To be fair to BP, how often do we see hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico? It's a mistake that any Fortune 500 company with record profits and unlimited political connections could make. Huffington Post:
Rep. Edward Markey says BP's disaster response plan for an oil spill doesn't mention hurricanes or tropical storms.
Markey says the omission is yet another example of what the oil giant was not prepared to handle.
The Massachusetts Democrat's comments came during a congressional hearing on a law to improve technology intended to prevent disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
