Post by Rick Warder on Dec 31, 2005 17:04:29 GMT -5
WOLF BLITZER: "This is CNN Headline News. President Rick Warder has interrupted all White House affairs and has personally flown to Los Angeles to coordinate efforts to deal with the oil slick which is spilling out of the MS Alimente, a Liberian-flagged tanker which caught fire and sank yesterday off the Californian coast near Long Beach."
(camera: A picture from a helicopter of the Pacific Ocean. An oil tanker is listing dangerously on one side, plumes of smoke obscuring the view. The tanker is beginning to sink.)
BLITZER (voice over): "President Warder met with top military officials at Vandenburg Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force planes and attack helicopters are currently conducting fly-overs of the area, dropping high explosive bombs onto the oil in order to burn it up 'in situ', or while it is still floating on the surface of the ocean."
(camera: President Rick Warder talking to uniformed men, who are gesturing to a map of the Pacific Ocean outside Long Beach. The view cuts to a U.S.A.F. F-16 releasing a 2,000 lb. bomb onto the oil slick below; an explosion, followed by billowing smoke and soot and gouts of fire.)
(camera: Wolf Blitzer, CNN studios)
BLITZER: "The president has also said he is securing all available biological agents and chemical agents which can counter-act the oil spill and biodegrade it, but he said that due to the current extent of the spill, radical measures were needed to prevent the oil from reaching the coastline. The effects of the bombing on wildlife have been serious so far."
(camera: President Rick Warder, who is, as always, grinning)
WARDER: "Yeah, we've been bombing the (beep) out of the oil right now, but we've got submarines going down there to try and seal the breaches in the tanker's hull so that it stops spilling more (beep) into the ocean. As you can see, we're attacking the root of the problem and we're also bombing its symptoms. And once the bombing ends we'll be using biological agents to try and keep a handle on the spill. My goal is to make sure that the oil never reaches the shore. That is my number one objective, to avoid a long-term interruption of surfing enjoyment for all Californians. And the environmental consequences of bombing the oil in the wide open ocean are miniscule compared to it getting all over our gorgeous beaches."
(camera: Wolf Blitzer, CNN studios)
BLITZER: "The U.S. Coast Guard has been moving booms into the area, which are small platforms capable of absorbing and collecting oil in a certain area of the ocean. All of these measures combined are designed to stop the oil from spreading or moving any closer to the California coast. Right now, the oil remains 60 miles out from the shore."
(camera: A picture from a helicopter of the Pacific Ocean. An oil tanker is listing dangerously on one side, plumes of smoke obscuring the view. The tanker is beginning to sink.)
BLITZER (voice over): "President Warder met with top military officials at Vandenburg Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force planes and attack helicopters are currently conducting fly-overs of the area, dropping high explosive bombs onto the oil in order to burn it up 'in situ', or while it is still floating on the surface of the ocean."
(camera: President Rick Warder talking to uniformed men, who are gesturing to a map of the Pacific Ocean outside Long Beach. The view cuts to a U.S.A.F. F-16 releasing a 2,000 lb. bomb onto the oil slick below; an explosion, followed by billowing smoke and soot and gouts of fire.)
(camera: Wolf Blitzer, CNN studios)
BLITZER: "The president has also said he is securing all available biological agents and chemical agents which can counter-act the oil spill and biodegrade it, but he said that due to the current extent of the spill, radical measures were needed to prevent the oil from reaching the coastline. The effects of the bombing on wildlife have been serious so far."
(camera: President Rick Warder, who is, as always, grinning)
WARDER: "Yeah, we've been bombing the (beep) out of the oil right now, but we've got submarines going down there to try and seal the breaches in the tanker's hull so that it stops spilling more (beep) into the ocean. As you can see, we're attacking the root of the problem and we're also bombing its symptoms. And once the bombing ends we'll be using biological agents to try and keep a handle on the spill. My goal is to make sure that the oil never reaches the shore. That is my number one objective, to avoid a long-term interruption of surfing enjoyment for all Californians. And the environmental consequences of bombing the oil in the wide open ocean are miniscule compared to it getting all over our gorgeous beaches."
(camera: Wolf Blitzer, CNN studios)
BLITZER: "The U.S. Coast Guard has been moving booms into the area, which are small platforms capable of absorbing and collecting oil in a certain area of the ocean. All of these measures combined are designed to stop the oil from spreading or moving any closer to the California coast. Right now, the oil remains 60 miles out from the shore."