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One, when it came to measuring, they werent planning for worst case scenario. they were hopeful. the stunning thing we learned today is that independent scientists contacted bp with ways to measure the leak as early as may 4th, a scientist named richard camilli offered in an e-mail may 4th imaging multibeam solar technology to study a way to determine the flow rate. bp agreed, then changed their mind. that was may 4th. may 19th, lamar mckay, president of bp america testified to the senate that t...

Impacted the response. its extraordinary imprecise and we took a view very early on, we didnt think you could do it. meaning measure the flow rate, and we didnt think it was relevant either." bp had always planned to overreact to the spill, planning for a worst case scenario. if that is true, how come theyre still scrambling to get containment vessels here and boom and skimmers and just about everything else. to continue to claim its just too hard to estimate the oil, and besides, its irrelevant...

Spilling untold thousands of barrels more. the new one goes from next week to next month. why? because 53 days into this, only now are they bringing in additional ships from as far away as the north sea which may or may not have enough capacity. unlike the two vessels on-site which we know fall woefully short of the 40,000 barrel estimate we just got yesterday. >> first of all, i think were still dealing with the flow estimate and were still trying to refine those numbers. one portion of the wor...

About the assessment of flow rate? >> i mean, i agree with the president in that as far as i can see, all the resources that is could be available, all the booms are actually deployed. what im trying to reshape the debate in this experiment is, its not from my point of view how much oil is coming out, but where its going and what its doing when it gets there. so, the different parts of the environment are being influenced by this oil and whats most important is the oil that is damaging and destr...

That bps response plan was based on unrealistically low flow rates. he wrote to doug suttles, im concerned your current plans do not provide for maximum mobilization of resources to provide the needed collection capacity with revised -- consistent with revised flow estimates." that was admiral watson saying, they hadnt planned well enough to capture enough oil. what is truly stunning is doug suttles response two days later saying "we will continue to adapt our plans as more is learned about the ...

U.s. governments flow rate team. requested. despate assurances the government is in charge. requested. but not yet replied to. this, despate the fact that bps own spill response plan called for immediate monitoring of the flow rate. and the researchers tell the associated press the new estimate of 40,000 barrels doubling the last estimate but quadrupling the impact because the oil now has the potential to stick together over much larger distances, jeopardizing more animals, more fishing waters, ...

Concerned your current plans do not provide for maximum mobilization of resources to provide the needed collection capacity with revised -- consistent with revised flow estimates." that was admiral watson saying, they hadnt planned well enough to capture enough oil. what is truly stunning is doug suttles response two days later saying "we will continue to adapt our plans as more is learned about the flow rate from the well." theyre going to adapt their plans as more is learned about the flow rat...

Because the coast guard said, your response isnt enough based on the flow rate. doug suttles said well change the response as we learn more about the flow rate. he acknowledged in his letter to the coast guard, it is important to know. but publicly its irrelevant. >> how long are we going to let them tell us what theyre going to do. when is the government going to say, get out the way, well measure it. why are we letting bp still run the show? >> the story is saying the government wants them to ...

The governments point man on the response efforts says bp captured or burned nearly 24,000 barrels of oil yesterday. thats about a 30% increase over the day before but less than half of the possible flotilla flotilla it you can see a chunk of storms on the caribbean. the forecasters say that could develop into a tropical system in the next few days and possibly move the toward the still area. 70% chance. if that happens it would be tropical depression number one and admiral thad allen says the s...

One portion of the work as we just indicated came up with a higher flow rate. >> try 20 to 40,000 barrels. thats the latest estimate anyway. the magnitude of this disaster has made bp a household enemy number one in the u.s. and undercut confidence in the obama administration. the political fallout may be as enduring as the sludge. today, the oil spill reaches into alabamas white beaches and protected wildlife areas. well talk to governor bob riley. >> what were trying to do is get the people th...