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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (77650)	6/7/2010 2:04:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

Maybe they could have mobilized a task force with skimmers, mops, buckets, straw and garbage bags. Military and prisoners maybe even volunteers, even people on unemployment benefits? Where are the people of the panhandle? Why are they not out there protecting their beaches?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (77650)	6/7/2010 4:06:43 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

I do not know of any surfer who could ride a tsunami wave. Until we have one, surmising that mopping activities would be productive during such a high gush rate is far fetched.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (77650)	6/7/2010 5:46:38 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

That is exactly what they should be doing. Just a few days ago CNN reported that flying over the gusher and looking at 500 to a 1,000 sq miles of oiled water, there were exactly 12 skimmers. That is ridiculous!! There should be many more. A 10 year old kid could make that deduction. >>RE:"And the Feds had what equipment and expertise immediately available that they would have deployed compared to what BP did?" Maybe they could have commandeered a couple of empty tankers to vacuum it up at sea. At the spill site. Maybe they could have prepared to seal off critical inlets. Maybe they could have mobilized a task force with skimmers, mops, buckets, straw and garbage bags. Military and prisoners maybe even volunteers, even people on unemployment benefits? Much more at stake here than sending Lawyers and "making BP pay". I guess their is a wide gulf between suers and doers?