Thanks for all the positive responses.
Talk to Phil almost everyday, he is working for Miller Environmental Group ans is assigned to a coastal response team. He is on an ex-navy 25' work boat. There are airboats laying out clean booms and collecting soiled booms. The soiled booms are brought to Phils boat and once the are fully loaded they get sent to a processing area. He is pulling 12 hour days, 7 day a week. Friday the were cleaning up oil, Phil said it is like working with peanut butter and very nasty stuff. Miller Environmental is a pretty good company and the stay on everybodies a*s*s to make sure they are using all the safety equipment and take regular breaks. He is staying in an extended stay motel, shares a room with 1 guy. Miller has a big tent where they serve breakfast every morning (eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, toast, bisquits, etc) and the have box lunches everyday. After they get off work @ 5:00 Miller gives the guys $25 per diem to use for dinner and such. They usually eat and are ready for bed no later than 9:00 pm, they get up around 3:30 every day. Phil really likes the work and being on the water. He says the main body of oil is still offshore from where he is. I think he has started a log book to log his hours so he can get hin Capt's License down the road.
Thanks again guys!
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