National Guard going door to door in Alabama as Oil Enters Pensacola Bay Florida

[Nailer]

how are national guard troops anymore qualified that joe shit the rag man for helping anyone fill out forms to get money from bp? are they trained in legal forms or firearms? makes no sense.

A video you must watch.

http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/Oil_Uproar_in_Fla


Governor: National Guard staging for “effort to evacuate” communities impacted by oil spill
BY OILFLORIDA, ON JUNE 11TH, 2010

<snip>Baton Rouge: Governor Bobby Jindal sent the following letters to the Secretaries of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security requesting that the Louisiana National Guard be utilized to support the oil spill response efforts under federal Title 32 status. By sending this letter, the Governor is preparing to mobilize the resources of the Louisiana National Guard and seeking reimbursement in support of their efforts being coordinated by the federal lead agencies.

Honorable Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Washington, DC 20310

Dear Secretary Gates:

I request that you approve funding for at least 90 days of military duty in Title 32 USC 502(f) status for up to 6,000 Soldiers and Airmen serving on active duty in support of our response to the threat of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to the State of Louisiana. Title 32 status will allow the members of the National Guard supporting the response to the oil spill to receive military retirement points, health insurance and disability protection. continued at above link.. </snip>


http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/governor-national-guard-staging-for-effort-to-evacuate-communities-impacted-by-oil-spill



think the troops will evac soon, so best to know heavy traffic areas and evac routes. Find your location, see if you are in one of the zones.

New evacuation Zones

http://bereadyescambia.com/evacuation_zone_map.php


Hurricane & storm surge oil slick
[link to escambiadisasterresponse.com]

Florida
[link to www.floridadisaster.org]

Alabama
[link to ema.alabama.gov]

Louisiana
[link to emergency.louisiana.gov]

[link to www.dvidshub.net]





<snip>The National Guard will provide security, medical capabilities, engineers and communication support in response to this threat. Currently, our Soldiers and Airmen are staging for and are engaged in the planning of the effort to evacuate and provide security and clean up for the coastal communities expected to be impacted by the oil spill.</snip>

http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/governor-national-guard-staging-for-effort-to-evacuate-communities-impacted-by-oil-spill

[Nailer]

FAA HAS NOW PUT A NO FLY BAN ON ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO...ALERT..ALERT



http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm


Special Update

FAA Closure in GOM

Looks like the FAA is closing down the Gulf of Mexico to 'unauthorized' aircraft...This coming as a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued late Wednesday night that just popped up in my flying emails this morning:

No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM (except as described).

Pursuant to 14 CFR section 91.137(a)(1) temporary flight restrictions are in effect for deepwater horizon/mississippi canyon (mc252) incident cleanup and reconstitution operations an area bounded by: 290500n/0904000w or the leeville /lev/ vortac 258 degree radial at 30.1 NM to 300000n/0890000w or the gulfport /gpt/ vortac 169 degree radial at 24.7 NM to 300000n/0870000w or the crestview /cew/ vortac 196 degree radial at 52.2 NM to 280000n/0870000w or the panama city /pfn/ vortac 208 degree radial at 149.6 NM to 280000n/0904000w or the leeville /lev/ vortac 201 degree radial at 76.3 NM to the point of beginning at and below 3000 feet AGL excluding the airspace outside of 12 nautical miles from the us coastline. This area is also depicted on U.S. Gulf coast VFR aeronautical chart id helgc as an area bounded from south pelto 2/sp02 then to south pass 6/sp06 then to chandler 39/ch39 then to pensacola 984/pe984 then to desoto canyon 635/dc635 to south timbalair 242/st242 and then back to original point. All aircraft operations are prohibited except those flights authorized by ATC, routine flights supporting offshore oil operations; federal, state, local and military flight operations supporting oil spill recovery and reconstitution efforts; and air medical and law enforcement operations.

All pilots operating within and near this area including the shoreline should exercise extreme caution due to the numerous low level operations associated with the deepwater horizon/mc-252 incident 3000 feet and below.

Aircraft involved in these operations may make sudden changes in direction, speed, and altitude. For additional information, participating aircraft altitude assignments and awareness, all pilots are recommended to review the following web site dedicated to the aviation cleanup efforts at: https://1afnorth.Region1.Ang.Af.Mil/deepwater_spill/default.Aspx

The incident commander has directed that aircraft participating in the deepwater horizon/mc252 incident, operate at the altitudes assigned by mission type unless otherwise directed.

Oil industry aircraft on routine support missions within the TFR area should not operate below 1500 feet weather permitting until within 2 nautical miles of their landing platform/site and remain on. Their assigned mode 3a code at all times. Flights within the temporary flight restriction area should be conducted under visual meteorological conditions (vmc). In the event instrument meteorological conditions (imc) conditions are encountered, pilot's should attempt to maintain VFR to the maximum extent possible or contact ATC for further instructions or exit the TFR via the safest route.

Participating aircraft in the recovery efforts are required to contact houma air operations at 985-493-7607 for assigned work area and mode 3a beacon code assignments. Aircraft shall squawk the assigned mode 3a beacon code at all times while inside the TFR.

With the exception of aircraft conducting aerial chemical dispersing operations;no fixed wing aircraft are authorized below 1000 feet above the surface unless for landing and takeoff

For additional information on air operations within the deepwater horizon TFR see website: https://1afnorth.Region1.Ang.Af.Mil/deepwater_spill/default.Aspx.

Pilots are advised to check notams frequently for possible changes prior to operating in this area.

Exceptions: operations not covered by the above authorizations may be permitted on a case-by-case basis dependent upon safety issues, operational requirements, weather conditions, and traffic volume. Flights authorized under this exception must be conducted under visual flight rules. Pilots requesting flights under this exception must contact the houma deepwater horizon incident air operations center at 985-493-7804 between the hours of 0600-1800 cst, a minimum of 24 hours prior to desired flight time. Operators should be prepared to provide precise details of their requested flight including: pilots name and contact information, company/organization, purpose of flight, type aircraft, callsign, ingress/egress points and times, requested altitude and route of flight. Pilots will then be provided with additional instructions for obtaining final approval and beacon code assignment.

Any aircraft observing oil while operating in the gulf of mexico should report the location to the oil reporting hotline at 866-557-1401 upon landing. Report should include lat/longs of the oil and time observed.

Pilots should be aware that flights approved under this exception are subject to last minute change or cancellation due to the dynamic nature of this event. Houma air operations center at 985-493-7607 is the coordination facility. For information about this NOTAM contact the system operations support center (SOSC) at 202-267-8276

Far be it from me to second-guess the FAA but this may cut down on the number of spill pictures and videos coming out from private pilots in the area... Map with closure area in red here.  Eyes wide shut?

 

To Hunch, or Not to Hunch

You might recall our recent chat about whether to sell covered call options on a certain inverse  financial stock that seemed like a good idea at the time.  Well, if I had done as I contemplated I would now be up some double-digit percentage on that trade and I'd be counting my money.

 

If you've forgotten, the idea was that I would sell several covered option contracts when this (inverse) stock was up, then when the price came down this week going into options expiration a week from now, I would have covered and simply pocked something like $100 of option price differential for each underlying 100 shares of stock, which would have effectively lowered my entry cost by a buck, or I would have taken Elaine out to dinner.

 

That's to say I would have played the Big Rally we've been in these past few days and made money on it while continuing to hold a downside position via the underlying inverse ETF shares.

 

Could have, should have, would have, but it gets us around to hunches and how & when to play them.  This morning, for example, my hunch is that while the market may rally and get some follow-through into next week, this might not be the time to commit 'widow & orphan money' (or kid's college funds)  to very long-term positions, but then again, the usual disclaimer applies that I don't do financial advice...I just write about what I've done or am in the process of doing.

 

One reason for my longer term pessimism if the latest note from Robin Landry to his colleagues in the professional money manager world:

[Nailer]

It's a no-fly under 3000ft. Not a complete restriction of flight

Here's a map of the no-fly area:

http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/notam_print_0_5100.html

[phasma]

Interesting - keeping planes above that altitude - for what reason - could they be hiding something  - they dont want people looking down on them or they want to stop people filming the spill as it spreads?

[wouldntyouliketoknow]

They must be hiding the extent of the spill and possibly future plans?

[Nailer]

They must be hiding the extent of the spill and possibly future plans?

There is actually a bigger oil spill in Nigeria and it is the company  SHELL .

Nigerian Shell Oil Spill Bigger Than bp Oil Spell

Nigerian Shell Oil Spill Bigger Than Gulf Of Mexico - US and Europe ignoring it

I've been having a conversation about the Illuminati card game and bp oil spill. I would like to share the sad Nigerian story of Nigerian Shell oil spill.

Hopefully some people will understand what I’m talking about. And remember, this is something that is not in the media because of something else happening in gulf of Mexico.

Nigeria has 606 oil fields and provides the U.S. with 40 percent of all imported crude oil which it buys. But oil demands it's price.

By 2008 at least 100 people have died since an oil pipeline exploded and the average lifespan outside the cities have fallen to 40 years in the last two generations. Many blame the oil.

Right now, there is a leak not far from the village Otuegwe. The leak has contaminated wells and covered large areas with oil.

The Guardian reporter who had gotten to the inaccessible site describes how he waded up in oil stinking water. - This is where we used to fish and grow. Now we have lost everything and the forest is destroyed, "said Chief Promise, Otuegwebyns leaders to the newspaper's correspondent.

We are told Shell about the oil spill as soon as we saw it, but Shell did nothing for six months. More oil leaking from the Niger Delta's network of terminals, pipelines, pumping stations and the oil platforms each year than has been spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, the magazine notes.

A study by the World Wildlife Fund along with representatives of the Nigerian government in 2006 estimated that 1.5 million tons of oil has spilled out into the delta of the last fifty years.

Figures from the government shows, according to The Guardian, about 7000 leaks between 1970 and 2000. Accounted for 2009 the oil company Shell has recognized that the emission of 14, 000 tonnes came from their activities.

As recently as 1 May this year a major leak occurred when a pipeline belonging to Exxon Mobile sprang a leak and nearly four million liters of oil spilled before the pipeline was repaired within a week. - If the same thing now happening in the Gulf of Mexico had happened in Nigeria, neither the government nor the oil company would have cared very much.

The type of discharge occurs all the time in the delta, "said author Ben Ikari to the newspaper's correspondent.

One reason for the ongoing oil spill is that many lines are exposed to illegal intrusions. People are installing their own cranes to steal oil.

A spokesman for Shell told The Guardian that it found 300 illegal taps on a single line. Others had explosives attached to themselves.

Nobody cares about our environment is destroyed every day.The situation is worse now than 30 years ago, nothing has changed. When I see the efforts made in the USA to come to grips with the slick in the Gulf of Mexico, then I feel sad.

What they do in the U.S. or Europe is quite different than they do here, "said Ben Ikari, referring to the politicians and oil companies.Source

Johan


http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2010/06/nigerian-shell-oil-spill-bigger-than-bp.html

[agentbluescreen]

Interesting - keeping planes above that altitude - for what reason - could they be hiding something  - they dont want people looking down on them or they want to stop people filming the spill as it spreads?

What with helicopters and spotters tracking the spill and directing surface vessels and the fact that there are no fixed radar ATC zones out over the water it only makes sense to restrict traffic and require VFR at that under such altitudes. I don't really see anything anywhere near as sinister in this communist intrusion into private travel and flight operations, as I do in them allowing the killer, criminally negligent BP corporatists an exclusive right to continue to grossly mismanage the immense, criminally destructive disaster that their own irresponsible, incompetent mismanagement and grossly incompetent stewardship has already maliciously spawned.