Here some people are helping to keep a whale cool before the tide is high enough to drag it out into deeper water. It then has to be held upright for a few hours so they can get their sence of balance and direction back before they can be realesed into the open sea. Whales die when they get to hot even overnite they can overheat because of the large layers of bluber that covers them.
I have posted a full article about the weekend standings on my Beached B&W entry