What information do people actually need in addition to the oil spill hotline?

I hope to provide content regarding the oil spill and the oil spill hotline. What knowledge will be most helpful to those impacted by the gulf disaster. What information would be the most useful? This will be my first blog and forum site. Please provide helpful info to get this started. What are the copyright laws regarding cutting and pasting news articles and YouTube videos?What information do people actually need in addition to the oil spill hotline?I live in Alabama and they have been keeping tabs on the Oil Spill at the Alabama website:



http://www.al.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/



Try looking for links from the coastal states that are affected by it for good sources, or volunteer websites.What information do people actually need in addition to the oil spill hotline?How about this video about the oil spill. It seems like is has all happened before:



http://www.youtube.com/user/ProfMTH#p/u