Hi Spalding1968,

You are correct. I agree with you that we should not resort to hyperbole and lay blame on individuals without due process. We should evaluate the situation with calm nerves and focus our attention towards containing the loss.

However, at the same time, we as citizens must stay vigilant and informed and listen to a wide range of news sources to form our own conclusions and chart our individual destinies.

There is a wide discrepancy between the filtered news coming from the mainstream media and the facts that are being slowly leaked from independent news outlets.

I would encourage all readers who have been following this thread, to spend 20 minutes of their time to listen to the latest interview given my Matt Simmons.

Mr. Simmons is warning residents within 20 miles of the Gulf coast to either evacuate now or buy a gas mask. He talks about a worst-case scenario that may be unfolding before our eyes. There will be no resources available to manage a disaster of this magnitude involving so many humans.

Information is power. Planning and readiness is everything when it comes to a matter of life and death.

This is the scariest interview I have heard to date summarizing the Gulf disaster.

Please download this 10MB mp3 file and start listening to Mr. Simmons from the 8 minute 15 second mark.

http://tinyurl.com/2uejafz