at a time and run in the measurement tools to know precisely where we are. most of the time, we are doing measuring work...