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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:51 PM Original message |
Ice crystals cause Gulf oil box problems - Gulf spill likely bigger than Exxon Valdez, claims expert |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. When BP had their spill at Prudhoe Bay, we had to run our vac hose |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. The plan was a 'pipe in a pipe'. Heated water down through outer casing, |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. "More than 200,000 gallons of crude have spewed into the Gulf..." |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I caught that too. It's 210,000 gallons a day last I heard. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. It isn't sloppy, it's by design. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Intentionally |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. yeah - and it was AP that reported it: |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Aggh. Bad development. I know they planned using hot water to keep |
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SF342 (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Maybe if they install induction heaters |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Heating cables run along the inside surface of the dome should do the trick |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. The problem is from the gases expanding |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You're correct. Expansion cooling. n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. What will happen to weather patterns if the gulf is covered with an oil slick? |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. who knows? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Wouldn't the oil cut evaporation, then alter rainfall? |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. in covered areas that would seem to make sense |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Let's hope it isn't bad enough to affect weather patterns in |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. What will happen to the oil slick when weather patterns change? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The storm surge will poison the land |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. According to Interior Secretary Salazar, it will take 90 days to build the relief well |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. 90 Days |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. OMG! |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
48. 18 million gallons. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. 90 days at 200,000 per day is 18 million, not 180 million...nt |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. The Gulf will be rendered sterile for decades if the oil isn't stopped in the next few weeks. NT |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. A hurricane's storm surge will bring that oil deep inland |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Uggh |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. The headline refers to an expert who says this is bigger |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. new maps and oil spill trajectory projections |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kicked and recommended. |
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IScreamSundays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. BP Chamber Clogged, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. BP can always blame Bush or Clinton. I'm not surprised the steel band-aid didn't work. n/t |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. More than 200,000 gallons? More like 200,000 barrels. |
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Number_Six (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why does this remind me so of Chernobyl? |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Who said Chernobyl was safe? |
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cachukis (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've been following the no news. News shows up and.... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. Crews dealt setback in placing containment dome in Gulf oil spill |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yesterday Gov. Haley Barbour |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Nuke it from orbit. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. That would mostly work . . mostly n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. BP is trying to a) confuse the public with a lot of unclear technical |
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jxnmsdemguy65 (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. That's it... |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hydrates |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. The plan was a 'pipe in a pipe'. Heated water down through outer casing, |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Wasn't |
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junior college (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. This whole "reduce our dependency of foreign oil" bullshit has got to stop |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. No one involved in this "genius" plan knew about this possibility??? |
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