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It may be next to impossible. one official from the u.s. forest service told this to the new york times, quote, you can save particular areas or particular homes, but the fire is pretty much going to do what it s going to do until the weather shifts. joining me now from south lake tahoe, california, nbc s jacob ward. jacob, that was really sobering when i read it today. it just shows you in a situation like to you have a fire that is so scary, so destructiving tell us what s going on and how it compares to fires we ve seen there in the past. well, chris, the fire fighting efforts that have been honed here in california over the decades are entirely based on the assistance that the topography gives firefighters. you can rely typically on the geography of this state to help you in some ways and hurt new some ways travel. additionally something like the vale you see beyond me here is a help to firefighters this kind of geography can stop a fire, ....
Streaks on your screen are oil. look at that. that s amazing. it s flowing up from the seafloor out of the leak that sprung after a huge drilling rig exploded and sank beneath the waves. so far all attempts to stop the leaks have failed. boats with oil booms are trying to contain the mess, but the oil slick is spreading rapidly. it now covers at least 1800 square miles, an area larger than rhode island. right now, winds are blowing the oil away from the shoreline, but if the weather shifts, well, the oil could reach the gulf coast in a matter of three days. meteorologist janice dean is live at the fox weather center with more on this. this is devastating. this is going to be a big story, because they are predicting the oil is going to move on shore by the weekend, unfortunately. this is going to be a big story as we head in towards friday and saturday as those winds right now, they re favorable for the spill to stay off shore, but we re going to get those winds moving onshore and tha ....
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