[Greenstoner]

where they predict the oil will end up ?

[q0192837465]

i think once it get mixed with the major currents, it'll be all over the world.

[trip]

yup and corexit changes forms from liquid to gas so expect some acid/toxic/oil rain

[Ducdesmo]

June 22 (Reuters) - As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.

Texas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc (BP.L) oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are "astonishingly high."

Kessler's crew took measurements of both surface and deep water within a 5-mile (8 kilometer) radius of BP's broken wellhead.

"There is an incredible amount of methane in there," Kessler told reporters in a telephone briefing.

In some areas, the crew of 12 scientists found concentrations that were 100,000 times higher than normal.

"We saw them approach a million times above background concentrations" in some areas, Kessler said.

The scientists were looking for signs that the methane gas had depleted levels of oxygen dissolved in the water needed to sustain marine life.

"At some locations, we saw depletions of up to 30 percent of oxygen based on its natural concentration in the waters. At other places, we saw no depletion of oxygen in the waters. We need to determine why that is," he told the briefing.

Methane occurs naturally in sea water, but high concentrations can encourage the growth of microbes that gobble up oxygen needed by marine life.

Kessler said oxygen depletions have not reached a critical level yet, but the oil is still spilling into the Gulf, now at a rate of as much as 60,000 barrels a day, according to U.S. government estimates.

"What is it going to look like two months down the road, six months down the road, two years down the road?" he asked.

Methane, a natural gas, dissolves in seawater and some scientists think measuring methane could give a more accurate picture of the extent of the oil spill.

Kessler said his team has taken those measurements, and is hoping to have an estimate soon.

"Give us about a week and we should have some preliminary numbers on that," he said. (Editing

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2221822720100622

[NashMan]

where they predict the oil will end up ?


once it spread out it will end up sinking over time

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

thought oil always float

[Tegra_Devil]

well if it gets out to the atlantic....good luck trying to stop it...the current will take it around the world

[7seven]

.
news broken on twitter via @nytimes...
NYT NEWS ALERT: Oil Well Gushes Unchecked After Accident Forces BP to Remove Cap

[murd0c]

once it spread out it will end up sinking over time

Really now, why don't you enlight everyone on how crude oil sinks?
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[gdoh]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/37874989

[1exotic]

fail.

nuke it.

[trip]

raining oil in louisiana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8co1d4zb4

[sunny_j]

^^ thats fucked

[Tegra_Devil]

raining oil in louisiana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8co1d4zb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9RttyUQiws

[NashMan]

Really now, why don't you enlight everyone on how crude oil sinks?
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it take's a good amonte of time for it to sink but it will

[_Hotsauce_]

^

No

"Liquids of different densities (that dont become a solution) separate into layers...Density is measured in kg/m³ meaning....kilogrammes per cubic metre.Pure waters density is 1000kg/m³...therefore one cubic metre of pure water weighs one metric tonne. Oil is usually around the 800kg/m³ area (as there are many oils wich all have different densities) this means a cubic metre of this oil is 800 kg. Therefore the lighter less dense fluid floats to the top...Just like helium is lighter than air, a balloon full of helium would fly upwards, as oil does in water.
"

[RacePace]

raining oil in louisiana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8co1d4zb4

That whole region is doomed if this oil rain continues.

[orange7]

raining oil in louisiana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8co1d4zb4

dam.. there goes their fresh drinking water.

[Teriyaki]

dam.. there goes their fresh drinking water.

Unless Kevin Costner's magical machines actually turn out to work!

[NashMan]

^

No

"Liquids of different densities (that dont become a solution) separate into layers...Density is measured in kg/m³ meaning....kilogrammes per cubic metre.Pure waters density is 1000kg/m³...therefore one cubic metre of pure water weighs one metric tonne. Oil is usually around the 800kg/m³ area (as there are many oils wich all have different densities) this means a cubic metre of this oil is 800 kg. Therefore the lighter less dense fluid floats to the top...Just like helium is lighter than air, a balloon full of helium would fly upwards, as oil does in water.
"


the ocean has many natural micro organisms that will break it down sun does as well
all so hot weather help to break it down as well

it just will take a long time if not diluted eghough ect

the Kuwait oil spill is still suffering from a fucked up the sea bottom from sunken oil over time

[RRxtar]

is this guy gone full retard?

[Tegra_Devil]

is this guy gone full retard?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a216/Tegra_devil/1276825119374.jpg

[orange7]

I would like to see NashMan backups his posts with some credential sources.

otherwise, yup.. he's gone mad

[mr_chin]

the ocean has many natural micro organisms that will break it down sun does as well
all so hot weather help to break it down as well

it just will take a long time if not diluted eghough ect

the Kuwait oil spill is still suffering from a fucked up the sea bottom from sunken oil over time

This is a whole new lnaguage to me
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[yellowpower]

What nashman said doesnt even make sense its a bunch of fob jibberish.

[danny_d19]

welcome to the island section....

[TOPEC]

the ocean has many natural micro organisms that will break it down sun does as well
all so hot weather help to break it down as well

it just will take a long time if not diluted eghough ect

the Kuwait oil spill is still suffering from a fucked up the sea bottom from sunken oil over time

the reincarnation of tictac?

[kookoobird88]

I honestly believe something shady is going on. I don't get why they aren't going to all extreme efforts to stop this spill. Don't they realize we need water on this planet to maintain life? Like others said once its in the Atlantic it's pretty much game over. With todays technology they can't come up with a single thing to even contain the oil more..
I saw in some article an article a link between this and revelation 16:3 kinda creepy in a way.

[cressydrift]

^ This is just one massive fuck up. Nothing to do with anything other than the fact that the pipe broke in 5000 feet of water.

NOTHING TO DO WITH 2012
NOTHING TO DO WITH GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY THEORIES
NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD

If you know anything about 2012 its all about magnetic reversal of the poles. Nothing to do with oil. Which for the record wont happen.

The American government is to fucking broke, and busy that it's neglecting this massive problem.

God does not exist.

So BP has said they would fix it, and I am sure they will. Just sucks a major one that its taken this long...

[gdoh]

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/breaking-news/economy/the-worst-oil-spills-in-world-history/?p=12994/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill

The New York Times reported that a 1993 study sponsored by UNESCO, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States found the spill did "little long-term damage": About half the oil evaporated, a million barrels were recovered and 2 million to 3 million barrels washed ashore, mainly in Saudi Arabia.[5]

[Gumby]

My geography may be off, but the Persian Gulf is a relatively "closed off" area compared to the Gulf of Mexico. I don't think storms/hurricanes the size of those in the Atlantic even form in the Persian Gulf, do they?

[tonyvu]

pretty sad....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QwsCHd7Lcg

[trip]

If you know anything about 2012 its all about galactic alignment and waves of energy from hunab ku



fixed

[2 n r]

pretty sad....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QwsCHd7Lcg

pretty stupid how the parents dont care that their kids r playing in filth
actually i guess its no biggie since they shower off later anyway..

[Harvey Specter]

pretty stupid how the parents dont care that their kids r playing in filth


Not a smart idea to be on a beach that is washing up oil debris and such.

I also heard on CNN last night that a few people who were helping with the oil clean up have committed suicide. Very sad.

[1exotic]

yeah, pretty fucked... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100624/ts_ynews/ynews_ts2828

[mr_chin]

I honestly believe something shady is going on. I don't get why they aren't going to all extreme efforts to stop this spill. Don't they realize we need water on this planet to maintain life? Like others said once its in the Atlantic it's pretty much game over. With todays technology they can't come up with a single thing to even contain the oil more..
I saw in some article an article a link between this and revelation 16:3 kinda creepy in a way.

Its not as major as people say it is but its also not a problem people should overlook. Like others have said, mother nature will heal itself eventually. Everyone in the area with oil will just have to suffer through a year or two of acid rain and oily beaches. I believe the rain cycle will eventually evaporate the oil because of percipertation. Imagine shining a really bright and hot light at a bowl of water, scoop some up and slowly pour it back in. Soon the oil will just disappear with the water. Earth will never run out of water because of the ice caps. If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.

The ONLY major problem that I can think of is the crack in the seafloor. If it does extend to south america and soon south anarctica, it will create a very big problem for the southern hemisphere. Also because of the oil, a lot of sea creature and anything that comes in contact with the oil will evolve.
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[RRxtar]

Its not as major as people say it is but its also not a problem people should overlook. Like others have said, mother nature will heal itself eventually. Everyone in the area with oil will just have to suffer through a year or two of acid rain and oily beaches. I believe the rain cycle will eventually evaporate the oil because of percipertation. Imagine shining a really bright and hot light at a bowl of water, scoop some up and slowly pour it back in. Soon the oil will just disappear with the water. Earth will never run out of water because of the ice caps. If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.

The ONLY major problem that I can think of is the crack in the seafloor. If it does extend to south america and soon south anarctica, it will create a very big problem for the southern hemisphere. Also because of the oil, a lot of sea creature and anything that comes in contact with the oil will evolve.
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well there you have it. no worries after all!

[rsx]

How stupid are those parents to let their kids run around in that filth?

[mr_baboon]

If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.

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Wait, what?

[Slifer]

LOL @ aznlangjai go back to elementary school.

[fobulaus]

If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.


lol this made me laugh..... aznlangjai how old are you?

[NashMan]

lol this made me laugh..... aznlangjai how old are you?

maybe he is counting on the bottle to sweat and gather water that way

[Mananetwork]

Its not as major as people say it is but its also not a problem people should overlook. Like others have said, mother nature will heal itself eventually. Everyone in the area with oil will just have to suffer through a year or two of acid rain and oily beaches. I believe the rain cycle will eventually evaporate the oil because of percipertation. Imagine shining a really bright and hot light at a bowl of water, scoop some up and slowly pour it back in. Soon the oil will just disappear with the water. Earth will never run out of water because of the ice caps. If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.

The ONLY major problem that I can think of is the crack in the seafloor. If it does extend to south america and soon south anarctica, it will create a very big problem for the southern hemisphere. Also because of the oil, a lot of sea creature and anything that comes in contact with the oil will evolve.
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Are you working for BP? Crap like this could only come from their team

[Jacka]

Its not as major as people say it is but its also not a problem people should overlook. Like others have said, mother nature will heal itself eventually. Everyone in the area with oil will just have to suffer through a year or two of acid rain and oily beaches. I believe the rain cycle will eventually evaporate the oil because of percipertation. Imagine shining a really bright and hot light at a bowl of water, scoop some up and slowly pour it back in. Soon the oil will just disappear with the water. Earth will never run out of water because of the ice caps. If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.

The ONLY major problem that I can think of is the crack in the seafloor. If it does extend to south america and soon south anarctica, it will create a very big problem for the southern hemisphere. Also because of the oil, a lot of sea creature and anything that comes in contact with the oil will evolve.
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XnTGMQhoBbE/R_0q0-7MwhI/AAAAAAAAAQI/rCji3r42QSM/s400/PicardWtf.jpg

[orange7]

If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.


:haha::haha::haha::rofl::rofl::rofl:

:bowdown::bowdown:

:haha::haha::rofl::rofl:

[fobulaus]

...... wait, what if I freeze a cheeseburger?

[orange7]

...... wait, what if I freeze a cheeseburger?

then you get a double cheeseburger when it unfreezes

[_Hotsauce_]

...... wait, what if I freeze a cheeseburger?

Double cheese with fries for 2.95 FAGGIT

[_Hotsauce_]

Its not as major as people say it is but its also not a problem people should overlook. Like others have said, mother nature will heal itself eventually. Everyone in the area with oil will just have to suffer through a year or two of acid rain and oily beaches. I believe the rain cycle will eventually evaporate the oil because of percipertation. Imagine shining a really bright and hot light at a bowl of water, scoop some up and slowly pour it back in. Soon the oil will just disappear with the water. Earth will never run out of water because of the ice caps. If you have a bottle of water and freeze it into ice, you'll get more water in return. Keep doing it and you'll soon get another bottle of water.

The ONLY major problem that I can think of is the crack in the seafloor. If it does extend to south america and soon south anarctica, it will create a very big problem for the southern hemisphere. Also because of the oil, a lot of sea creature and anything that comes in contact with the oil will evolve.
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Evolve like pokemon??!?1?1

[orange7]

Double cheese with fries for 2.95 FAGGIT

REALLY??

is that actually how much it costs?

lol.. last time i went to McD the price was inflated by a lot.

[-EuroRSN-]

http://www.wimp.com/beachoil/

Wow!

[Greenstoner]

http://www.wimp.com/beachoil/

Wow!

WTF? Wtf is the parent even bother let their kids play in the water? I'm pretty sure bathing in the oil is not good for the body

[-EuroRSN-]

fuckk i know!

[Hondaracer]

lol what a dumb bitch

"oh.. is that what you think it is?"

[J____]

lol as if florida needs their realestate value to go down even more haha. ouch.

[cressydrift]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsb9MPTp34

[Culverin]

have these been posted up before?

the audio for this has been removed, conspiracy? iunno, but it's quite remarkable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds4DyAtGJto

if you can't get the first one to work, here's a lower quality clip from the same guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIH5LCmrmM

[cressydrift]

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IS THIS GOING TO STOP SOON?!?!?

[Fafine]

i actually forgot about this... that aint good

[orange7]

oh ya.. the world is still in an oil spill crisis

[PaulWALKER]

people think the whole oil spill is staged!?!? Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTe4AP9iPSE&feature=player_embedded#!

[Tegra_Devil]

http://blog.franciscocosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tin-foil-hat.jpg

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3403/1278375986671.gif

[trip]

At least 4 dead in last 10 days after swimming at Gulf beaches

http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/at-least-4-dead-in-last-10-days-after-swimming-at-gulf-beaches

[Teriyaki]

people think the whole oil spill is staged!?!? Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTe4AP9iPSE&feature=player_embedded#!

Terrible audio. Gave up 10 seconds in to that crap.

[murd0c]

Terrible audio. Gave up 10 seconds in to that crap.

basically he say's that it's a scam, he said that the ocean floor is already so polluted that this drilled this whole which is actually a volcano and the oil stuff is actually chemicals and microorganisms that eat the oil and are causing it to wash up on beach's in little balls since thats what will happen. He said once the two other relief wells are drilled the "OIL" will stop since there was a relief of pressure.

[NashMan]

discovery channel has a 1 hours thing about the oil spill on sunday at 10 if remember right

[Not really racist!]

this is horrible...

its been too long, whats the update on the relief wells?

[orange7]

dunno.. but I believe the date was set to mid august (earliest) for them to be rdy.


I'd say.. give them till January 2011.

[Ch28]

BP says new cap has stopped the oil leak.

BP stock prices rising

[Gumby]

BP says new cap has stopped the oil leak.
I'll believe it when someone else OTHER than BP says that. :p

[mb_]

Any bets on how long before the cap breaks?

[TOPEC]

^ in 48 hours

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

24hrs

[_Hotsauce_]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GULF_OIL_SPILL?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

BP finally stops oil spewing from Gulf gusher
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The oil has stopped. For now. After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons, BP finally gained control over one of America's biggest environmental catastrophes Thursday by placing a carefully fitted cap over a runaway geyser that has been gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico since early spring.
Though a temporary fix, the accomplishment was greeted with hope, high expectations - and, in many cases along the beleaguered coastline, disbelief. From one Gulf Coast resident came this: "Hallelujah." And from another: "I got to see it to believe it."
If the cap holds, if the sea floor doesn't crack and if the relief wells being prepared are completed successfully, this could be the beginning of the end for the spill. But that's a lot of ifs, and no one was declaring any sort of victory beyond the moment.
The oil stopped flowing at 3:25 p.m. EDT when the last of three valves in the 75-ton cap was slowly throttled shut. That set off a 48-hour watch period in which - much like the hours immediately after a surgery - the patient was in stable, guarded condition and being watched closely for complications.
"It's a great sight," said BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles, who immediately urged caution. The flow, he said, could resume. "It's far from the finish line. ... It's not the time to celebrate."
Nevertheless, one comforting fact stood out: For the first time since an explosion on the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 workers April 20 and unleashed the spill 5,000 feet beneath the water's surface, no oil was flowing into the Gulf.
President Barack Obama, who has encouraged, cajoled and outright ordered BP to stop the leak, called Thursday's development "a positive sign." But Obama, whose political standing has taken a hit because of the spill and accusations of government inaction, cautioned that "we're still in the testing phase."
The worst-case scenario would be if the oil forced down into the bedrock ruptured the seafloor irreparably. Leaks deep in the well bore might also be found, which would mean that oil would continue to flow into the Gulf. And there's always the possiblity of another explosion, either from too much pressure or from a previously unknown unstable piece of piping.
The drama that unfolded quietly in the darkness of deep water Thursday was a combination of trial, error, technology and luck. It came after weeks of repeated attempts to stop the oil - everything from robotics to different capping techniques to stuffing the hole with mud and golf balls.
The week leading up to the moment where the oil stopped was a series of fitful starts and setbacks.
Robotic submarines working deep in the ocean removed a busted piece of pipe last weekend, at which point oil flowed unimpeded into the water. That was followed by installation of a connector that sits atop the spewing well bore - and by Monday the 75-ton metal cap, a stack of lines and valves latched onto the busted well.
After that, engineers spent hours creating a map of the rock under the sea floor to spot potential dangers, like gas pockets. They also shut down two ships collecting oil above the sea to get an accurate reading on the pressure in the cap.
As the oil flowed up to the cap, increasing the pressure, two valves were shut off like light switches, and the third dialed down on a dimmer switch until it too was choked off.
And just like that, the oil stopped.
It's not clear yet whether the oil will remain bottled in the cap, or whether BP will choose to use the new device to funnel the crude into four ships on the surface.
For nearly two months, the world's window into the disaster has been through a battery of BP cameras, known as the "spillcam." The constant stream of spewing oil became a fixture on cable TV news and web feeds.
That made it all the more dramatic on Thursday when, suddenly, it was no more.
On the video feed, the violently churning cloud of oil and gas coming out of a narrow tube thinned, and tapered off. Suddenly, there were a few puffs of oil, surrounded by cloudy dispersant that BP was pumping on top. Then there was nothing.
"Finally!" said Renee Brown, a school guidance counselor visiting Pensacola Beach, Fla., from London, Ky. "Honestly, I'm surprised that they haven't been able to do something sooner, though."
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's face lit up when he heard the news. "I think a lot of prayers were answered today," he said.
The next 48 hours are critical. Engineers and scientists will be monitoring the cap around the clock, looking for pressure changes. High pressure is good, because it shows there's only a single leak. Low pressure, below 6,000 pounds per square inch or so, could mean more leaks farther down in the well.
Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral overseeing the spill for the government, said they are deciding as they go along whether to release oil into the water again. At the end of the 48-hour test it's possible oil will start to flow again - but, theoretically, in a controlled manner.
When the test is complete, more seafloor mapping will be done to detect any damage or deep-water leaks.
The saga has devastated BP, costing it billions in everything from cleanup to repair efforts to plunging stock prices. Though BP shares have edged upward, they shot higher in the last hour of trading on Wall Street after the company announced the oil had stopped. Shares rose $2.74, or 7.6 percent, to close at $38.92 - still well below the $60.48 they fetched before the rig explosion.
The Gulf Coast has been shaken economically, environmentally and psychologically by the hardships of the past three months. That feeling of being swatted around - by BP, by the government, by fate even - was evident in the wide spectrum of reactions to news of the capping.
"Hallelujah! That's wonderful news," Belinda Griffin, who owns a charter fishing lodge in Lafitte, La., said upon hearing the gusher had stopped. "Now if we can just figure out what to do with all the oil that's in the Gulf, we'll be in good shape."
The fishing industry in particular has been buffeted by fallout from the spill. Surveys of oyster grounds in Louisiana showed extensive deaths of the shellfish. Large sections of the Gulf Coast - which accounts for 60 to 70 percent of the oysters eaten in the United States - have been closed to harvesting, which helps explain why one oysterman in Louisiana refused to accept that progress was afoot.
Prove it, said Stephon LaFrance of Buras, La.
"I've been out of work since this happened, right? And I ain't never received nothing from BP since this oil spill happened," he said. "Like they say they stopped this oil leak. I think that's a lie. I got to see it to believe it."
Rosalie Lapeyrouse, who owns a grocery store and a shrimping operation in Chauvin, La. that cleans, boils and distributes the catch, was shocked.
"It what?" she said in disbelief. "It stopped?" she repeated after hearing the news.
"Oh, wow! That's good," she said, her face clouding. "I'm thinking they just stopped for a while. I don't think it's gonna last. They never could do nothing with it before."
Long after the out-of-control well is finally plugged, oil could still be washing up in marshes and on beaches as tar balls or disc-shaped patties. The sheen will dissolve over time, scientists say, and the slick will convert to another form.
There's also fear that months from now, oil could move far west to Corpus Christi, Texas, or farther east and hitch a ride on the loop current, possibly showing up as tar balls in Miami or North Carolina's Outer Banks.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is expecting to track the oil in all its formations for several months after the well is killed, said Steve Lehmann, a scientific support coordinator for the federal agency.
Once the well stops actively spewing oil, the slicks will rapidly weather and disappear, possibly within a week, and NOAA will begin to rely more heavily on low-flying aircraft to search for tar balls and patties. Those can last for years, Lehmann said.
In Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish, the worst-hit area of the coast, frequent BP and government critic Billy Nungesser, the parish president, offered a word of caution: This whole mess, he said, is far from over.
"We better not let our guard down," Nungesser said. "We better not pull back the troops because, as we know, there's a lot of oil out there, on the surface, beneath it. And I truly believe that we're going to see oil coming ashore for the next couple of years."

[Fafine]

wonder how long the cap would last

[q0192837465]

Even if it breaks, it still bought some valuable time for a more long term solution to be developed.

[!LittleDragon]

Now would be a good time to start dumping cement on top of it.

[Ferra]

I saw in some article an article a link between this and revelation 16:3 kinda creepy in a way.
I searched it up and this is the quote:
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea died.
So BP is an angel now? :rofl:

And I think where the oil lands is much more important than how much oil has spilled out...(which is what the media has mostly focused on)
1 millions barrel washed ashore is a lot worse for the environment than 100 millions barrel spilled in the middle of the pacific ocean

[cressydrift]

1 millions barrel washed ashore is a lot worse for the environment than 100 millions barrel spilled in the middle of the pacific ocean

Its bad both ways.

[Ferra]

Its bad both ways.
l2r
that's why I said one is "worse" than the other, i didn't say either one of them is okay

[trip]

Well Cap Causing Seabed to Leak -- Engineer

(Ken Price is a mechanical engineer who worked for a large oil company for 14 years. )

There are cracks in the seafloor leaking, and the pressure tests are revealing that the casing will not hold; it has already been perforated in numerous places.

[This is in contradiction to the latest mainstream press reports that there are no leaks either in the well cap or the sea floor.]

I believe it is time to leave the gulf coast in case the sea floor expands then collapses delivering a tsunami to the region.

There is no way that this device can hold the pressures that are involved with this super-pressurized gas reserve. Advise loved ones to leave the region, now, and for a few days; this well cap poses a much more dangerous situation than they probably know.

How can we get people in the gulf region to watch a couple hours of YouTube (see below) and read all that I have, such that they would come to the conclusion that they are in grave danger?

These nuts deliberately let crude flow through the pipe casing for a long enough time to insure that it is worn and weakened in numerous places, and now they apply a cap, and now they start pressurizing all of the layers of strata in between the oil reservoir and seafloor.

Few know of the existence of a power "group" that rules above the spoon fed TV characters called presidents, senators, governors, etc. You and I know, such a diabolical event does not happen without plan and execution.

Dave Lindorff is the one who has most recently brought this situation of the pressure spreading out under the layers beneath the sea floor to light. I'm trying to predict the timing. If there is one thing I have learned over and over again it is this: I cannot predict the timing of these tragic events.


Videos of Seabed Leaking




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydghupdEoxY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynige2ggKwg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY-Ybhct-90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON0lDYUzcYU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYVHemOhokk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rvX71XBC6s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHhxvupXtMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQVCf0te36g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UY_Mq2yQHI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4w3CEZfJBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev_IPueV9mI

[cressydrift]

This is less of a problem than having 1,000,000 gallons plus of oil a day coming out the riser. It does not look significant and will stop as soon as the 2 relief wells are completed.

I do not work for BP.

[Not really racist!]

Gonna get messy if all the pressure results in a huge tsunami

[Senna4ever]

All this BP news has drowned out another oil disaster in China.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/07/oil_spill_in_dalian_china.html

[orange7]

dam.. oil disasters around the world

[orange7]

NWS
http://akmcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/dalianspill_07_21/d29_24389079.jpg

[Culverin]

It's amazing how horrible we are to what we've been entrusted with.

Mankind is going to end up killing itself before any sort of natural disaster does it to us.

We'll have lived less than 1% of the time dinosaurs ruled the earth.
So much potential, yet so much foail :(

[Supafly]

I really hope this isnt a repost....as i dont really wanna sift through 24 pages again....

but heres some humour....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM

[gdoh]

sry but it is a repost

[orange7]

so what's up?

the spill is still going, yet this thread is dead
:cry:

[Great68]

so what's up?

the spill is still going, yet this thread is dead
:cry:

Actually the well has been shut for the last 3 weeks. They are going through the static kill process right now to shut it off permanently.

[NashMan]

did it work ?

[hk20000]

does it blend?

[Great68]

did it work ?

Yes. They managed to force the oil back down the well pipe, and are beginning to pump in cement today.

[NashMan]

well how bought that eh golf clap


this disaster is not as bad as people put it out to be according to the news


and at lest they know how to fix them now

[gdoh]

why cant they use these??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJTb88ESPM

[Great68]

well how bought that eh golf clap


this disaster is not as bad as people put it out to be according to the news


and at lest they know how to fix them now

Well the whole thing was mismanaged right from the beginning. Why they didn't think of the capping stack in Month 1 instead of Month 3 is beyond me. It was a simple solution that made a whole lot of sense too: Unbolt old riser pipe flange from BOP, bolt on new flange to capping stack with new valves. Done.

Both the big and little top hats, and the original top-kill with junk shots were a complete waste of time.

[b0unce. [?]]

Wow... Those pictures are really sad :(

[NashMan]

Well the whole thing was mismanaged right from the beginning. Why they didn't think of the capping stack in Month 1 instead of Month 3 is beyond me. It was a simple solution that made a whole lot of sense too: Unbolt old riser pipe flange from BOP, bolt on new flange to capping stack with new valves. Done.

Both the big and little top hats, and the original top-kill with junk shots were a complete waste of time.

i guess the stuff was not made yet or some thing like a multiplex municipality action going on

[7seven]

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

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/rescue-efforts-underway-after-oil-rig-accident-in-gulf/

[orange7]

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

[q0192837465]

guess people never learn

[Carl Johnson]

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+Breaks+Down+Oil+Cleans+Gulf+of+Mexico+/article19456.htm

[cressydrift]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_9u7oaoM8&feature=related

[StylinRed]

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]

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/index/Pictures/DSC_0058.JPG

[Hondaracer]

hard to see oil at night..

[cressydrift]

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]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_9u7oaoM8&feature=related

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]

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.
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