Okay, I'm hoping Obama does commandeer the supertankers
WeDidIt
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Thu May-27-10 10:25 AM
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Okay, I'm hoping Obama does commandeer the supertankers |
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and gets as many skimmers into the gulf as possible.
We're quickly moving into hurricane season and there will be weeks and weeks required to get as much oil out of the water as possible before the hurricanes start moving into the gulf.
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Thu May-27-10 10:28 AM
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1. Yes. I do too. Oil companies are using the tankers to hold oil offshore to keep the price up, but |
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I hope we can make this effort.
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Thu May-27-10 10:35 AM
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Thu May-27-10 10:37 AM
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3. The former President of Shell has been on the shows and he indicated he'd heard |
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we were looking at that action, but warned it's logistically complicated. It's not as though they're just ready to sail on over, so if Obama goes that route, we need to be getting it set up now.
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Thu May-27-10 10:38 AM
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4. I read your headline and had a "Dukakis" flashback. Pays to read |
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the OP, and I do agree with you. People already stocking up on supplies here in Palm Beach County...
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Thu May-27-10 11:13 AM
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5. MSNBC just reported that this could be the the worst hurricane season since 2005 |
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Edited on Thu May-27-10 11:49 AM by eleny
2005 is the Katrina year. The experts (sorry I didn't catch the source) said there could be as many as 14 storms.
P.S. It's NOAA that's predicting this.
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Thu May-27-10 11:32 AM
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6. I think he ordered the shooting of some pirates a few months ago off Somalia |
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Not sure how good this idea would play out after that?
Do you think China or Russia would mind us commandeering their supertankers for a while?
Don
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