BP's response to my design about May 18 was that it was "too busy." I took that to mean that there was too much activity around the scene to warrant adding another 51 buoys and boats encircling the Deepwater Horizon's crime scene. But look at what I found this day, July 5 2010 on their website. Duh!
Deepwater Horizon Response – July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3 Statistics
RESPONSE VESSELS
Vessels of Opportunity: 3,100
Barges: more than 630
Skimmers: more than 550
Other Vessels: more than 2,700
Total active response vessels: more than 6,980
Aircraft: 113
BOOM DATA
Boom deployed: more than 2.91 million feet
Boom available: more than 935,000 feet
Total boom: more than 3.84 million feet
OIL RECOVERED
Oily water recovered: nearly 28.2 million gallons
Amount estimated burned: nearly 9.99 million gallons
Oil captured (CAP) over last 24hrs: more than 1.05 million gallons
DISPERSANTS
Surface dispersant used: more than 1.06 million gallons
Subsea dispersant used: more than 623,000 gallons
Total dispersant used: more than 1.68 million gallons
PERSONNEL INVOLVED
Overall personnel responding: more than 44,000 personnel responding