Saturday, June 19, 2010

Experts See 'How-Not-to' Book Emerging From BP Oil Spill Cleanup

'Nothing we could/would have done differently...'; I think nott.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/17/AR2010061705808.html

"The fight against the gulf oil spill is already writing lessons for future cleanups. Unfortunately for the gulf coast, outside experts say, many are lessons in what not to do.

Since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, outsiders watching the cleanup say, the federal government and BP have made key mistakes that delayed or distracted the effort to stop the spill. Some were probably inevitable: BP engineers and government officials were forced to improvise in the face of mounting disaster.

But other missteps -- seen with the calm and clarity of hindsight -- look as if they could have been avoided.
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