That boom will remain sitting in that Maine warehouse until the Obamatons get a payoff to use it...or until outrage builds to the point where the government will be FORCED to ship it down to the Gulf.
Instead of wringing his hands while standing in the rain (must have been a big deal for island-boy) the fishing boat captains could have been immediately been redirected to deploying wicks, booms,ferrying cleanup crews etc.
Remember the evacuation at Dunkirk?
The people perish because of a lack of vision.