Devastating: Video Shows Feds Knew Immediately of Massive Oil Flow Potential in Gulf Spill

If this was Barack Obama’s 9-11.
He’s failed miserably.

Oil in the Gulf of Mexico off the US coast. (AP)

At least 125 miles of Louisiana coastline has been ruined by the BP oil spill. Tar blobs began washing up on Florida’s white sand beaches near Pensacola days ago. And, crude oil has also been reported along barrier islands in Alabama and Mississippi.

The federal government knew about the massive flow of oil immediately after the explosion back in April.
It’s too bad they didn’t take it seriously.

Video from NOAA site shows officials knew quickly of potential for massive oil flow

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.
The New York Times reported that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was not aware the Defense Department had equipment for dealing with oil slicks.

And then there’s this
Way back 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.

If this was Obama’s 9-11.
He sure hasn’t acted like it.

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