Reply #14: What does a tanker do on the shore?

[RoyGBiv]

Have you ever seen a tanker below the water line?

Furthermore, do you know what it takes to rig a tanker just to suck up a water-oil mixture? Do you believe they come off the assembly line like that?

None of it is being done?

By the Numbers to Date:

* Personnel were quickly deployed and more than 20,000 are currently responding to protect the shoreline and wildlife.
* Approximately 1,300 vessels are responding on site, including skimmers, tugs, barges, and recovery vessels to assist in containment and cleanup efforts—in addition to dozens of aircraft, remotely operated vehicles, and multiple mobile offshore drilling units.
* More than 1.85 million feet of containment boom and 1.25 million feet of sorbent boom have been deployed to contain the spill—and approximately 300,000 feet of containment boom and 1 million feet of sorbent boom are available.
* Approximately 11 million gallons of an oil-water mix have been recovered.
* Approximately 840,000 gallons of total dispersant have been deployed—700,000 on the surface and 140,000 subsea. More than 380,000 gallons are available.
* 17 staging areas are in place and ready to protect sensitive shorelines, including: Dauphin Island, Ala., Orange Beach, Ala., Theodore, Ala., Panama City, Fla., Pensacola, Fla., Port St. Joe, Fla., St. Marks, Fla., Amelia, La., Cocodrie, La., Grand Isle, La., Shell Beach, La., Slidell, La., St. Mary, La.; Venice, La., Biloxi, Miss., Pascagoula, Miss., and Pass Christian, Miss.

You've got to get on the Internet to post here. Whitehouse.gov is just a click away. There you can find daily updates summarizing this information besides getting detailed information about all sorts of aspects of the current effort if you choose to read it.