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Government ready if the storm moves toward the oil slick? this morning, admiral thad allen, the national incident coordinator said there is no, quote, playbook. later he had this to say. >> we have a very robust con continuingency plan. >> so, is there a plan or not? thats the question. ahead, my interview with florida senator bill nelson, who is demanding an answer. his state could get hit by this weather system. first, tom foreman joins us. what is the latest on where this might be headed? >> ...

First incident command officials say the mere presence of such a storm could force an immediate stoppage, a retreat from the well head for the safety of the crew. that would mean removing that containment dome weve heard so much about, stopping the drilling of those relief wells, which ultimately can stop this, we hope, completely, and pulling out all the ships that are rounding up, skimming or burning oil up on the service. its a big operation. all of this would have to start days ahead of the ...

We need to preposition a surge capability that when they would have to move out of the way of the storm and before they could get back all the oil in the gulf, we need extra ships out there scooping up the oil after the storm passes. and that probably is going to be u.s. navy ships. they could get them prepositioned in the vicinity, in port and then go in after the storm. >> in terms of a detailed plan, i know that you want to have one. but what would you like to see, more skimmers, more ships w...

And i would like to introduce him right now. thank you. >> thank you, admiral. im going spend a few minutes talking about what osha has been doing and how they have been working with the incident command, other government agencies to protect workers that are cleaning up the oil spill. both on the land and sea. osha has been involved in protecting workers on this oil spill since the last week of april. since we immediately anticipated that workers were going to be mobilized to work on the clean s...

Response? >> not yet. i expect to. we need to preposition a surge capability that when they would have to move out of the way of the storm and before they could get back all the oil in the gulf, we need extra ships out there scooping up the oil after the storm passes. and that probably is going to be u.s. navy ships. they could get them prepositioned in the vicinity, in port and then go in after the storm. >> in terms of a detailed plan, i know that you want to have one. but what would you like ...