Marti Heath, District Commander for the Merchant Marines, offers services to FL Gov?

[EbbTide]

Ya can't make this stuff up! Who Knew we had a District Commander for the Merchant Marines?

http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2...ll+in+Bay+area
PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- While he remains optimistic about the threat of oil not reaching the Bay area's beaches, Gov. Charlie Crist said residents should be ready in case tar balls begin washing up.
Visitng Madeira Beach on Monday, Crist said residents should be prepared to protect their coastline.
Crist, who spent the weekend touring beaches in the Pensacola area, met with fisherman and boat captains. He also got a briefing from Coast Guard officials and attended a tourism meeting at the Tradewinds in St. Petersburg.
"Floridians are a unique group of people,' Crist said. "Whether it's hurricanes, tornadoes or the current disaster, they want to help. It's all hands on deck right now to do what's right to protect our state."
Marti Heath, the district commander for the Merchant Marines, offered a plan of attack.
"We have thousands and thousands and thousands of trained merchant mariners with perfect safety records that we can send out here and contain this spill," Heath said.
Crist said he'll consider the plan. Meanwhile, as environmental concerns are growing, so are concerns about the economy.

I've been doing this line of work for a long time but I guess I forgot to check this confined space. Click this link for images of Commander Marti, Damm that's a cheap ass looking uniform she's conjured up, but hey, we are in a time of crisis....
http://www.belleairimages.com/Journa...92318069_VNr2c

[jdcavo]

http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/cri...l-oil-concerns
"Captain Marti Heath reminded the governor that he has the authority to call the Merchant Marines to action."

[cappy208]

Wait.... didn't i sign a volunteer form in case of national emergency? I guess 'Captain' Heath was appointed as the Merchant Marine czar by Obama. I feel much better now!

Further proof that someone, somewhere has their 15 minutes of fame just waiting.... sometime!

[bobk]

the audacity of hope!