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Fri May-21-10 01:21 PM
Response to Reply #25 |
| 36. We're already in deep shit, |
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and welcome to DU.
The Gulf is going to be a dead zone by August. We are screwed.
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| -BP says they should have the gusher stopped by early August |
NNN0LHI |
May-21-10 12:39 PM |
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Are they trying to be funny? AUGUST? |
aquart |
May-21-10 12:40 PM |
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No - this is when the first relief well will reach the existing borehole. |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 12:51 PM |
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Reading the technical information available at "The Oil Drum" blog |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:07 PM |
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Yes - it is excellent. |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:16 PM |
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Good information for you there .... |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:24 PM |
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Some of it has been easy for me. |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:29 PM |
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Or, alternatively, make the whole thing worse. |
damntexdem |
May-21-10 01:09 PM |
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I honestly don't think it can make it worse - |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:13 PM |
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How sad is it that we have to HOPE they do so? |
Ignis |
May-21-10 01:58 PM |
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You know the tragedy is that in one blog entry they speak.. |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:31 PM |
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Oh, you think they won't lie to your face then? |
aquart |
May-21-10 03:01 PM |
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Tell that to the animals. nt |
zanana1 |
May-21-10 12:41 PM |
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Estimate based on what? |
tridim |
May-21-10 12:42 PM |
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the fake spill #s, which our NOAA countenances |
amborin |
May-21-10 12:52 PM |
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Early August? Is this something from The Onion? |
proudohioan |
May-21-10 12:45 PM |
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Oh goody! Just in time for Labor Day gas price hike! |
mikelgb |
May-21-10 12:45 PM |
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unacceptable |
amborin |
May-21-10 12:51 PM |
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They think they are God. They don't care what we think. nt |
flamingdem |
May-21-10 12:54 PM |
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then what would you have them do at this point? |
Hempathy |
May-21-10 06:53 PM |
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The first relief well was started on May 2... |
SidDithers |
May-21-10 12:53 PM |
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Florida will need to change their advertisement to Black Beaches |
liberal N proud |
May-21-10 12:54 PM |
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Not just Florida, try New Jersey! nt |
flamingdem |
May-21-10 12:55 PM |
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No kidding |
liberal N proud |
May-21-10 01:06 PM |
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is this a friday news dump? |
nashville_brook |
May-21-10 12:57 PM |
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A dump? More like the whole outhouse! |
Wednesdays |
May-21-10 05:29 PM |
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This is pretty much in line with the original relief well estimates. |
Codeine |
May-21-10 12:57 PM |
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August of what year????? |
AnArmyVeteran |
May-21-10 12:58 PM |
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Oh well, no worries then. |
Rex |
May-21-10 12:59 PM |
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OK, someone please educate us? Aren't there four submarines that can dive 5000 feet? |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:00 PM |
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No. |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:04 PM |
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The navy deep diving sub "Alvin" can go 3 times this depth. |
Webster Green |
May-21-10 01:08 PM |
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Right, I can't quote the source but I heard on CNN that only 4 submarines are capable of |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:12 PM |
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Cool! |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:17 PM |
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DSV Alvin and DSV Sea Cliff can dive far in excess of 5,000 feet. n/t |
racaulk |
May-21-10 01:11 PM |
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Well, I saw a woman on some news show yesterday (CNN?) & she said yes |
blueworld |
May-21-10 01:11 PM |
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This is a GLOBAL Disaster. Call them up?!? |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:13 PM |
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France. nt |
DURHAM D |
May-21-10 01:17 PM |
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My understanding is that the relief well [s] have to be drilled down... |
nenagh |
May-21-10 01:19 PM |
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They could observe |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:22 PM |
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You're certain on that? Sure that these deep sea subs don't have manipulation equipment? |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:25 PM |
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Heavy duty manipulation equipment that could work |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:31 PM |
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How about this: Get the brightest engineers to devise a hair-filled thick ... |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:42 PM |
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There is no way on earth |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:46 PM |
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OK, thanks. |
ShortnFiery |
May-21-10 01:55 PM |
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In what way exactly could/would you imagine that they'd assist? |
Hempathy |
May-21-10 06:51 PM |
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By August, |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:02 PM |
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What they say is true: they SHOULD have it stopped by August. |
damntexdem |
May-21-10 01:08 PM |
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WTF?!?!?! |
disillusioned73 |
May-21-10 01:11 PM |
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We're already in deep shit, |
dgibby |
May-21-10 01:21 PM |
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Thanks for the welcoming.. |
disillusioned73 |
May-21-10 02:43 PM |
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Outrage won't make the relief well drill any faster, |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:24 PM |
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No it won't.. |
disillusioned73 |
May-21-10 02:47 PM |
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Hell, there are informed people here on DU that don't give a damn about the oil spill |
earth mom |
May-21-10 07:46 PM |
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They don't care. |
blindpig |
May-21-10 01:20 PM |
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My proposal is this: offshore rigs MUST from now on have relief wells mostly pre-drilled. |
TwilightGardener |
May-21-10 01:34 PM |
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That's not a bad idea, really. |
Codeine |
May-21-10 01:48 PM |
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I woudl say it is like starting a fire then trying to build fire hydrant network. |
Statistical |
May-21-10 01:49 PM |
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Doesn't matter. |
blindpig |
May-21-10 02:11 PM |
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Translation: We'll stop the leak when it runs out of oil. nt |
NoGOPZone |
May-21-10 01:26 PM |
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If that were the case- it would be spewing for years to come. |
Hempathy |
May-21-10 06:56 PM |
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I'm assuming that's August 2010? |
lpbk2713 |
May-21-10 01:28 PM |
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August?! Fucking August?!!! |
Kitty Herder |
May-21-10 01:47 PM |
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We may be very well looking at a massive extinction level event / collapse of the ecological chain |
Dank Nugs |
May-21-10 02:15 PM |
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The nuke? |
Statistical |
May-21-10 02:22 PM |
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When that one's done, thousands more are waiting to happen. 50,685 other holes in the gulf. |
NYC_SKP |
May-21-10 02:50 PM |
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BP has ANOTHER, BIGGER disaster waiting to happen in the Gulf. |
Karenina |
May-21-10 05:48 PM |
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DUer 157099 says they should have already stopped the gusher |
Duer 157099 |
May-21-10 06:57 PM |
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Considering the amount that has gushed out in a month, imagine three more |
TK421 |
May-21-10 08:10 PM |
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