JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Some of the nation's lieutenant governors
were expecting to only hear lessons about the Gulf region's
recovery from a devastating hurricane at an annual meeting along
Biloxi's white sands this month.

Now, they'll be right in the middle of the region's latest
disaster: the BP oil spill. Many of them view it as an opportunity
to learn best practices when disaster strikes their home states.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell said the 1989 Exxon-Valdez oil
spill in his state has been "eclipsed" in scope by the leak in
the gulf, where millions of gallons of oil have gushed since the
Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in April.