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Preparations 'cause if it makes that norly turn a stronger storm for areas of south texas, some wind and rain in that area could cause flooding as well. shannon. >> shannon: thanks for giving us the latest. as we keep our eye on tropical depression alex, one major concern is how this storm or another storm or even a hurricane could disrupt the oil spill containment operation. our underwater cam shows you how much oil is gushing from a leak. imagine what that would be like with gale force winds whipping up the waves. rick leventhal has more on that and how that could be a setback for folks who ...

Change. >> from when we first started 'til now, they're a lot more pro-active. before they maybe did one patrol a day, if that at all. now we have them doing at least two to three patrols on their own a day. >> while u.s. officials insist afghanistan is not iraq, they admit the blueprint for success is the same. build up the local government and keep insurgents from the population. it's nation building at its most basic. with the right resources and help, american commanders are hopeful the afghans will be able to stand alone come next summer. in kandahar, conner powell, fox news. >> shannon: ...

Let's check in with chief meteorologist in the fox weather center. what can you tell us? >> hey, shannon, you know that scenario that he's talking about is a scary one for those folks. alex will not be the storm that will have that kind of an effect. we are expecting such a busy system and i'm sure we'll see very large significant storms in the gulf with them in the next couple of months that could cause that kind of damage. alex pulling off to the west and northwest. right there, it's cutting across the yucatan peninsula right now and going to be getting a little bit closer towards getting ba...

>> i find that the elderly fishermen, they're very resilient and they are having a hard time dealing with this because this is not only a loss of a way of income, but it is a way of culture that they're losing right now at this time. and we're talking to them and they're listening, but they're very hesitant on asking for help and it's very hard for them to accept the tragedy that's going on right now. >> shannon: this is such a double whammy for the gulf. so many people trying to recover from hurricane katrina. how do you counsel them through that and what are you hearing from folks who now ha...

With sea water. booms like this would have to be picked up in the event of an vaning storm. there are miles of it along the beaches and also out in the water itself. they won't be able to collect all of it. those booms, soaked with oil, could then wash ashore on beaches like this one or into the marshes themselves and that would create an even bigger mess that people would have to clean up once the storm passes through. we want to show you some aerials that were shot by one of our photographers a short time ago. about 20 miles off the coast here, out in the gulf, he shot a oil slick out in the...