Adios, Lizards. I am for the rack. I just got listed for our strike team for the Gulf Coast.

I am told that BP is hiring anyone with hip waders and a 5-gallon bucket, but those of us with an On Scene Supervisor rating are gold. We’ll see. This is a slow motion disaster that needs ER personnel, but needs specialists more. If something is getting ready to blow up, I’m your guy. I will set a perimeter and allocate assets to address the problem.

But 1,000 miles of coastline, endangered but at the whim of shifting winds and ocean currents? Fuck me runnin’, that’s outside of my experience and pay grade. I suspect it is outside of *everybody’s* experience and pay grade. We first responders are going to be making this up as we go along.

Heaven help us. And the Gulf Coast.