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Little blow-up of thunderstorm activity because it made waves right where we don't want the waves, right over the oil area, three to five-foot waves today and the waves have been in this area for the past couple of days. this could be much more sinis r sinister. this could have a much bigger impact on where everything else goes, including the oil. this is what's called the loop current. it affects hurricanes and also affects the oil. this is part of the -- this area here looping around, water comes out of the caribbean. it tries to make a full loop up here -- this one is cut off. but on a norm...

From the storm. we have tornadoes yesterday reported in the brownsville area. there's potential mud slides as it moves deeper into mexico. certainly, flooding, that's a concern. there was flooding here in south padre island. even more over towards the brownsville area. that is something we may be dealing with quite some time. in terms of power outages, most of the outages and a storm warning system was activated in the area. there are utility crews on the scene as well. in terms of getting off this island, the residents of south padre island, there's no getting on or off the island now. with t...

Notice the crosshairs there the storm will be moving away from the oil site. the weather today is as bad as it is going to get for the oil area. waves five to six feet, not great for the skimming operations and also those booms in place. there is also numerous thunderstorm there is, but as far as a direct hit, chuck and savannah, looks like we are going to be spared. they should be automobile to continue work during the day today. >> that is good news. bill karens, nbc meteorologist, thank you j today, vice president joe biden will visit the gulf, stopping in new orleans and pensacola. nbc chi...

Towards the oil area. let's do this quickly. the strongest part will be in the northeast and southeast quadrants. that's the worst case scenario. it would be better if it were to move over the oil as opposed to further west. you have the wind building up on the east side of the storm. that mechanism could push much of this closer to the shoreline. dying out would be the greatest scenario whatsoever. with the heavier wave action, that will bring recovery efforts to a screeching halt. >> well, a great explanation. it's amazing to think we're better off, in some ways at least if it goes directly ...

Made to detect contamination in seafood from the gulf? answer, dr. overton, there is no fishing or harvesting in a large area that has been affected by the oil. of course, fish can swim in and out of that zone so the zone of no fishing is much larger than the actual oil area. then the catch is inspected rigorously by oreganoleptic testing which is a fancy science word for taste and smell. a selected portion is undergoing chemical analysis. then professor mcdonald says, there are tasters trained to find seafood contamination. taste can detect hydro carbons in the parts per million range. that's...