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Risk to people there? >> well, it's interesting. the two biggest concerns are people inhaling this and obviously some sort of surface contact with it. i think at this point, talking to experts in the area, talking to a lot of hospitals in the area as well. there is really, there haven't been any reports of any physical harm coming. nobody going to the hospitals. the hospitals are preparing for things but there is not much to possibly do. if it starts to burn and some of those pollutants get on to the shore area, that could potentially be a problem but at this point, i think the larger concern ...

You can't stop it here. it is simply too powerful here. if you let it disperse just a bit so that it gets a little bit softer, then you come in with something like this and it starts sucking it up in effect. you avoid the pressure issue. you take it up to the surface where it is pumped into a barge and maybe you can do it this way. it has never been done at this depth but with the clock ticking, it is emerging as the best solution to do sooner rather than later and every day danger gets worse. and i want to ask you a question about that. to some degree, people are reporting that they can smell...