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Upon which people work. platforms are the big ones and tend to be permanent. rigs tend to be moveable. 39 were evacuated ahead of the storm, almost double that number have closed their valves to prevent leaks which puts them out of commission until after harvey passes through. many of these use pipes to send the oil to the land. those pipes can get messed up as well. on land, more than 30 oil and petroleum refineries are in the path of the storm. 3.5 million barrels per day along the texas coast alone, according to analysts, one industry head tells cnbc it could take two weeks for these facili...

Inconvenient, difficult to do. there are a lot of people who don't have resources and don't know, as you mentioned, where they're supposed to go. do you think there's enough bussing, enough shelters around that can accommodate people who otherwise think they don't have the money or capacity to get out of town? >> sure. there have been and are multiple buses and mass transportation facilities leaving areas such as corpus christi, taking people to places like san antonio. if you're going to san antonio or austin or these other shelters, you don't have to worry about the cost. you have other peop...

Steve mnuchin said he was under pressure but defended president's statements. what is the fallout for gary cohn, many said he's in line to be the next fed chair. you wonder if this will i am pablgt them. >> let's get back to hurricane coverage of harvey. let's bring in brock longstanding by. thank you for being with us. there has not been a storm like this making landfall in the u.s. in more than a decade. back then fema had rocky responses to these things. are you ready for this storm? >> yes, sir, we are. as you can see behind me the national response coordination center the dedicated staff ...

Teams ready to go. >> one of the big issues we had in katrina was the logistics, of people getting out, help getting in, evacuations and people who decided to stay when they shouldn't have with huge storm surges and flooding. obviously we don't have the low lying land that we had in southern louisiana, but we've been hearing from mayors all morning that a lot of people are sticking around. >> yeah, unfortunately you know, right now is the time to heed the warning. this is a very serious storm. the first major hurricane that we've had since 2005 as you guys suggested earlier. the time to evacua...

Into next week. >> easily into next week. >> all right, harvey expected to strengthen into a category 3. right now remains a category 2 but still offshore moving slowly off the very warm gulf of mexico. that's how it gains power. it's a perfect mix for a strong hurricane. the outer bands of the storm are lashing the texas coast. they are just starting now. the national weather service says parts of south texas could soon see catastrophic, they use the term historic flooding. when all is said and done, some across the coast could see 35 inches of rain and possibly a 12-foot storm surge. this is...