I was safety/compliance manager at Talen's Marine & Fuel and was scheduled for a USCG inspection of a new facility we were opening up in Cameron. I was about to depart Lake Arthur and drive to Cameron to meet inspectors when everything started happening. About 30 minutes after second plane hit, the USCG from LC called me and advised inspections were cancelled and on hold for now. Two hours later, they called me to respond to their office in LC, shut all my vessels down and have inventory numbers of our product levels ready. At the time, we were holding almost 2 mil gallons and needless to say, they made us move certain barges. Had to ramp up supplies for crews and send them to the small lakes and bayous out of high target areas, such as LNG, Cameron, and shipyard/high traffic ports. They were really at a loss and it was neat to see how industry was responsible for helping the government make things happen.
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