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July 2, 2010

Tropical Storm Alex Delays Gulf Coast Cleanup
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Rough weather from Tropical Storm Alex is hampering containment and
clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. On Thursday, National Incident
Commander Thad Allen of the U.S. Coast Guard said many ships have been
grounded until conditions improve.

Adm. Thad Allen: "Onshore and nearshore skimming and recovery operations
have been significantly hampered by the weather. The small vessels that
do the skimming have a difficult time operating out there. We had to
pull them back. The same with the vessels operating in and around the
well site itself. The drilling rigs were able to continue but we are now
massing our forces to be able to move right back out once the weather
will allow us to get on the water and skim."



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