Does anyone know where I can read about St. Mary’s plan of action if the oil comes our way?  
I read the paper almost every day while up at work but have not read much on St. Mary Parish’s Plan.  
 
I read in the last couple days where the other parishes to the east want to make barrier islands out sand to stop the oil at the shore. I think this to be wonderful idea and have proposed this in the past at coastal restoration meetings as a way to rebuild the reefs that were dredged out by the state for the shells to build the roads. This is the problem with erosion in the bay, but that’s another story for later telling if someone’s even interested in my theory!
 
I hope we are not going to rely on just booms to keep it out as they do not work in the rough water that we have in Atchafalya, Four League, Vermillion and East Cote Blanche.  
 
With the dredge in the bar channel now it would not take them long to do our segment, but I see no mention of our parish in the States plan. If the States does get emergency approval from the corps we will be the only Parish in the State of La with open bays exosed to the Gulf. So someone please tell me we are going to go afte this?!!!!!!!!(((:::
 
Rebuilding the barrier islands is the way to go for this spill and futre spills

One has to wonder when the  news media is going to report the most probable cause of the blowout on the Deepwater Horizon. Not that anyone knows for certain, but it is becoming pretty clear what happened.
 
The blow-out-preventer (BOP) was made right here in Bayou Vista by Cameron.There are some people reading this locally that probably worked on it. The BOP failed and that caused the blowout. OK, so why is everyone pointing the finger at everyone else, but no one is pointing at Cameron? It is because Cameron did nothing wrong.
 
Cameron has more experience building, repairing and refurbishing BOP’s than any other company. It does the best work on BOP’s in the oilfield. However, Cameron- like all manufactures, will only warranty is product for a limited period of time.
 
The unverified word on the street around here is that the BOP that failed on the Transocean rig was the one that was on the rig when it was delivered to Transocean in 2001. It was supposed to be brought in to be refurbished every 5 years. However, BP has never sent it in to be refurbished. Reportedly, they used the same old excuses -couldn’t shut the rig down, no time to send it in, equipment working fine didn’t need to be serviced, etc. That may be why BP is taking full responsibility for the blowout.
 
If that is true then what happened to the governmental regulatory agencies that oversaw the rig. Why did they allow the BOP to go 5 years overdue for service? Also how many more BOP’s are there out there in the same condition?
 
If anyone can add anything it might turn out to be very helpful in the long run.

Absolutely true Capt Merle,but why did the annular fail? I know the driller raised the pipe accidently while  it was engaged, but that alone should not have caused the annular on the BOP to fail and the well to blow.
 
Also ,thanks for your comments. Anyone else have an idea ,opinion or question.We would like to hear all,pro and con.Maybe we can shead a little light on the blowout and clean up.

We've likely all watched the stance that was taken by Parish President Bill Nunngesser of St. Bernard Parish.  His efforts in being out front with the oil spill are to be commended! He reacted with such passion and knowledge of the situation, it makes me wonder if our St. Mary Parish officials would be up to the task should this had taken place off of our shores.
 
Any thoughts on how our leadership in the Parish would have fared?  How about any potential elected officials at the parish level?

There is no telling what our parish officials would have done!  I kinda think we all know, but wont say!

After 87 days the BP Deepwater Horizon well has finally been capped .  Amen, and thank God.
 
May this never happen again.