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Welcome back to the cnn news room. we are on day 73 now of this gulf oil disaster. to give you an update on where things stand. let me tell you how one coast guard admiral puts it. he says quote here, we've been held hostage by the oil. now weather is holding us hostage. what weather are we talking about? the storm we've been keeping aen eye on. it's tropical storm alex. back to tropical storm alex. still causing some fits for folks, about 500 or 600 miles away from where the oil is happening. this is in the western gulf now. still kicking up some big winds, rough seas all the way to the clean...

Fidelity investments. turn here. ♪ p hurricane alex turned its way across the gulf. went from a hurricane down to a tropical storm again. but still, kicking up big winds, rough seas through the clean-up zone. that's causing a problem. the surface skimming, the controlled burn, the dispersants all had to be put on hold. a big section of boom also being damaged. even containment and collection at the broken well head being koch mized a bit. just a short time ago, just a moment ago, we heard from the government's point man. >> the hur taken passed by. generated swells and weather.