Esign Waller 2009 Graduate- Update
When the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, she was assigned as the Coast Guard Liaison for Plaquemine Parish, the parish with the most waterfront in the New Orleans Area. For those of you following the crisis, Billy Nunbusser is the parish president and has been in the news frequently. She worked 37 days in a row, some of them starting at 0500 and ending after 2300. She was with Billy daily and has lots of stories.
She was the sole Coast Guard representative in the planning for Pres. Obama's first visit and was in the room with him for 30 seconds! After that she spent one entire day and one afternoon with Gov. Jindal touring the area, one afternoon with Secretary of the Interior Salazar, and on Mother's Day afternoon she sat across the table from American CEO of BP Doug Sutter. As the crisis has prolonged, the Coast Guard has activated more personnel and pulled officers from around the country. She was replaced with two officers, an Admiral and a Lieutenant, but may be called back later this summer.