Title: DEVASTATING: Video Shows Feds Knew Of Potential Ecological Disaster Immediately After Rig Explosion Source:
firstthings.com/ URL Source:http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.co ... mediately-after-rig-explosion/ Published:May 3, 2010 Author:Jim Hoft Post Date:2010-05-03 23:43:23 by WhiteSands Keywords:Obama, Katrina, Oil Views:23
This is devastating.
Video from NOAA site shows officials knew quickly of potential for massive oil flow
Federal officials knew of the potential ecological disaster after the oil rig explosion on April 20th.
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration video, shot as officials coordinated response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, shows that federal officials almost immediately worried that the oil well could leak up to 110,000 barrels per day, or 4.6 million gallons.
The video appears on a federal Web site.
It was filmed in Seattle, at NOAA’s Western Regional Center, as scientists and federal officials in Seattle, Houston and New Orleans engaged in telephone conferences, according to a companion document on the Web site.
It took President Obama 12 days to visit the disaster area today. Yesterday, The New York Times reported that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was not aware the Defense Department had equipment for dealing with oil slicks. The White House defended their non-response today.Œ79;
And then there’s this… On April 29th, Ron Gouget, who once managed Gulf spill response teams, publicly pilloried the administration’s response to the tragic oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Gouget helped create the 1994 plan that allowed expedited burning of oil as soon as a major spill had occurred — without having to wait for permission or approvals.
