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magpies
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Would you sacrifice that one fish for your job?
Believe me when I say hard times happen the best you can do is prepair for that day.
Believe me when I say hard times happen the best you can do is prepair for that day.
UPDATE: BP Denies Significant Improvement In Oil Leak...
UPDATE: A tweet from BP denied improvement in the leak:"Top kill" operations continued over the night & are ongoing. There are no significant events to report at this time.
The tweet was sent at 8:43 a.m., precisely when the LA Times published its article.
xxChrisxx said:Looks like it's worked, something could still potentially go wrong, but I think the most risky part is over.
DnD Addict said:... is there a significant chance that later on it will not be able to hold back the higher pressure?
The pressure has clearly dropped in the 'after' picture in comparison with the 'before'. Then there's the dramatic color changes, whatever they mean.Glennage said:Im not buying that - not until I see nothing coming out - then it worked. Check this screenshot.
http://www.digitaloutpost.net/oil/compare.jpg"
magpies said:Why should they care they as a company can just claim some type of immunity after it's over and get off without paying much more then an actual dime. As I left in the morning there was a feed running from the well does anyone know if it's still up or replaced?
Geigerclick said:Memorial day weekend in the USA, this is like releasing bad news on a friday and letting it simmer down over a weekend. Classic PR tactic.
Ivan Seeking said:T. Boone Pickens was on Larry King, tonight. Pickens claims that at 5000 feet, the top kill was a "long shot" all along.
Glennage said:I think it's fair to say, this isn't going to work, or it's failed already. BP are dragging things out - this is a very sad, sad situation. If it failed, we still have a ton of oil spilling out, combined with tons of toxic mud. Nice.
Also, check this out I found.. Actually quite moving.
http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/Louisiana_congressman_cries_discussing_oil_spill"
Cyrus said:I don't know, I find his crying cheap and sleezy to get voters to side with him. Crying is not the appropriate reaction for someone in his position . Can you imagine if all the politicians started crying and leaving the room every time something happens?
Glennage said:I don't believe it matters what position you are in. He is a Human, and that's it. It's an emotional time, the whole Economy of that area could be gone, it's a massive disaster.
Maybe it's just personal preference, but I find him to be genuine, and deeply upset about "His" home, "His" area, ruined, and gone.
Cyrus said:A leader is supposed to lead by example. Literally running out of a room crying does absolutely nothing to solve the problem. He should be busy making sure there is pressure on BP to do things correctly and in a timely matter, that's what his job is. Also, we still don't know the long term assessment of the damages yet. So, well have to see how the recovery goes.
I don't recall the Mayor of Louisiana crying during Katrina (unless I am failing to recall correctly). Nor is bobby Jindal, the governor crying about the oil spill right now.
HeLiXe said:Does anyone know how far below the surface the well is?
Glennage said:There is already TONS of pressure on BP - And not just from normal people, but the President of the United States himself, who has openly expressed his feelings and attitude towards BP.
I think your missing the point that the guy is just upset.
Cyrus said:No, I get the point. What I'm saying is that -as a leader- he should be calm, cool, collected, and poised.
Cyrus said:No, I get the point. What I'm saying is that -as a leader- he should be calm, cool, collected, and poised.
Where is the oil damage?Glennage said:Take a look at this for Oil Damage...
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=USA7.2010147.aqua.1km"
And on Friday, he interrupted a Memorial Day weekend stay with his family at their Chicago home for the Gulf visit, with his first stop a beach where absorbent booms and sandbags have been laid for miles to try to keep more oil from washing ashore.
No oil could be seen in the water during Obama's helicopter ride from New Orleans, over Louisiana bayous, to Port Fourchon down the coast from Grand Isle.
That changed when he arrived at Fourchon Beach, however.
A shirt-sleeved Obama walked to the water's edge, stooping as Adm. Thad Allen of the Coast Guard explained what he was seeing.
The beach, sealed off with crime-scene-style yellow tape, is one of the few sandy stretches on Louisiana's coast, where most is marshland. Obama called reporters traveling with him to the water's edge and picked up a few pebble-sized tar balls. No other oil was visible.
"These are the tarballs that they're talking about," he said. "You can actually send out teams to pick up as they wash on shore.
Based on what? Just the amount of time taken by the process so far?Glennage said:I think it's fair to say, this isn't going to work, or it's failed already.
Would you have a reference by chance on the toxicity of the 'mud'?combined with tons of toxic mud. Nice.
mheslep said:Based on what? Just the amount of time taken by the process so far?
Would you have a reference by chance on the toxicity of the 'mud'?
Evo said:Where is the oil damage?
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=USA7.2010147.aqua.721.1km
There is some oil that has reached some marshland, but it appears that the oil problem is still out in the gulf where it is affecting wildlife.
This just in a few minutes ago
It has a video.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100528/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_gulf_oil_spill
Cyrus said:I don't know, I find his crying cheap and sleezy to get voters to side with him. Crying is not the appropriate reaction for someone in his position . Can you imagine if all the politicians started crying and leaving the room every time something happens?
Geigerclick said:... If not, it'a 50,000+ pounds of toxic and sometimes mildly radioactive mud.