Bill Nelson actually said...

"Well, the greatest nightmare, with this storm approaching, is that it takes this oil on the surface of the Gulf and blows it over the barrier islands into the bays and the estuaries."

"No. And saying something like that, what, are you going to reduce it from 10 days lost to seven days? You're still going to have 420,000 barrels have gushed unobstructed into the Gulf."

"The Incident Command has known that they have Navy skimmers in ports, over 40 around the country. But only six have been requested."

"Not yet. But I expect to, because we need to preposition a surge capability that, when they would have to move out of the way of the storm, and before they could get back attached, all that extra oil ..."