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Been with some of the these tar balls? >> reporter: to be completely honest with you it's really hard to tell because they've been doing such a great job cleaning it up. we've seen i-reports over the past couple of days of the reddish tide coming to shore. not the red tide that can affect sea but the tide of the oil, the water that comes up and tinged with that reddish crude. as it's been coming onshore they've been doing a good job keeping it clean. still, in speaking of that water you have the double red flags up and down along this beach. people happen to come out and see the double red fla...

As far as the occupancy at the hotels, advanced bookings were canceled. 50% of those were canceled. they usually have 100,000 tourists here on a july 4th weekend. that's not the case at all this time around. the beaches were pretty much deserted in escambia county where pensacola lies, they shut the beaches, told folks don't go in the water. don't step in the tar. an oil advisory they issued. a lot of folks we saute who were at the beach -- there weren't that many of them, but those who were here, many did venture into the water, despite the warnings. randi? >> reporter: it seems a lot of the ...

That's the problem. >> bush and them let it be corrupt is what they wanted. of course they walk away this one. look, the response would have been entirely different if it would have been off of nantucket. and by the way, katrina would have been entirely different. >> this administration has been in business for a year and a half. >> well, of course, and the federal government at this point has to come in and take responsibility. notice, though, barack obama is getting worse grades than george bush got on katrina. federal government is getting worse grades, that's for sure. >> they knew it was ...

Follow them. so they fixed the bug and then everybody got their friends back on twitter, their followers. >> all right. everyone is happy today? all right. so you're online. we're online with you. that's what's hot. ines, appreciate it. thank you. let's get over to the severe weather center. another check of weather with my man. >> better day an yesterday. developing into kansas, oklahoma, texas, all that is charged to the east and became nonsevere day. it's a rain day. raining in philadelphia, new york city, probably already r n raining in washington, d.c. at this point. this will be someth...

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