Seriously, I have to ask this - is there something more than we can do to cleanup the Gulf Mess?

[LynneSin]

I realize that perhaps the Obama administraton should have reacted quicker to cleaning up much of the deregulation that happened during the Bush-Cheney years. So many regulations were relaxed that something like this was bound to happen. But Obama is the type of person that he will take the blame for this - Obama looks forward never back.

But seriously, what else can we do to clean up this mess? I honestly think, for a lack of a better word, we're fucked until this well pumps dry. I know BP is trying but is it enough. Is there something more the White House environmentalists could do that we have tried yet? Could we get a giant brigade of volunteers with ShopVacs to clean it up? What else is there?

It saddens me to think the Gulf Coast is fucked (although it could get worse - another Katrina could rip thru there). But is there a better solution we are all just overlooking?

[Poll_Blind]

1. This is not a direct answer, per se, but the Coast Guard really needs to inspect all of...

...these vessels operating in the Gulf. Senator Franken was questioning someone from BP and asking if there was anything abberant or nonstandard about the operating procedures or practices which occurred on the Deepwater Horizon prior to the catastrophe. Multiple times, he said no, nothing was out of the ordinary. Senator Franken used it to suggest the vessels operating in the Gulf are in dire need of review by the U.S. government because of this.

The more direct answer to your question...I don't have. I just don't know.

PB

[Peacetrain]

2. It is all fly by the seat of our pants...No one knows..because this is new territory

I mean we have had well go kablooey in the Gulf before..but this, this keep water thing.. Every day it will be something new, because that is where we are..

Let me add this.. Its damn scary

[frustrated_lefty]

3. Gulf burnout

People got tired during Katrina. Same thing different day

[Ian David]

4. Let's ask Bill The Lab Guy...

[damntexdem]

5. Yes, stop all deep-water drilling in the Gulf.

Stop the next event before it happens.

As to the gusher itself, take BP out of the loop beyond its paying for the drilling of the relief well. Unless and until the gusher is stopped, cleanup effors are futile.