Oil update #1

David Halstead, Director of Emergency Management (FL) had an interview with Beth Switzer on the Florida Channel (a local public station that I watched every few days for state political news). Here are some of the highlights:

BP may set up an office that will be present "for years to come" in the panhandle area, similar to hurricane offices that are set up to help claims long after Opal, Katrina etc have moved on.
*side note from me- (If you ever visit the panhandle, you will still see blue roofs from hurricane damage).

We are looking at an unknown, unprecedented clean up effort for at least 5-10 years.

There is ALOT of oil under the sea right now, and although the media and White House have claimed the "worst is over", it is not over.

12,000 pounds of lumps and balls of oil have been picked up by clean up crews. as of 8/11/10.