Oil Spill - What would you do if your business was affected?

[MarkC]

Hi Guys,

I'm not much of a poster here but I was reading this article about the spill in the Gulf and it got me thinking. I also thought it would be perfect for the sowpub forum to go over.

http://guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/11/bp-oil-spill-shrimp-king
(http://guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/11/bp-oil-spill-shrimp-king)
You guys here are a really creative bunch and was curious what you would do if you were in the position of the shrimp king. I'm in Europe and at this time not affected by any of this (but I was affected by the Icelandic volcano and it was a real panic for myself and those around me if planes weren't allowed to fly).

Let's say you were located in the area, relied on fishing, tourism or a derivative of those industries for income but those sources dried up.

If you had an established business that was brick and mortar and had all these resources just sitting around not doing anything, what decisions would you make and how would you utilise what you have available?


Mark

P.S - not sure what happened to my older posts. I know I've had a few in my post count but they've seemed to have disappeared...