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July 1, 2010

Oil Spill Quote of the Day

From yesterday’s CNN.com:

“Until the weather subsides, all we can do is have everything ready to attack and remove this oil once we have weather that’s more conducive,” said Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft, who delivered a briefing for the Coast Guard on Wednesday.

“We’ve been held hostage for the last two days due to the prevailing weather,” he said.

“When seas get over 3 feet high, the skimmers become ineffective. They wind up gathering water and not oil,” he said.