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Thu May-13-10 10:50 PM
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| 50. 70,000 barrels per day, so right now it's as big as the Amoco Cadiz spill. |
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Edited on Thu May-13-10 10:52 PM by caseymoz
Exxon Valdez was minor league.
If this is finally correct, this would make the spill the 8th worst. I find even this estimate unbelievably low considering the extent of the slick, but I don't have any expertise.
If it is a correct estimate, though, the spill will become the 4th worst within the week.
And in about four and a half months, it will become the biggest spill ever, surpassing the Gulf War spill.
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| -Gulf oil spill more than 10X greater than thought |
Barrett808 |
May-13-10 06:23 PM |
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Does this ever stop. I can't keep up with the estimates. This can hit America like |
thereismore |
May-13-10 06:32 PM |
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What so many of us were afraid of. |
Greyskye |
May-13-10 06:35 PM |
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Obama wants $80 billion to upgrade nuclear arms complex -- !!! |
defendandprotect |
May-13-10 08:40 PM |
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Confirms what SkyTruth has been saying for a few days: |
Barrett808 |
May-13-10 06:36 PM |
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Which is why BP refused the release the video earlier |
skeptical cynic |
May-13-10 06:39 PM |
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Greater than *who* thought? |
Cal Carpenter |
May-13-10 06:40 PM |
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But doesn't everyone believe the amorphous "authorities" and/or "experts?" |
ShortnFiery |
May-13-10 07:36 PM |
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+1000 |
pleah |
May-14-10 04:09 PM |
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Holy sh*t! |
MelissaB |
May-13-10 06:48 PM |
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It seems every other day the estimated spill turns out to be 10x greater than thought, doesn't it? |
no limit |
May-13-10 06:53 PM |
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Can you |
femrap |
May-13-10 06:56 PM |
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It's going to be like the Okies during the dust bowl |
Alcibiades |
May-13-10 06:59 PM |
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I watched a show on the Dust |
femrap |
May-13-10 09:40 PM |
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I was thinking about quakes tonite (but, again, I think about quakes a lot). |
Stardust |
May-13-10 11:39 PM |
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I see you live |
femrap |
May-14-10 10:02 AM |
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I watched that same program |
Boudica the Lyoness |
May-14-10 02:13 PM |
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Turns out BP lied about depth it planned to drill. |
dixiegrrrrl |
May-13-10 07:15 PM |
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Did you see those 3 ugly |
femrap |
May-13-10 09:36 PM |
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I heard from a friend of mine who is an ecologist that they were ... |
Botany |
May-14-10 05:47 AM |
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Better be taking pictures of the white sands of Daytona Beach cuz they'll be gone forever! |
AlbertCat |
May-13-10 09:00 PM |
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I didn't know that is |
femrap |
May-13-10 09:34 PM |
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Repubs in Tampa: "Shill, baby shill!" |
FailureToCommunicate |
May-13-10 10:24 PM |
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I had an evil idea slither across my last 2 brain cells |
HillbillyBob |
May-14-10 08:30 AM |
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It would be something to see what this does to the hurricane season. |
caseymoz |
May-13-10 10:54 PM |
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When I read that comment |
deacon_sephiroth |
May-13-10 11:44 PM |
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I live awfully close to the laboratory of this experiment. |
dixiegrrrrl |
May-14-10 08:04 AM |
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My sincere condolences. It might just suppress them, though. |
caseymoz |
May-14-10 09:17 AM |
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aaaaaauuuuuuggggghhhh!!!!!! |
NC_Nurse |
May-13-10 07:00 PM |
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+ millions. nt. |
sam kane |
May-14-10 12:48 AM |
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So there is no end in sight yet for how bad this is I guess. :( |
Jefferson23 |
May-13-10 07:02 PM |
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This is getting to be like the Fox News body count at a Tea Party Rally |
jberryhill |
May-13-10 07:19 PM |
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So sad to have to K&R this...... |
KoKo |
May-13-10 07:28 PM |
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. |
fishwax |
May-13-10 07:38 PM |
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They have lied from the very beginning. |
Dappleganger |
May-13-10 07:40 PM |
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That is the key, Lies from the beginning...I am guessing for one |
Stuart G |
May-14-10 07:36 AM |
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I read something about a $1000 fine per gallon spilled, by the way. |
lostnfound |
May-14-10 08:19 AM |
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You wanna talk about sea level rise....... |
cachukis |
May-13-10 07:45 PM |
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I am not surprised |
marions ghost |
May-13-10 08:11 PM |
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If the oil ever comes around the keys and I see it on my beach in Ft Lauderdale, I will sue BP |
Change Happens |
May-13-10 08:23 PM |
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In other news, BP stocks way up as their CEO announces the fastest removal of oil from a well in BP |
truthisfreedom |
May-13-10 08:25 PM |
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Now there is no longer any question - the world is fucked |
CLANG |
May-13-10 08:27 PM |
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k/r nt |
Starwriter |
May-13-10 08:55 PM |
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The last quote in the NY times article gets it right |
gristy |
May-13-10 08:57 PM |
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Don't worry, the 'experts' are telling us there's no immediate health risk. |
paparush |
May-13-10 09:11 PM |
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If you don't count mere existence. |
WinkyDink |
May-13-10 09:44 PM |
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Rush said that oil is natural, so no problem, right? |
harun |
May-13-10 09:14 PM |
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Just dip him in oil to prove it. |
caseymoz |
May-13-10 10:59 PM |
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R.I.P. Gulf of Mexico |
ixion |
May-13-10 09:15 PM |
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Numbers we can all relate to... 1 Oil Barrel = 42 US Gallons. That means 2,940,000 gallons a day! |
Turborama |
May-13-10 09:16 PM |
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One Exxon Valdez every four days |
Barrett808 |
May-13-10 09:18 PM |
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The blowout happened 24 days ago so that's 6 x Exxon Valdez or 70,560,000 gallons so far n/t |
Turborama |
May-13-10 10:10 PM |
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This explains why they haven't just moved lots and lots of tankers in |
JDPriestly |
May-13-10 09:18 PM |
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Tankers don't even have the equipment to do that. |
Merchant Marine |
May-14-10 03:05 AM |
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Seems to me that such a mechanism could be constructed. |
JDPriestly |
May-14-10 03:41 PM |
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Natural Gas being released into the salt water does not rise to the surface... |
lib2DaBone |
May-13-10 09:29 PM |
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Nobody's talking about the damage the natural gas is doing.. |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
May-14-10 08:08 AM |
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This latest "worst" estimate may be the first of many. BP has already demonstrated that it is NOT |
Raster |
May-13-10 09:30 PM |
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And how would you stop the leak? |
protocol rv |
May-13-10 09:37 PM |
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High explosives could collapse the bore hole itself, but probably render the field useless. |
Raster |
May-13-10 09:54 PM |
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I read that it may the the second largest deposit ever discovered. Why |
Stardust |
May-13-10 11:31 PM |
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I doubt it seriously |
protocol rv |
May-14-10 12:06 AM |
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This is a disaster of apocalyptic proportions! |
Odin2005 |
May-13-10 09:35 PM |
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On this we are in complete agreement |
ixion |
May-13-10 09:51 PM |
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The Exxon Valdez at least was a known finite amount. The Earth? WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'VE UNLEASHED |
WinkyDink |
May-13-10 09:40 PM |
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CORRECTION: We have no idea what THEY'VE UNLEASHED. |
Raster |
May-13-10 09:57 PM |
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Well, we're going to have plenty of oil now. |
caseymoz |
May-13-10 11:01 PM |
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Wormwood. |
roamer65 |
May-13-10 09:49 PM |
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no words |
mikelgb |
May-13-10 09:51 PM |
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Outrageous |
colsohlibgal |
May-13-10 10:31 PM |
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70,000 barrels per day, so right now it's as big as the Amoco Cadiz spill. |
caseymoz |
May-13-10 10:50 PM |
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MMS approved 27 Gulf Drilling Ops AFTER the BP disaster |
theHandpuppet |
May-13-10 10:58 PM |
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What is the harm now? |
susanwy |
May-14-10 12:08 AM |
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So where are the criminal charges? |
liberation |
May-13-10 11:11 PM |
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BP Estimates it's 200,000 barrels a day... |
Flabbergasted |
May-13-10 11:59 PM |
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Their estimate is gallons not barrels. nt |
Parker CA |
May-14-10 12:21 AM |
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Those dirty fuckers. Yeah, exactly what I thought. Liars will be liars. |
lonestarnot |
May-14-10 12:12 AM |
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I guess at that rate, when I become eligible for Social Security checks (in about 45 years) |
alp227 |
May-14-10 12:46 AM |
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so sad |
pezDispenser |
May-14-10 01:04 AM |
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We better cap that well or we are fucked |
Botany |
May-14-10 06:17 AM |
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If this oil makes it to France I hope the govt. |
reggie the dog |
May-14-10 08:04 AM |
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It's sad that it would have to come to that. |
obxhead |
May-14-10 10:41 AM |
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Put some liars in prison, Angola could take a few BP, Halliburton, & |
era veteran |
May-14-10 06:24 AM |
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But it's OK, the BP CEO says it's only a drop in the ocean. |
tanyev |
May-14-10 07:31 AM |
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I heard in France on the news that it |
reggie the dog |
May-14-10 07:49 AM |
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Better regulation won't make deep water drilling "safe" |
Bragi |
May-14-10 08:27 AM |
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The Damage the Wealthy and Corporate Powers Do to This Planet without being held responsible |
fascisthunter |
May-14-10 09:28 AM |
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The real problem is BP's magical thinking, and our magical thinking |
Elmore Furth |
May-14-10 09:44 AM |
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It was beautiful while it was still alive. |
Altoid_Cyclist |
May-14-10 10:04 AM |
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And they are going to try and suck out a 20" dia. pipe with a 6" one, ELEVEN times smaller in area! |
Owl |
May-14-10 11:20 AM |
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It could work, nothing sucks more than an oil business. |
pundaint |
May-14-10 03:10 PM |
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Just a ''drop in the ocean.'' |
Octafish |
May-14-10 11:25 AM |
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Just begging for his own lamp post. nt |
glitch |
May-14-10 03:06 PM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
May-14-10 11:34 AM |
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K&R |
Owl |
May-14-10 12:16 PM |
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Anybody who thought otherwise, is aggressively gullible. |
pundaint |
May-14-10 03:04 PM |
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