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We have a front moving through, and as it moves through we'll have an increase in the wind. the water's going to get churned up quite a bit over the next couple of days, something we'll watch very carefully. anyone that happens to be out there watching and observing from the skies above will have a difficult time. and the search forsive vivers on the platform it will be duff ki difficult for them. a complete change in the forecast a few days from now from louisiana. we'll give you more information as it's available and we'll pitch it back to you. let's go back to ali right now. i want to go ...

Vessels come out to bring food and supplies, so they're around and you said a number of them responded to this emergency? >> we got word, there were more than 30 in the area by the time we got out there that night. and that's why earlier i classified those -- the men and women that were working on those rigs are heros in this as well. >> yeah. >> because it's 115, you know, lives that to this point that have been reunited with their families. >> right. >> because of their efforts. >> right. you bring up a good point, senior petty officer, michael o'berry. michael, you've been good about keepin...

Energy reporter with "the houston chronicle," and senior petty officer michael o'berry with the u.s. coast guard. the deepwater horizon, that burned for 40 hours in the gulf of mexico, has now sunk. 11 workers are still missing. the coast guard actively looking for those 11 workers. sort of a dual mission now, the coast guard in a supervisory role over dealing with this rig and the hole and the oil that is going into the gulf of mexico, about 336 barrels -- gallons a day. michael, tell me what -- do you know the course of events? you've got a report that this thing's on fire? did you get a pho...

And those -- they're all flying in with teams to do this, and we also have inspecting officers who are specially trained on how to, you know, conduct interviews and start the investigative process and seeing how this all worked together. with those three groups, we're able to do all three at the same time and do them all well. >> it would be very helpful whenever we have accidents on this, people's minds first go to what went wrong and how do we make sure it doesn't go wrong again and how do we make sure there isn't danger of that going on. michael o'berry is telling us there are tens of thous...

>> typically speaking a firebreaks out on a rig -- and, by the way, this graphic is from "the houston chronicle." they have great coverage to see how they are above water. it can sit 8,000 feet above water it can dig 32,000 feet below that for oil. increase lg i as oil becomes rarer, you have to go further out to look for it, that's the sort of work you have to be involved in. michael o'berry, let's go back to the workers for a second. >> sure. >> you operate, as we are grateful that you do, on the assumption that if there's a possibility that they're alive, you are going to search for them. h...