DJP Update 6-4-2010 BP oil spill in Gulf – The pictures of the Pelicans say it all
Picture of Louisiana Brown Pelican at East Grand Terre Island Louisiana Coast covered in oil from BP oil spill in Gulf
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/06/gulf-oil-spill-pelicans.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/04/1663037/as-gulf-spill-oil-nears-pensacola.html
Another Pelican in treatment
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/us/05pelican.html
The beautiful Brown Pelican, Louisiana’s State Bird, in better days.
http://donb.photo.net/photo_cd/d/b21.jpg
Some of you remember my images of shore birds and our famous Pelican from my campaigns for the Board and Presidency of AMA:
http://www.naturesreflectionslimited.com/
and my favorite Pelican image:
http://www.naturesreflectionslimited.com/pelican.html
This is a time for all to show leadership, stop the leak, AND implement “Lessons Learned”.
Just like we learned the lessons in New Orleans from Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and in the mock Hurricane Pam of 2005 for New Orleans planned and executed by Fed, State, and local authorities that I describe in my book, but they were put in planning and disaster documents and placed in closets. Hurricane Katrina of 2005 showed what happens when the lessons learned are disregarded. Planning, leadership, communication, contingency plans are recurrent themes that are forgotten. In risk management I teach that one must be prepared for the unexpected: http://www.donaldpalmisano.com/html/risk.html
The possibility that an oil well deep in the ocean could leak SHOULD NOT BE UNEXPECTED. And a good analysis would investigate why we are drilling that deep in the ocean. What are the alternatives? Why is the risk of the alternatives? And so on.
When I was in the military, we had disaster drills. One day, a B-52 back from Vietnam crashed at our USAF landing strip in South Dakota. Despite a raging fire melting the plane and people trapped in the plane, everyone was saved. Why? Because the USAF was prepared and all knew their responsibility and were competent to carry it out.
Sad times for the Gulf Coast and all of America.
Stay well,
Donald
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