In too many ways, PJ, that concept is too black to be a comedy. Seeing it laid out like that is a very uncomfortable feeling.
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1956 – “In God We Trust”
2001 – “No one could have anticipated…”
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Q: Admiral, there are reports from near the region talks about a second plume (inaudible) and I guess (inaudible) for about a month—much smaller spill (inaudible) Saratoga, deep water Saratoga. Do you know anything about this spill? Is it impacting (inaudible) the deep water (inaudible)?ADMIRAL ALLEN: I haven’t heard anything recently, but we will get some information and we’ll make a release. Captain [Ronald] LaBrec will follow up on that.
Q: And a follow up question. There was a poll saying that the—many Americans believe that the federal response to hurricane Katrina actually slightly better than the federal response to this disaster. What’s your response to that?
ADMIRAL ALLEN: My response was I was part of both of them, and they’re not comparable for a lot of different reasons. There was not a lot of assets present at Katrina. There was not a forward federal presence for quite a while.
We were involved in this thing from the start. I can give you an exhaustive list of what’s alike and what’s not alike between the two of them. I really don’t believe they’re comparable.
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Transcript of Adm. Thad Allen’s Tuesday BP oil leak briefing
Well, at least the Press are asking questions. Too bad they are not getting any answers, or being more aggressive with followups!
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So, maybe the people at the bottom of the ladder are getting it, but the ones who really need to get it, obviously don’t. And s… What’s new? *shrug*
BTW, I did find one useful site about the disaster, at Rutgers of all places! 🙂
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Portal
he Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a massive tragedy for the Gulf of Mexico that started on April 20, 2010. Currently a large community of partners are working together to mitigate/manage the response to the spill.
As part of those efforts, our team, which includes partners from several federal agencies, companies, many universities and non- profits are developing a portal that will consolidate many data streams to help response efforts. This portal is a team effort and is open to all partners.
Maybe the DH Unified Command could learn a thing or three!
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