tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post8099644096780702676..comments2024-01-20T15:51:35.268-06:00Comments on And So it Goes in Shreveport: Another Storm is BrewingPat Austin Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-40999858384752438402010-07-22T16:44:49.066-05:002010-07-22T16:44:49.066-05:00The Gulf Oil Spill should be being treated with a ...The Gulf Oil Spill should be being treated with a wartime footing. But it is not. There should be fleets and fleets of military craft (which are available but not yet present)along with all the trawlers who have changed from nets to dragging for oil, committed to the Gulf of Mexico like the D-Day invasion. There have been statements that there are as many boats on the water now as there were in that armada. The D-Day invasion fleet was committed on June 6 despite the possibility of Force 5 winds (Beaufort scale, winds 19-25 mph), not too good for some small ships but very bad for landing craft, and in fact in the early hours there were losses because of that. But the weather broke enough for the majority to cross and invade the beaches of Normandy. It would have been too costly to delay. <br /><br />The conditions with this tropical depression (from NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL at 5:00PM EDT 7-22-10PM today)show maximum sustained winds at 35MPH and not strengthening--now we all know that doesn't mean much, by later tonight it could turn into a full blow! <br /><br />But even so,why is this crisis in the Gulf any less urgent than D-Day? This is a national emergency in the Gulf, not a walk on the golf course du jour.<br /><br />We have to be cautious about the weather, but there is a time to throw caution to the wind.Laurence L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09233566821343443240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-67848681998806729972010-07-22T15:27:08.284-05:002010-07-22T15:27:08.284-05:00Amen to that!Amen to that!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995981511802074871noreply@blogger.com