May 10 2010

Obama Oil Spill Response: Swift And Decisive

Excellent News !!!

No Effort Has Been Spared in Massive Operation !

The USS Gravely (DDG-107) an arleigh burk-class guided missile destroyer sits in the Port of Pascagoula, Mississippi surrounded by oil containment booms to prevent oil from the Deepwater Horizon from reaching it’s hull while in port. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig that sank April 22, causing an oil spill threatening the waters near the U.S. Gulf Coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (EXW/SW) Corey Truax/Released)

The USS Gravely is Safe !

Safe I tell you.

What could be better.

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  1. Yeah !

  2. man-oh-man did he deliver.

  3. Yes, this really is what the government / corporations are claiming as their big success on the website they started.  Although even this is a little convoluted. The Coast Guard and BP have hired a company called “Pier Systems”–not to help in the recovery–but to

    US Coast Guard and BP Using PIER to Manage Media and Public Information for Deepwater Horizon Response

    The Deepwater Horizon Response site is a virtual Joint Information Center (JIC) involving the USCG, BP, Department of the Interior, MMS and over 20 other organizations. When used to support a JIC, PIER enables various response organizations to collaborate on information management. According to Chris O’Neil, media relations chief for the US Coast Guard, 61 federal managers from numerous agencies including the Defense Department, FEMA and NOAA have utilized the JIC to share information.

    PIER Systems, Inc. has worked with the U.S. Coast Guard for more than 9 years, and with BP for more than 8, supplying each with the PIER communication platform and assisting with developing effective crisis communication strategies.

    (and, though there’s no real response to the crisis at all– they also started a facebook page, a twitter, and a myspace site–so I guess y’all will just have to ‘friend’ them now)

    http://www.deepwaterhorizonres…

    http://www.piersystems.com/go/…

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