Comments on: Port Security and the US Coast Guard: Are We Really Trying? http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dwayne Clark http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-248 Dwayne Clark Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:36:18 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-248 Yes, we are maritime lawyers. We really get some intersting cases in this business. I bet your dad saw his share. Thank him for his service too. Dwayne Yes, we are maritime lawyers. We really get some intersting cases in this business. I bet your dad saw his share. Thank him for his service too.

Dwayne

]]> By: All Things Beautiful http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-247 All Things Beautiful Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:12:16 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-247 <strong>Dubai Ports - The Bigger Picture...</strong> Check out James @ Coyote Mercury, with very good research and interesting links on the port security issue., with more here. ... Dubai Ports – The Bigger Picture…

Check out James @ Coyote Mercury, with very good research and interesting links on the port security issue., with more here.

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]]> By: All Things Beautiful http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-246 All Things Beautiful Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:03:47 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-246 <strong>Dubai Ports - The Saga Continues...</strong> Check out James' blog, very good research and interesting links on the port security issue., with more here.... Dubai Ports – The Saga Continues…

Check out James’ blog, very good research and interesting links on the port security issue., with more here….

]]> By: James http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-245 James Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:28:56 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-245 You are right on about the Houston Ship Channel. My in-laws live within walking distance of several major chemical plants and refineries on the Texas coast. That whole area is an incident waiting to happen. Texas Monthly did a very good feature a year or two ago about the possibility on a Terrorist attack along the Texas coast. I think about it every time we drive down to visit. The whole area is so vulnerable. Truly frightening and I share you skepticism about how this is so underappreciated. I don't think this topic is very sexy politically. You are correct, my dad was in the Navy. He's retired now, but he was in JAG and his specialty was maritime law. I should tell him to take a look at your blog, because I believe that is what you do as well. (Dad, go look at Dwayne's blog) You are right on about the Houston Ship Channel. My in-laws live within walking distance of several major chemical plants and refineries on the Texas coast. That whole area is an incident waiting to happen. Texas Monthly did a very good feature a year or two ago about the possibility on a Terrorist attack along the Texas coast. I think about it every time we drive down to visit. The whole area is so vulnerable. Truly frightening and I share you skepticism about how this is so underappreciated. I don’t think this topic is very sexy politically.

You are correct, my dad was in the Navy. He’s retired now, but he was in JAG and his specialty was maritime law. I should tell him to take a look at your blog, because I believe that is what you do as well. (Dad, go look at Dwayne’s blog)

]]> By: Dwayne Clark http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-244 Dwayne Clark Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:08:41 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-244 I am sure dreams like yours are subject to many interpretations. Was your dad in the Navy? I really don't mean to sound caustic or paranoid about the port situation but I do feel strongly about it. The Houston Ship Channel is a good example of how vulnerable we are. It is a stretch of about 40 miles (give or take) of highly accessible water. It and the ship plying its waters can be reached by car or water. The 610 bridge goes over the channel very near oil and chemical refineries. It is wide open for attack by shoulder held rockets or ever car bombs. There are people living in Pasadena and Galena park and other towns along the banks of the channel. This is just one port. In Miami if a bomb were to go off on a container ship near the cruise terminals it would be catastrophic. I am not sure if many in the government appreciate the risk. I hope so. Dwayne I am sure dreams like yours are subject to many interpretations. Was your dad in the Navy?

I really don’t mean to sound caustic or paranoid about the port situation but I do feel strongly about it. The Houston Ship Channel is a good example of how vulnerable we are. It is a stretch of about 40 miles (give or take) of highly accessible water. It and the ship plying its waters can be reached by car or water. The 610 bridge goes over the channel very near oil and chemical refineries. It is wide open for attack by shoulder held rockets or ever car bombs. There are people living in Pasadena and Galena park and other towns along the banks of the channel. This is just one port. In Miami if a bomb were to go off on a container ship near the cruise terminals it would be catastrophic. I am not sure if many in the government appreciate the risk. I hope so.

Dwayne

]]> By: James http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-243 James Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:55:09 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-243 I never thought of "Dream Ships" that way. I grew up on Navy bases and I love being by the ocean, but I've never been on it really. Except perhaps as you say in a former life. I never thought of “Dream Ships” that way. I grew up on Navy bases and I love being by the ocean, but I’ve never been on it really. Except perhaps as you say in a former life.

]]> By: Dwayne http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-242 Dwayne Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:40:34 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-242 James "Dream Ships" is a sailors dream. You must have been a mariner in a former life......It is representative of what some of our ports are going to look like it we don't stand up and pay attention soon. Dwayne James

“Dream Ships” is a sailors dream. You must have been a mariner in a former life……It is representative of what some of our ports are going to look like it we don’t stand up and pay attention soon.

Dwayne

]]> By: The Daily Background http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-241 The Daily Background Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:18:22 +0000 http://coyotemercury.com/2006/02/26/port-security-and-the-us-coast-guard-are-we-really-trying/#comment-241 <strong>[Ports] Where is the Coast Guard in all of this?...</strong> Coyote Mercury discusses an angle to the ports security issue which is often overlooked. The angle? The Coast Guard’s role in all of this. Over the course of helping my students with their research during that debate season, I developed an inc... [Ports] Where is the Coast Guard in all of this?…

Coyote Mercury discusses an angle to the ports security issue which is often overlooked. The angle? The Coast Guard’s role in all of this.

Over the course of helping my students with their research during that debate season, I developed an inc…

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