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Shoreline. look at this graphic. noaa, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, came up with a forecast of likelihood based on historic current and weather patterns. you take the southern tip of texas to the louisiana state line, you have a zero to 40% chance of oil impacting the beaches. mouth of the mississippi to the florida panhandle, 81 to 100% chance and many have already seen it. south on the west side of florida, the peninsula, less than 20% chance it impacts the naples, fort myers, marco island area but then the loop current, according to noaa, over time in totality here, then...

Before this is over, impact the beaches of the keys and miami and ft. lauderdale. you have in the florida keys, tarballs showed up may 18th. they were not associated whatsoever with the deepwater horizon disaster going on out there. so no oil has yet to show up in the keys along miami and fort lauderdale but cord to noaa, it's possible here on a 61 to 80% chance. look at the current state of the loop currents as well as the frank eddy, which detached itself. all this remains south of the oil mass that's out there in the water. so no oil has actually entered the eddy and no oil has entered the ...

Zero to 40% chance of oil eventually impacting it. then you go, of course, from the mouth of the mississippi east to the florida panhandle. 81 to 100% chance likelihood of oil impacts that. to the western side of florida around marco island, fort meyer, naples, well, that looks promising. only less than 20% chance the oil will hit the beaches, but then you have a loop current to deal with. that's why the noaa forecast shows from key west up the keys to miami and up the east coast of florida, fort lauderdale, broward county and palm beach county, 61 to 80% chance that at some point over what is...

Is going to last, but, look at the map. starting on the left of your screen, the southern tip of texas to the louisiana state line, based on historical current, and weather patterns, that is being given a 0 to 40% chance some sort of oil, tar ball, tar mat, something will end up on the sandy beaches and the mouth of the mississippi river to the florida panhandle, 81 to 100% chance and a lot of the beaches already had their 100% chance and south, florida, naples, fort myers area, it look good based on current and weather flow, less than 20% chance the oil will get there and then of the loop cur...

>> brian: phil, it's absolutely true that in many parts of the state of florida right now, the oil problem has been somewhat manageable. it eventually has to go somewhere, doesn't it? >> yep, it does get in the loop current. this is giving it a 68-80% chance. that will have problematic situation for the east coast. real quickly, all of these houses on the stilts, these are called camps down here, they're all beach houses, people that drive down here for the weekend and the big holiday weekend. typically, you will have three to four families all hanging out, having a good time this fourth of ju...