Feds say new cap could 'contain' Gulf leak by Monday

[Turborama]

Source: AP

NEW ORLEANS – The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of the crisis said Friday in some of the most encouraging news to come out of the Gulf in the 2 1/2 months since the disaster struck.

If the project planned to begin this weekend is successful, it would simply mean no more oil would escape to foul the Gulf of Mexico. The well would still be busted and leaking — workers would just funnel what comes out of it to tankers at the surface. The hope for a permanent solution remains with two relief wells intended to plug it completely far beneath the seafloor.

"I use the word 'contained,'" said retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen. "'Stop' is when we put the plug in down below."

Crews using remote-controlled submarines plan to swap out the cap over the weekend, taking advantage of a window of good weather following weeks of delays caused by choppy seas.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100710/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill

[XemaSab]

1. Or not.

:P

[PJPhreak]

2. Pray...

To whatever Sprits or Gods...

[E_Olenska]

14. 2400 Canadian Soldiers Deployed to Gulf Coast ????

What is this about??????

2400 Canadian soldiers deployed to Gulf Coast?

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/95/332/2400_Canadian_Soldiers_deployed_to_Gulf_Coast.html


“2400 Canadian Soldiers and the 1 Combat Engineer Regiment based in Edmonton Alberta are on a 72 Hour notice for deployment to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG) frequently train with U.S. Army units including up to a 3 year secondment in the U.S. Military for Career Officers. The Canadian Engineer Regiment is often associated with the British SAS and their role in recent conflicts such as Bosnia and Afghanistan has seen them doing less reconstruction work and more urban pacification and counter insurgency operations.
Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militaries from either nation to send troops across each other's borders during an emergency, but some are questioning why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal. ............”

WHY THIS PARTICULAR UNIT? WHY NOT THE U.S. NATIONAL GUARD?

[DRoseDARs]

3. "And the media will continue to be given unfettered access to public areas."

"And the leak is only 1,000 ...er, 5,000 ...er, 25,000 ...er, 100,000 barrels a day."



And there are FOUR LIGHTS!!!

[Systematic Chaos]

4. And in other news, I'm the goddamn Duke of Earl.

:eyes:

[dipsydoodle]

5. Good morning to you then Mr Chandler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Uht69h8Is

Happy memories of my friends and I wandering around singing that a very long time ago. :hi:

[Systematic Chaos]

7. In all honesty, most oldies do nothing for me at all, but this is one of the awesome ones.

Thanks for posting that. I have always liked this song, probably because my oldest brother used to get a kick out of making his own parody lyrics for it all the time. In fact I think he still does. :D

[dipsydoodle]

10. Yes - its an age thing

:rofl:

And tonight I'll out at one of the world's oldest jazz clubs with a UK Doo Wop group who'll sing that.

[CountAllVotes]

6. uh huh

seems like I have been repetitively posting this same comment over and over and over again since this oil disaster.

FUCK YOU BRITISH PETROLEUM! This comment will be posted over and over and over again too.

Uh huh!

:kick:

[Systematic Chaos]

8. Oh, the horror! What, praytell, could possibly convince you to believe this truthiness?

Want a kitten?

[CountAllVotes]

9. Three cats here now

not sure how a kitten would fit in but uh huh, I do love them! :loveya:

Thank you. I love cats as you might have guessed. Uh huh! :D

:kick:

[Dogmudgeon]

11. How a kitten would fit in

Not too well.

Five hundred kittens, though, just might succeed, and become known as the Meow Mix Shot.

:evilgrin:

--d!

[droidamus2]

12. Idiots

These guys never learn. They have made these kinds of announcements over and over. 'Oh yeah. This next try will solve all the problems'. Don't they realize that when they do this and it doesn't work as advertised people just get angrier. They would be much better off if they would just put it as 'we are going to try a cap and we are hoping for a positive outcome'. That way if it is still leaking but less than now (if you believe them when they report how much is leading) they can still claim the 'positive' outcome.

[Nay]

13. Huh. The AP journalist actually used the word "busted" to describe

the well? That's pretty slangy for a straight news story.

[DFW]

15. The patient is dead. Get him a bandaid.

And an infusion of Corexit 9500 while you're at it.

[alp227]

16. Why quote contain? Obviously this is yet more empty words. n/t

[Turborama]

17. Contain is probably quoted to make sure people know that this doesn't mean it'll be stopped

...by this current operation.

[boppers]

18. From the OP:

"I use the word 'contained,'" said retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen. "'Stop' is when we put the plug in down below."

It's the third paragraph.

[Duer 157099]

19. Fool me once...

yadda yadda yadda