DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Unified Area Command

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable by on May 14, 2010 at 5:22 pm {3 comments}
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U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry, Federal On-Scene Coordinator for Unified Area Command, Deepwater Horizon Response, participated in a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable on May 17.

The admiral discussed the on-going response efforts of Unified Area Command and provide an operational update on the status of work to secure the well, fight the spill offshore, protect the coast and minimize impacts on the environment and local economy. She also talked about the make-up of Unified Area Command and its work with federal, state, and local agencies as well as industry.

To listen to the interview, click here,

To read the transcript from this interview, click here.

To watch the DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Rear Adm. Landry via DVIDS, click here.

To read the Defense.gov article, click here.

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Joining us on the call were Brendan Demelle,  Energy Boom/Huffington Post; R.L. Miller, Daily Kos; Leslie Berliant, SolveClimate.com; Mark Warren, Esquire Magazine; Byron King, Whiskey and Gunpowder; Tim Hurst, Ecopolitology; Allison Addicott, Washington Times Community Pages, The Public Good; Brad Johnson, Think Progress; Chuck Simmins, NorthShoreJournal.org; Andrew Lubin, Military Observer.com; Dale Kissinger, MilitaryAvenue.com; Susan Gvozdas Schept, Navy Times, and Judy Silverstein, NavyLog Blog.

Oil Spill Update: Fire a “Tool in the Toolkit”

Filed under DoD News by on April 28, 2010 at 9:50 am {no comments}

By Ian Graham

When dealing with the potentially disastrous oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, responders have a lot of “tools in [their] toolkits,” officials said. This includes dispersal chemicals that break crude oil into a biodegradable substance, booms to contain spreading oil and fires to burn standing oil out of seawater.

Until the source of the spill is under control, the federal response supervisor said yesterday, there’s no surefire way to keep the impact of the spill under control, and every option — including burning — is on the table.

“If we don’t secure the well, this could be one of the most significant spills in U.S. history,” Rear Adm. Mary Landry, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Eighth District said during a conference call yesterday.

View the Pentagon Channel coverage.



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Oil Cleanup in Progress

Filed under DoD News by on April 27, 2010 at 12:14 pm {2 comments}
A map shows the projected spread of the oil slick off the Louisiana coast. Courtesy U.S Coast Guard 8th District

A map shows the projected spread of the oil slick off the Louisiana coast. Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard 8th District

By Ian Graham

Though oil still continues to leak into the Gulf of Mexico after an oil rig off the Louisiana coast exploded April 20, officials in charge of clean-up operations say they’re doing the best they can to contain the spill.

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Eighth Coast Guard District based in New Orleans, La., said on a conference call yesterday that all possible measures are being taken to stop the leak and contain the oil that has spilled so far. As of today, the spill has not reached the shoreline; though Landry has coordinated with Gulf Coast states so they’re prepared should the slick head their way.

Crude oil is emptying into the gulf at a rate of about 1,000 barrels a day; Doug Suttles, chief operating officer for British Petroleum, said it should take two to four weeks to clean the spill.

Suttles said clean-up crews are “at pace” to control the leak and to gather oil that has already spilled into the Gulf. More than 1,100 barrels (nearly 50,000 gallons) of oily water have been collected so far. (more…)

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