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Refrigerators and televisions. that's a lot of toxic chemicals that are going to stress our marine life and habitats even more than they already are. >> reporter: last month scientists at the university of hawaii asked the crew on board this historic russian tall ship "the palata" to document what they saw as they sailed from honolulu to vlodivostak, russia. just past the midway islands they couldn't miss the mess. the crew made notes about appliances, boards, buoys, drums, boots. a fishing boat they hoisted up left no doubt about where it all came from. the markings say fukushima prefecture. ...

A gas war. yes, you heard right. prices are already going down in some parts of the country. this is milton, florida, on the panhandle, where regular unleaded dropped from the $3.80s to $3.55 in one day. >> what was the price? >> cheaper than down the street. >> reporter: oil prices fell for the second day in a row. look at this chart. a steady rise from $75 in may of last year to more than $110 last week. and now boom, the second biggest drop in history. down to $97 a barrel. if pump prices continue to settle, seattle's cheryl sanders might actually drive her new car to the mall and spend som...

So when you ask how is this region doing, how are they recovering after a year, it helps to talk to a local pro like the man we spoke with today, dean blanchard. he's only done this one thing in his life. >> until i'm dead i believe every morning when i wake up i'm going to think of bp. the first day i realized that bp wasn't trying to pick up the oil, you know. it was just -- it was a pain in my heart. >> dean blanchard is a fifth generation shrimper whose accent gives away his french-canadian roots. he's owned his business in nearby grand isle since the age of 18 and at one time by his estim...

After empty lot. it's hard to believe this was once home. >> the soul of the city is gone. the seafood industry. i lost my soul because i thought that biloxi was the final resting spot for me. there was a great feeling here. and it's gone. it's gone. now, when hurricane katrina churned across the southern tip of florida it barrelly generated enough wind speed to qualify as a hurricane at all. but one abrupt shift in direction changed everything. we have this one-hour cnn documentary that essentially follows katrina's progression into what we know was a devastating category 5 hurricane and th...

>> within a span of an hour or so, water just rose. all of our furniture started to float. >> reporter: what did you think when that water is coming up as fast as it probably did? >> somewhere in there i kept figuring it's going to recede somewhere. >> reporter: but it didn't. and gary and his wife and three pets were stuck, forced to ride it out. >> we watched the tsunami, and we said, look at this. we're the ones that always say, why didn't they get out of town? some people stay, some people go. >> reporter: gary, who lost his home in one of the nation's worst natural disasters, now faces on...