the perdido is the dividing line between alabama and florida, and it flows into perdido bay, and that flows out into the gulf of mexico and perdido pass. florida was not notified. the emergency operations center in pensacola was not notified. this all occurred yesterday. the coast guard is doing a great job, but they are stretched to the limit. those guys are working 24 hours. they barely have time enough to sleep, and all the more calls for command and control structure so that mistakes like this don't keep happening. our local and state officials, as well as their senator, are not only bewildered, but we are livid that the command and control is not there so that communication is not coming to the state and local government. it reminds me of some of the things i heard another saying in his experiences over the past several weeks as he was talking about the oil and that orange mousse coming in on the wetlands in louisiana, and they were not blessed because the winds took the fresh oil to the louisiana wetlands. the winds blessed up at least for a while because it kept it to the west,

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the orange mousse has come into perdido pass, perdido bay and the peridido river flows into te bay and then out into the gulf of mexico. florida was not notified. the emergency operations center in pensacola was not notified. this all occurred yesterday. the coast guard is doing a great job but they are stretched to the limit. those guys are working 24 hours. they barely have time enough to sleep, and it all the more calls for the command and ontrol structure so that mistakes like this don't keep happening. our local and state officials, as well as their senator, are not only bewildered but we are livid that the command-and- control ii not there so that communication is not coming to the state and local government. it reminds me of some of the things i heard mr. nungasser the past several weeks, as he was talking about the oil and that orange mousse coming in on the wetlands of louisiana. they were not lees, because the winds took the fresh oil to thee louisiana wetlands. the winds blessed us for at least a while because it kept it to the west, but now it is moving to the east into the