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7seven 09-02-2010 08:00 AM

Jeebus, another oil rig explosion today in the Gulf of Mexico. Hopefully it won't be as bad as last time

Quote:

Rescue efforts under way after oil rig explosion in Gulf

[Posted at 11:43 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that all 13 workers involved in the rig explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured.

Coast Choppers are on the way to the site 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.

[Posted at 11:33 a.m.] An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.

Rescue attempts are under way for at least 12 people, Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards told CNN. 13 people were on board the rig total, Edwards said, noting 12 have been accounted for, but one person was missing.

The accident took place 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana on the Vermilion Oil rig 380, which is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy.

The Coast Guard has multiple helicopters, an airplane and several Coast Guard cutters en route. It's unknown if there are any injuries.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/02...ident-in-gulf/

orange7 09-02-2010 12:46 PM

the gulf of mexico is fucked for at least the next 20 years.

q0192837465 09-02-2010 01:30 PM

guess people never learn

Carl Johnson 09-02-2010 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by orange7 (Post 7089634)
the gulf of mexico is fucked for at least the next 20 years.

20 years? try 20 months. Americans are not dumb enough to not drill in their backyards, while sending $700 billion annually to Middle East and Russia for foreign oil. Beside the latest report indicate oil is breaking down much faster than previously thought, which helps a speedy environmental and economic recovery in the region. Once the Obama moratorium gets lifted, a lot of oil related jobs will be reinstated in the gulf area as well.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=19521
http://www.dailytech.com/Bacteria+Br...ticle19456.htm

cressydrift 09-23-2010 05:11 PM


StylinRed 09-23-2010 08:21 PM

yeah it's obvious that they're trying suppress the aftermath... i mean seriously a day after they finally cap it "oh all the oil has disappeared from the ocean" and there aren't any side effects to all the shit they've been pumping into the water

Billy Nungesser has been losing weight

Volvoman 09-23-2010 08:41 PM

fyi, not all the gulf of mexico is pwnd

i was in florida last week and the gulf looked like this

http://members.shaw.ca/volvoman/inde...s/DSC_0058.JPG

Hondaracer 09-23-2010 09:30 PM

hard to see oil at night..

cressydrift 09-23-2010 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Volvoman (Post 7117682)
fyi, not all the gulf of mexico is pwnd

i was in florida last week and the gulf looked like this

Interesting, Florida looks like that, and Louisiana looks like it has a sea of dead fish. I wonder if that has anything to do with the space between the 2 states?

Dummy

Hurricane 09-23-2010 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cressydrift (Post 7117418)

I can't say I am surprised. Most of the people in this thread who failed me earlier conduct about as much research into the topic as you.

For the record I never said I didn't care about the spill, or that is wasn't a serious problem. I said a few things being mentioned were BS, and I went on to state why I thought so.

Also I tried to point out that it was fruitless letting the news consume your life. Quite a few people I ran into during those early days of the spill were convinced it was the end of the world, which probably isn't a healthy frame of mind to be in. Everyone replied with typical media monger cries for help, instead of addressing the points I made.

Anyhow, I am sure you are aware/blissfully unaware of how stupid you are, so I don't need to point that out.

I will say, spreading this kind of crap to the masses out of context is ignorant. While you could easily look this sh!t up yourself (or not?) I'll share some insight because you're obviously too lazy to do so.

These 'kills' happen every year, and have been occurring for a long time, years and years before you were a tickle in dad's pants. Not just here, but around the world.

It's known as hypoxia, or in laymen terms; a dead zone. Or if you want to speak like the gentleman from your video; there ain't enough oxygen in the damn water.

So now you're sitting here listening to this slack jawed yoke who has no noteworthy scientific credentials of any kind, telling us this is from the spill? He was barely voted in as the head of this community (which is smaller than Cambell River just for reference) and all he submitted were a couple of still photos that look like they were converted in MS paint on Windows 95.

Now I don't deny these pictures are accurate in that they depict a kill, but if it's related to the spill, why is every media outlet in the country not down there filming this fish holocaust? You should naturally ask yourself that.

The reason is, because they could have done it last year, the year before, the one before that, and so on. And there is no scientific evidence that the oil spill bears any responsibility for this incident whatsoever.

The best I could find was a local university scientist saying he thought the Oil Spill was "likely" a contributing factor. There are also many scientists who think Adam pulled out a rib and created Eve, so I won't lose too much sleep there.

On the other hand, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Office of Science and Technology policy; all agreed in a comprehensive scientific study that the oil spill has not been responsible for a single dead zone, and the concentration rates clearly demonstrate this. Also, the rates are dwindling, so it is next to impossible for that to happen anytime moving forward.

Finally; because I am sure you looking for something to whine or complain about, these fish kills are not actually a natural phenomenon (for the most part). They are caused mainly by run-off from agricultural areas up the Mississippi River. So next time you go to the store, feel free to gas up your car at BP, but make sure to shop only for organic veggies.

Dummy?

Death2Theft 09-24-2010 11:05 AM

Or your a misinformed idiot that thinks dead fish = oil.
This happens all the time when water goes out and the fish get stuck on land. Look it up.
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Originally Posted by cressydrift (Post 7117908)
Interesting, Florida looks like that, and Louisiana looks like it has a sea of dead fish. I wonder if that has anything to do with the space between the 2 states?

Dummy



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