06:23 PM CDT on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 By Lee McGuire / 11 News HOUSTON -- As two powerful hurricanes battered the Gulf Coast in 2005, we were focused on the human toll. However, there was another story unfolding in the open water at the drilling rigs, oil fields and pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. Speaking to Houston oil executives, Republican presumptive nominee for president John McCain called for more drilling in the Gulf, claiming drilling was environmentally safe, even in the face of major storms. "As for offshore drilling, it's safe enough these days,” McCain told the group of oil executives. “Not even Hurricanes Katrina and Rita would cause significant spillage from the battered rigs off the coasts of New Orleans and Houston." But is that true? Every expert 11 News consulted said something else. "So to say there...
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