Two things I noticed:
1. The well blew up at 9:05pm, yet the Coast Guard did not issue a call to assist until after 11:00pm. Why the (in my opinion) excessive delay?
2. The response from the federal agencies took days to happen, seemingly leaving activities to the various state agencies that had no responsibility or capability.
3. The feds have refused to allow help from several outside groups - one being a couple of oil-skimmer ships from Holland, on the specious claim that only taking out 98% of the oil during their operation is non-effective. Thank you, EPA!
Here is an interesting link about everybody’s responsibility. Apparently there were 4 private fire fighting organizations that were not coordinating effectively, as well as the Coast Guard there at the same time. Halliburton says they were told to remove a mud plug before continuing their work which is not the usual order of things. The link does not say who ordered the plug removed.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704250104575237981485045538.html?ru=MKTW&mod=MKTW