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To: i-node who wrote (569307)	6/1/2010 10:40:26 AM
From: Jim McMannis	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577893

Dems. The party of self hate and blame.

To: i-node who wrote (569307)	6/1/2010 11:10:34 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577893

Thanks Mr. Bush. Alabama prepares for possible Wednesday oil spill landfall at mouth of Mobile Bay By Dan Murtaugh June 01, 2010, 8:03AM MOBILE, Ala. -- Oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to hit Alabama's shores for the first time Wednesday afternoon. A forecast map issued Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a light sheen of oil completely covering the mouth of Mobile Bay and coming ashore in Baldwin County by noon Wednesday. The NOAA maps note that moderate south to southwest winds are forecast for the upcoming week, which "indicate that oil may move north to threaten the barrier islands off Mississippi and Alabama." "I think it's uncharted territory for everybody," said Bethany Kraft, the director of the Alabama Coastal Foundation. An estimated 18 to 40 million gallons of oil have been unleashed since BP's Deepwater Horizon platform exploded and sank last month, killing 11. Officials at Mobile's Unified Command Center said they will be increasing their efforts as the oil nears. That means more boats in the water and more planes and helicopters in the air looking for surface oil near the coastline, said Lt. Cmdr. Natalie Murphy of the U.S. Coast Guard. "We'll have more eyes to look for oil, and then we'll take care of it away from the coast," Murphy said. There will also be people on the shore going up and down the coast looking for any sign of oil on the ground. So far, the only thing they've seen is tar balls, which they've cleaned up immediately, Murphy said. "If and when it hits the beach, that's not to say that we've failed," she said. "Anything we keep offshore is a win, but we still have the resources to do a shoreside cleanup." Murphy said the northern Gulf coastline has been lucky that the oil didn't arrived sooner. Forecasts released soon after the April 20 spill projected oil would hit Alabama in early May. "We've had the gift of time," she said. "If I could thank Mother Nature, I certainly would." Responders have used that time to place booms along the coastline, protecting marshes and other vulnerable spots, Murphy said. "We're prepared," she said. "We've been prepared for this." Even if the oil completely blocks the entrance to Mobile Bay, don't expect the Port of Mobile to close, said Jimmy Lyons, chief executive officer of the Alabama State Port Authority. A project to create a floating gate of booms at the mouth of the bay to keep the oil away failed, Lyons said. But there is a "substantial amount of skimming equipment staged" in the bay to clean the oil. As for ships traveling through the oil, Lyons said that so far the fluid has stuck only to vessels that were working deep in the spill or were anchored in the oil. "For ships going through the thin sheen of oil, the force of water just pushes it away" he said. blog.al.com