For Those Interested in FACTS, The Admin Response has Recovered 10 million gallons of oily water [View All]

[berni_mccoy]

And that's not all...

Every day, the Administration is doing something in response to the BP Oil Disaster, and they are providing an update nearly every day of what is going on. But you won't hear it reported in the MSM, and sadly it isn't being talked about here.

For those interested in the facts, you can see what's been going on in this timeline summary of the response: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/05/ongoing-administration-wide-response-deepwater-bp-oil-spill

The latest update:

Total response vessels: more than 1150
Containment boom deployed: more than 1.73 million feet
Containment boom available: more than 275,000 feet
Sorbent boom deployed: more than 730,000 feet
Sorbent boom available: more than 1.25 million feet
Total boom deployed: more than 2.46 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
Total boom available: more than 1.52 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
Oily water recovered: more than 10.24 million gallons
Surface dispersant used: approximately 685,000 gallons
Subsea dispersant used: approximately 100,000
Total dispersant used: approximately 785,000
Dispersant available: more than 340,000 gallons
Overall personnel responding: more than 22,000

Furthermore, the Admin has overseen that BP has paid out more than $27 million in damage claims. No claims have been denied so far and assessors have been deployed to the region.

I'm tired of hearing on this site how the Admin is doing nothing in response. The fact is they are, and they are doing quite a bit. They aren't just sitting around waiting for BP to stop the oil gushing out. They are actively cleaning it up now and working with BP on solutions to stop it while holding BP accountable for damages and the cost of the cleanup.