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Tell us that -- i know you said the water is off limits, what about the sand? have you seen oil... tar balls on the sand there? >> reporter: we are prevented, where we are, look at the orange fence line, it keeps the public about 20 yards away from the tiger dams, those are big boom lines that are filled with water, and are quite heavy, and they are lined up along, right above the high tide mark and below that is where we have seen the crews with shovels and you can see a crew down there, right now, gathering up and scooping up, tar balls an tar mats, and putting them in bags as well as in pil...

Beach with lisa jackson, the ep a administrator, visiting florida, alabama, and mississippi and louisiana and she talk to the worker, scooping up tar balls, off the surface of the sand, getting a feel for the damage here, and, we asked her about the difference between the health department saying not to get into the water and the county government not completely shutting the water down, actually, asked if she'd get in the water. >> i haven't gone over to the water but, based on the fact the beach is... i'm not going to the water today. >> reporter: here's the rub, now there is no federal gover...

Snowfall up and down the mid-atlantic a lot like the snow was enhanced in buffalo. >> yeah, i remember my parents' home, and the snow up above the windows. >> and chad, if i may. >> above the windows in that house. go ahead, sarah lee. >> well, talking about the scooping up, and cleaning uf afterwards, you have to keep in mind, wolf, across the country all of the budget shortfalls for state and local jurisdictions and it is no different here. everyone has reached the snow removal budget and they have to come up with that money somewhere, and they are dipping into the emergency fund, but if it ...

Potential for that, initially here are the numbers. initially when it was placed near the spill zone, it was almost capable of scooping up 500,000 barrels of oily water every ten hours. so that's a huge nut bmbers rig there. we were supposed to get some results red, but i spoke with one of the rear admirals yesterday with the coast guard. he said it's a hooj massive oil tanker. but you need skimmer boats to be able to chase it. yes, that super tanker can suck in a lot of oily water but it's not just concentrated in one area, so the "a whale" should be able to maneuver. that's going to be one o...