Live Feed of BP oil leak..

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

http://globalwarming.house.gov/spillcam/

[petegz28]

Not working for me

[penguinz]

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YQuk68SjyEY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YQuk68SjyEY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQuk68SjyEY)

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Not working for me

Don't know why. It should. Try again.

[BigRedChief]

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream/3

[Donger]

Ugh. What a waste.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Anybody notice the little fish swimming around. Guess it ain't that bad.

[Buck]

Its no AfriCam, thats for sure.

[soundmind]

Ugh. What a waste.

That's what I was just thinking. This country could have been awesome.

[Over-Head]

I'm almost sick seeing that.
And people wonder why our planet is dieing???:rolleyes:

[Bob Dole]

Good thing our elected officials made them expend valuable resources so we could all watch that live!

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Looks like they're making another attempt.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Just saw that. There is some machine floating around, can't see the leak right now...

[googlegoogle]

Just cut the damn blowout preventer with water cutter and then install a giant ball valve and then shut the damn thing off(if we can retrhead those pipes).

[Donger]

Personally, I think this entire thing is being faked, just like the "Moon landings."

[Bowser]

Donger, what has been the net worth of said lost crude to this point?

[Donger]

Donger, what has been the net worth of said lost crude to this point?

About $50 million.

[teedubya]

http://globalwarming.house.gov/spillcam/ is not cross browser friendly.

[loochy]

This thing needs some play by play. I have no idea wtf is going on...

[Huffmeister]

Lol, for several seconds it showed just a black screen, and I thought someone in Congress just had an awesome sense of humor. Then I saw the "streaming progress" percentage and the feed came up.

[DJ's left nut]

Anybody notice the little fish swimming around. Guess it ain't that bad.

I could put an eye dropper of castrol into my fishtank and have a far higher concentration of oil to seawater than is presently in the gulf (or is projected to be in the gulf should the blowout continue for years). I'd end up with a cranky coral or two, but that's about it.

It's awful for the things on top, but it's not terribly critical for anything actually living in the ocean at this point.

The cleanup costs will still be immense as the stuff on top is clearly going to damage coastlines, but the living critters underneath the surface aren't going to be in any real danger for a very long time.

[Donger]

I think the top kill is going to work.

[Fat Elvis]

This thing needs some play by play. I have no idea wtf is going on...

It is gushing oil.
OK, now it is still gushing oil.
Whoa nelly, it is gushing oil.
Well, it is still gushing oil.
More oil. At the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
Still. More. Oil.
More oil.
It keeps gushing.
Look at it go.
There is some more oil.

[Phobia]

Where is Hans Brinker when we really need him?

[teedubya]

It's REALLY effin' spewing right now.

[teedubya]

Spew, baby. Spew.

[kepp]

Good thing our elected officials made them expend valuable resources so we could all watch that live!

No kidding.

"Yeah, we know you have that leak to plug, but this camera is REALLY important."

[Simply Red]

Bush would've had that sucker plugged by now.

[Bowser]

Bush would've had that sucker plugged by now.

Don't you mean Clinton would have plugged that hole by now? ba-dum-bump

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

My idea I sent BP was to use an inflatable bladder hooked to a pipe hooked to a submersible pump. You insert the bladder into the pipe spewing oil and turn on the pump. The pump pushes water into the bladder causing it to expand and seal off the pipe. Simple. And I still think it's a better idea than this bullshit they're trying now. If you have ever used a "drain king " to unstop a drain line it's the same principle.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

They moved the machine, looks like it's slowed a little.

[CaliforniaChief]

Looks like the Chinese had an idea to shut it down. After all, it worked on that chef.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/eel-checks-out-gulf-oil-l_n_590939.html

[kcwild]

http://globalwarming.house.gov/spillcam/ is not cross browser friendly.

Sorry for not posting the link, but if you have problems viewing the feed, go to BP.com and there is a link to the live ROV footage.

[Pitt Gorilla]

I've been assured that this entire situation is a fabrication of the mainstream media.

[kcwild]

I've been assured that this entire situation is a fabrication of the mainstream media.

I assure you that the amount of work my company has done over the last 3 weeks to help fix this problem is not a fabrication.

[Deberg_1990]

I could put an eye dropper of castrol into my fishtank and have a far higher concentration of oil to seawater than is presently in the gulf (or is projected to be in the gulf should the blowout continue for years). I'd end up with a cranky coral or two, but that's about it.

It's awful for the things on top, but it's not terribly critical for anything actually living in the ocean at this point.

The cleanup costs will still be immense as the stuff on top is clearly going to damage coastlines, but the living critters underneath the surface aren't going to be in any real danger for a very long time.

Exactly.....Oil is natural and from the earth. Is is yucky and disgusting looking? Yes...but the earth will correct itself...

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I assure you that the amount of work my company has done over the last 3 weeks to help fix this problem is not a fabrication.


Have they done what I suggested , it would be done !!!!!!!

[Bowser]

I say we nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[ClevelandBronco]

I'm almost sick seeing that.
And people wonder why our planet is dieing???:rolleyes:

The key word in your desperate cry is "planet." It's a bitch of a catastrophe in human terms, but on a planetary scale it's about as fatal as a zit on prom night.

[InChiefsHeaven]

I say we nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Fuckin' A!

[InChiefsHeaven]

Well, it looks like it's full on gushing again...so I guess the top fill or whatever didn't work?

[penguinz]

I could put an eye dropper of castrol into my fishtank and have a far higher concentration of oil to seawater than is presently in the gulf (or is projected to be in the gulf should the blowout continue for years). I'd end up with a cranky coral or two, but that's about it.

It's awful for the things on top, but it's not terribly critical for anything actually living in the ocean at this point.

The cleanup costs will still be immense as the stuff on top is clearly going to damage coastlines, but the living critters underneath the surface aren't going to be in any real danger for a very long time.Except for the fact the the dispersing agents they are using are also toxic and make the crude sink to the ocean floor.

[Donger]

It's looking very good. This may well have worked.

[kepp]

It's looking very good. This may well have worked.

All I can see is the machine.

[DJ's left nut]

Except for the fact the the dispersing agents they are using are also toxic and make the crude sink to the ocean floor.

Where it will be absorbed back into the soil.

The environmentalists are never one to waste a good panic.

This thing had a long long time to go before it became anything more than a surface issue.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

It's looking very good. This may well have worked.


It's spewing like hell !

[DJ's left nut]

Well that cannot possibly be a good thing...

[Donger]

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[DJ's left nut]

Yeah, just read that. Evidently it's just a whole bunch of mud being shot to the surface.

In either event, shouldn't they be getting some of that cement on site here pretty quickly?

[Donger]

Yeah, just read that. Evidently it's just a whole bunch of mud being shot to the surface.

In either event, shouldn't they be getting some of that cement on site here pretty quickly?

They can't inject cement until the mud does its job.

[DJ's left nut]

They can't inject cement until the mud does its job.

So right now we're in the "looks about 90% sure that the mud is going to work and everything has gone according to script to this point" stage of our program rather than "the mud worked".

That about right?

[Donger]

So right now we're in the "looks about 90% sure that the mud is going to work and everything has gone according to script to this point" stage of our program rather than "the mud worked".

That about right?

Looking at the video, what's coming out of the riser seems to be mud, not crude and gas. But, I could be wrong.

[Brock]

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

Here's a better feed.

[Donger]

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

Here's a better feed.

That really doesn't look like crude. That's the mud.

[LocoChiefsFan]

Somethings happening?????!!!!

[Brock]

Watch the robot work.

[bevischief]

Looking like they may have stopped it.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Still spewing.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

And now spewing like hell. Good to know our finest minds can't even stop a leak. Maybe they should just call a plumber.

[btlook1]

They just pulled the ROV up I wonder why? Now it's sitting on the ship still running.

[Mr. Laz]

And now spewing like hell. Good to know our finest minds can't even stop a leak. Maybe they should just call a plumber.dude ... there is already a thread about this which has the live feed cam. Not only is your thread a repost but you keep bumping the repost everyday. :doh!:

maybe a mod could combined the two so Hog boy can join the party.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Where's the other thread about the live feed cam ?

[Mr. Laz]

[/URL]posted a couple of times

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=227439&page=3 (http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=227439&page=4)

[URL]http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=227439&page=4

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

[/URL]posted a couple of times

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=227439&page=3 (http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=227439&page=4)

[URL]http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=227439&page=4


Damn, I must be blind cause I glanced through both those and didn't see it. I assume it's in there though.

But I guess me and 1600 other viewers find it more convienent to just go to the link I provide in the Thread start and click on it rather than look through pages of replys to find it. So sorry if it's a repost but if it is I think it's the best one ever.

Anyway the purpose of this thread was solely to provide the link. Not so much for discussion.

[BigMeatballDave]

And now spewing like hell. Good to know our finest minds can't even stop a leak. Maybe they should just call a plumber.Well, in fairness, the leak IS a mile below the surface. Not an easy task by any stretch.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Well, in fairness, the leak IS a mile below the surface. Not an easy task by any stretch.

A miles not that far. I can drive it in less than 60 seconds.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Bump. For Laz.

[Fat Elvis]

NEW SHOCKING UNEDITED FOOTAGE PUMPED THROUGH THE BP VIDEO FEED!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaLOzP1lCA

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

NEW SHOCKING UNEDITED FOOTAGE PUMPED THROUGH THE BP VIDEO FEED!

Embedding disabled!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaLOzP1lCA



Telletubbies are fucking awesome !

[Pioli Zombie]

Ok, so the plan is to try this new top hat things that they don't know will work and won't be completed until late August.
As Tim Robbins said to Robin Williams in Cadillac Man
"That's your plan?!?!?!?!?"

AND Hurricane season pushing all the water onshore.

Texas,Louisiana,Mississippi,Alabama,and Florida go fuck yourself!

[Fat Elvis]

BP's new PR Director:

http://globaldiplomacy.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/baghdad_bob_1.jpg

I would like to reiterate that there is NO evidence of these so called underwater oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico because, as you can see from this map of the world behind me, there is, in fact, no Gulf of Mexico.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Lots of activity right now. They got somethin goin on.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Looks like a drunk guy with a wine cork.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

By God , it's R2-D2

[btlook1]

IT's cool to watch while I'm playing poker....what the hell are they trying to do??

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

IT's cool to watch while I'm playing poker....what the hell are they trying to do??

Looks like they're trying to jerk off the pipe. And it's working . Shit is spurting everywhere.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

AhHaHa !!! R2 D2 slipped and got spurted right in the face !!!!BwaaaHaaa.

[btlook1]

you think they would just cut off the pipe down below then cap it or something like that??

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Well, looks like they have a saw right now

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

They better be carefull that thing could throw sparks

[btlook1]

Well, looks like they have a saw right now

they cutting the big pipe or that little one? wish we had a better view

[InChiefsHeaven]

I wish they had a narrator or something.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Well, it appears they are cutting the big pipe. In my opinion they need to open it back up and get all that bullshit they pumped in there out of the way and then they can do what I sent them a specific email to do and stop the shit.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Okay, Saw blade got dull, they'll have to order another from the factory , should arrive in 3-6 weeks unless they pay extra for the speedy delivery.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

If C3PO was down ther to squirt some water on the blade it would last longer. Idiots!

[booger]

Okay, Saw blade got dull, they'll have to order another from the factory , should arrive in 3-6 weeks unless they pay extra for the speedy delivery.

probably diamond embedded too. not very cheap.

[Over-Head]

Obama may consider a nuke

http://seeker401.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/last-resort-will-be-to-nuke-the-oil-well-obama-sends-nuclear-experts-to-tackle-bps-gulf-of-mexico-oil-leak-40000-100000-barrells-a-day-not-5000/

[Bambi]

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2010/05/500x_bprebrand.jpg

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Bump for Laz

[loochy]

Obama may consider a nuke

http://seeker401.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/last-resort-will-be-to-nuke-the-oil-well-obama-sends-nuclear-experts-to-tackle-bps-gulf-of-mexico-oil-leak-40000-100000-barrells-a-day-not-5000/

I've been wondering for a while why they haven't considered some sort of low yeild nuke for this...

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

WTF is a nuke gonna do. Make a bigger hole for the oil to gush from and add radiation to our fish supply.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

They got the big saw cutting the pipe now

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

They need to go with something different than the walmart saw.

[googlegoogle]

what feed? Doesn't work for me.

[btlook1]

what feed? Doesn't work for me.

Try this one.

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

They really need to get this thing stopped!

[Over-Head]

They really need to get this thing stopped!
I dunno if this has been asked, but why couldn`t they put a big suction cup thingy over it, suck it to the surface, and load it into tankers then sort it all out in storage tanks

[BWillie]

This feed blows. I thought there would be dead seals and other cool shit. How lame

[googlegoogle]

Don't use google chrome or firefox to see the vid.

These websites all use incompatible formats for vids.

THEY ALL HATE FIREFOX AND CHROME AND LOVE IE. Damnit.

[BWillie]

Don't use google chrome or firefox to see the vid.

These websites all use incompatible formats for vids.

THEY ALL HATE FIREFOX AND CHROME AND LOVE IE. Damnit.

I haven't used IE in like three years.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Bump for Laz .

[googlegoogle]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/BP-cuts-pipe-plans-to-lower-apf-3890005246.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=


I saw them shearing the pipe yesterday. If you can shear then you have the power to clamp that riser pipe shut too.

Am i wrong?

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I'd hate to be the guy down there holding the camera. That would get boring.

[Brock]

FAIL

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Enterprise_ROV_1.html

[teedubya]

Holy shit it is POURING out right now. Damn.

[AndChiefs]

Holy shit it is POURING out right now. Damn.

Yep...that sure fixed it.

[googlegoogle]

Bright side = free oil! ha

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Still spewing

[googlegoogle]

LOL.

I emailed those clusterf***s about an idea of hydraulically lowering a plug or ball valve just to see what response i would get and all i got were automated emails of news events.(atleast 30 emails. none personal) They must getting a ton of replies or don't give a sh**.

Can't believe the professors of engineering aren't criticizing any of their failed ideas.

[CosmicPal]

I'd hate to be the guy down there holding the camera. That would get boring.

LMAO

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Day 47, still spewing.

[Joe Mariner]

Here's an idea...

http://media.bonnint.net/seattle/3/390/39051.jpg

[Param]

This feed blows. I thought there would be dead seals and other cool shit. How lame

Agree, i watch for like 30 secs...get bored and go do something else.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Still spewing.

[Saccopoo]

Still spewing.

Eh...

Unless they employ Marine Boy and his pet dolphin to save the day, it's going to be a mess for a long time.

People want to bash Obama, but what the fuck does he have responsibility for? The pipe is 6,000 feet under the surface and it's been there for a lot longer than he's been in office. I'm simply amazed that they even could lay pipe that deep, that good. Did they have Rocco Siffredi heading that initial effort?

[Saccopoo]

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[InChiefsHeaven]

Eh...

Unless they employ Marine Boy and his pet dolphin to save the day, it's going to be a mess for a long time.

People want to bash Obama, but what the **** does he have responsibility for? The pipe is 6,000 feet under the surface and it's been there for a lot longer than he's been in office. I'm simply amazed that they even could lay pipe that deep, that good. Did they have Rocco Siffredi heading that initial effort?

Near as I can tell, by law the administration is responsible for the clean up. Now, you can't blame Barry for the accident at all, and you can't really say that he himself is totally to blame for how long this is taking. In my eyes, the blame for Obama is:

1) Not responding quickly enough. - He's been all over trying to re-write recent history to make it sound like they were all over this thing on April 20th, and it just ain't the case.

2) When he did respond, the response was more about blaming than fixing - Does anyone really not think that this is ultimately BP's responsibility? We get it, for shit's sake. Now, get in there and fix the fucker. We have plenty of time to sue the shit out of these guys later.

3) Using the crisis to make legislative changes - this is nothing new, they all do this, but when cap and trade has been on his agenda since day one, then this happens and he's using it (along with the other dems) to try to pass this stink-o legislation, it's just seedy and wrong.

4) Slow federal response to Gov. Jindal and his requests for aid - in fact, the whole federal response has been rather lackadaisical, but this is a sitting friggin' governor, and he's been largely ignored.

I'm sure there are more. This thing just sucks, and it will leave a lasting effect on the nation, longer than Katrina. Barry has not done himself any favors during this time, having gala balls at the White House, vacations, all that shit. One would think that the Campaigner in Chief would be a little more savvy of the media and the American people, but apparently not.

[bevischief]

not seeing the black stuff...

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Near as I can tell, by law the administration is responsible for the clean up. Now, you can't blame Barry for the accident at all, and you can't really say that he himself is totally to blame for how long this is taking. In my eyes, the blame for Obama is:

1) Not responding quickly enough. - He's been all over trying to re-write recent history to make it sound like they were all over this thing on April 20th, and it just ain't the case.

2) When he did respond, the response was more about blaming than fixing - Does anyone really not think that this is ultimately BP's responsibility? We get it, for shit's sake. Now, get in there and fix the ****er. We have plenty of time to sue the shit out of these guys later.

3) Using the crisis to make legislative changes - this is nothing new, they all do this, but when cap and trade has been on his agenda since day one, then this happens and he's using it (along with the other dems) to try to pass this stink-o legislation, it's just seedy and wrong.

4) Slow federal response to Gov. Jindal and his requests for aid - in fact, the whole federal response has been rather lackadaisical, but this is a sitting friggin' governor, and he's been largely ignored.

I'm sure there are more. This thing just sucks, and it will leave a lasting effect on the nation, longer than Katrina. Barry has not done himself any favors during this time, having gala balls at the White House, vacations, all that shit. One would think that the Campaigner in Chief would be a little more savvy of the media and the American people, but apparently not.


You just need to keep in mind that Obama was placed here to enhance the destruction of America. This oil spill is good for his goals. There are things he could have done and be doing to help. Just for instance this morning it is being reported that the dutch have advanced skimming technology that we could be using to advance the cleanup effort. There is a "Jones Law" that prohibits them from working in the U.S. territory. The Jones Law can be lifted during a crisis if the president says. It's not happening.

If you sit back and REALLY look at everything Obama is/has done since being in office and think about the long term consequences and effects you can see what he's doing.

AL Qaeda said 8 years ago we will break America and bring it to it's knees and we will do it from within. Obama has added more debt than the previous 43 Presidents.

[Brock]

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Skandi_ROV1.html

Still FAIL

[Fat Elvis]

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Skandi_ROV1.html

http://www.barking-moonbat.com/images/uploads/bagdad_bob_large.gif

It is just a trickle.




FYP

[Param]

From the looks of it there's tons of oil gushing out. Or is there a big hoover vacuum sucking it up which makes it look like that?

[InChiefsHeaven]

Looks as bad as ever...

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

60 days now.

[chasedude]

60 days now.
:cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss:

[BigMeatballDave]

I hear the relief well wont be ready until Aug.

[googlegoogle]

Heard Christmas.

They should stick that pipe with cap right down that oil well.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Annnnnddddd. Day 64 !

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Day 71. Good job BP. I think it's spewing more now !

[chasedude]

Anyone see the news on this? All created by a reclusive billionaire on his own dime.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100701/capt.766e2c9a7477417983009936b0c0488d-766e2c9a7477417983009936b0c0488d-0.jpg?x=213&y=134&xc=1&yc=1&wc=410&hc=258&q=85&sig=gSeoIvenmMKdJLcJpp_n0w-- (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/barrels-Whale/photo//100701/480/urn_publicid_ap_org766e2c9a7477417983009936b0c0488d//s:/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill;_ylt=AkhRMhl_Q9PgJgQb9iM0R1qp_aF4;_ylu=X3oDMTE5YmoxajM3BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9 waG90bwRzbGsDdGhlcXVvdGF3aGFs)<cite class="vcard">By </cite><cite class="vcard">TOM BREEN, Associated Press Writer Tom Breen, Associated Press Writer </cite> – <abbr title="2010-07-04T00:35:28-0700" class="recenttimedate">54 mins ago</abbr>
<!-- end .byline --> NEW ORLEANS – The latest hopes are riding on a massive new skimmer to clean oil from near the spewing well in the Gulf of Mexico, while a local Louisiana parish's plan to block the slick has been rejected by federal officials.
A 48-hour test of the Taiwanese vessel dubbed "A Whale" began Saturday and was to continue through Sunday.
TMT Shipping created what is billed as the world's largest oil skimmer by converting an oil tanker after the April 20 explosion sent millions of gallons of crude spilling into the Gulf.
The vessel was expected to cruise a 25-square-mile test site just north of the well site company officials said.
The U.S. Coast Guard and BP are waiting to see if the vessel, which is 10 stories high and as long as 3 1/2 football fields, can live up to its maker's promise (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill#)of being able to process up to 21 million gallons of oil-fouled water a day.
The ship works by taking in water through 12 vents, separating the oil and pumping the cleaned seawater back into the Gulf.
"In many ways, the ship collects water like an actual whale and pumps internally like a human heart," TMT spokesman Bob Graham said in an e-mail.
A Whale is being tested close to the wellhead because officials believe it will be most effective where the oil is thickest rather than closer to shore.
The ship arrived in the Gulf on Wednesday, but officials have wanted to test its capability as well as have the EPA (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill#) sign off on the water it will pump back into the Gulf, which will contain trace amounts of crude.
The wait has frustrated some local officials, who say the mammoth skimmer would be a game-changer in keeping oil from reaching vulnerable coastlines.
During a Thursday tour of the inlet to Barataria Bay, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said it was exasperating to have A Whale anchored offshore instead of being put to immediate use.
"They've used the war rhetoric," Jindal said aboard a boat floating in oil-slicked waters near Grand Isle. "If this is really a war, they need to be using every resource that makes sense to fight this oil before it comes to our coast."
The governor, who has been outspoken in his criticism of the relief effort, also criticized a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reject a proposal by Jefferson Parish to build a series of rock dikes to protect the ecologically important Barataria Bay.
Parish officials were using a fleet of barges — dubbed the "Cajun Navy" — as temporary barriers to block the oil, but some was still seeping in. The Corps found that the dike plan was incomplete, lacking a designated agency to remove the barriers, a restoration plan for environmental damage and data to measure any such damage.
"The Corps took weeks to review the plan only to reject it today — and this denial is another unfortunate example of the federal government's lack of urgency in this war to protect our coast," said Kyle Plotkin, Jindal's press secretary.
Back at the well site, work continued through the weekend to prepare another vessel, the Helix Producer, to hook up to the containment cap at the seafloor and start collecting up to 25,000 barrels a day. The work was delayed by severe weather from Hurricane Alex.
If workers are able to hook up the Helix Producer this week, it could double the amount of oil being collected at the well head and then burned or transferred to other tankers.
Meanwhile, work is a few days ahead of schedule on two relief wells that BP says are the best chance at stopping the leak, BP spokesman (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill#)said.
But the company is sticking with its early-to-mid-August timeframe for completing the wells because of the uncertainties of hurricane season and the precision needed as the drills get deeper into the ocean floor.
Elsewhere on the Gulf coast, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson visited Pensacola Beach on Saturday, her first trip to Florida since the explosion and her sixth trip to the Gulf.
Jackson said that despite the level of contamination on the beaches, it should be up to local officials to decide whether they should be closed. Officials in Escambia County have posted oil warnings at beaches but not closed them.
"From a commonsense perspective there is nothing that I am going to be able to tell you in chemical lab that you can't learn about the safety of the water from a bathing purpose by looking at it and smelling it," she said.
Reporters pressed Jackson on whether she would wade into the water Saturday based on what she had seen.
"I would not go into the water today," she said.

[philfree]

Anyone see the news on this? All created by a reclusive billionaire on his own dime.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100701/capt.766e2c9a7477417983009936b0c0488d-766e2c9a7477417983009936b0c0488d-0.jpg?x=213&y=134&xc=1&yc=1&wc=410&hc=258&q=85&sig=gSeoIvenmMKdJLcJpp_n0w-- (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/barrels-Whale/photo//100701/480/urn_publicid_ap_org766e2c9a7477417983009936b0c0488d//s:/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill;_ylt=AkhRMhl_Q9PgJgQb9iM0R1qp_aF4;_ylu=X3oDMTE5YmoxajM3BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9 waG90bwRzbGsDdGhlcXVvdGF3aGFs)<cite class="vcard">By </cite><cite class="vcard">TOM BREEN, Associated Press Writer Tom Breen, Associated Press Writer </cite> – <abbr title="2010-07-04T00:35:28-0700" class="recenttimedate">54 mins ago</abbr>
<!-- end .byline --> NEW ORLEANS – The latest hopes are riding on a massive new skimmer to clean oil from near the spewing well in the Gulf of Mexico, while a local Louisiana parish's plan to block the slick has been rejected by federal officials.
A 48-hour test of the Taiwanese vessel dubbed "A Whale" began Saturday and was to continue through Sunday.
TMT Shipping created what is billed as the world's largest oil skimmer by converting an oil tanker after the April 20 explosion sent millions of gallons of crude spilling into the Gulf.
The vessel was expected to cruise a 25-square-mile test site just north of the well site company officials said.
The U.S. Coast Guard and BP are waiting to see if the vessel, which is 10 stories high and as long as 3 1/2 football fields, can live up to its maker's promise (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill#)of being able to process up to 21 million gallons of oil-fouled water a day.
The ship works by taking in water through 12 vents, separating the oil and pumping the cleaned seawater back into the Gulf.
"In many ways, the ship collects water like an actual whale and pumps internally like a human heart," TMT spokesman Bob Graham said in an e-mail.
A Whale is being tested close to the wellhead because officials believe it will be most effective where the oil is thickest rather than closer to shore.
The ship arrived in the Gulf on Wednesday, but officials have wanted to test its capability as well as have the EPA (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill#) sign off on the water it will pump back into the Gulf, which will contain trace amounts of crude.
The wait has frustrated some local officials, who say the mammoth skimmer would be a game-changer in keeping oil from reaching vulnerable coastlines.
During a Thursday tour of the inlet to Barataria Bay, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said it was exasperating to have A Whale anchored offshore instead of being put to immediate use.
"They've used the war rhetoric," Jindal said aboard a boat floating in oil-slicked waters near Grand Isle. "If this is really a war, they need to be using every resource that makes sense to fight this oil before it comes to our coast." The governor, who has been outspoken in his criticism of the relief effort, also criticized a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reject a proposal by Jefferson Parish to build a series of rock dikes to protect the ecologically important Barataria Bay.
Parish officials were using a fleet of barges — dubbed the "Cajun Navy" — as temporary barriers to block the oil, but some was still seeping in. The Corps found that the dike plan was incomplete, lacking a designated agency to remove the barriers, a restoration plan for environmental damage and data to measure any such damage.
"The Corps took weeks to review the plan only to reject it today — and this denial is another unfortunate example of the federal government's lack of urgency in this war to protect our coast," said Kyle Plotkin, Jindal's press secretary. Back at the well site, work continued through the weekend to prepare another vessel, the Helix Producer, to hook up to the containment cap at the seafloor and start collecting up to 25,000 barrels a day. The work was delayed by severe weather from Hurricane Alex.
If workers are able to hook up the Helix Producer this week, it could double the amount of oil being collected at the well head and then burned or transferred to other tankers.
Meanwhile, work is a few days ahead of schedule on two relief wells that BP says are the best chance at stopping the leak, BP spokesman (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill#)said.
But the company is sticking with its early-to-mid-August timeframe for completing the wells because of the uncertainties of hurricane season and the precision needed as the drills get deeper into the ocean floor.
Elsewhere on the Gulf coast, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson visited Pensacola Beach on Saturday, her first trip to Florida since the explosion and her sixth trip to the Gulf.
Jackson said that despite the level of contamination on the beaches, it should be up to local officials to decide whether they should be closed. Officials in Escambia County have posted oil warnings at beaches but not closed them.
"From a commonsense perspective there is nothing that I am going to be able to tell you in chemical lab that you can't learn about the safety of the water from a bathing purpose by looking at it and smelling it," she said.
Reporters pressed Jackson on whether she would wade into the water Saturday based on what she had seen.
"I would not go into the water today," she said.

Seems the feds weren't to concernced before the spill basically lettling the spill occur but now they are so concerned about the clean up efforts that they won't allow anything to be done in a timely fashion.

What is it with our country's government lack of effort to take care of it's southern border. They won't secure it and they won't protect it from the oil slick. WTF?


PhilFree:arrow:

[The Mad Crapper]

On a more serious note, seventy-six days in the spill, after jumping through weeks of hurdles --- Jones Act, Coast Guard Acceptance Tests, EPA reviews, life-jacket counts --- the Whale is almost ready to start sucking oil out of the Gulf. Just a few more tests, and then some forms, a couple of inspections, and then we can get going. Just as soon as the crew has finished their mandatory two-week diversity course and sensitivity training. Union rules, you know.

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/07/it-does-us-all-good-obama-goes-golfing-for-8th-time-since-oil-spill-disaster/

[InChiefsHeaven]

This is borderline criminal now. There really seems to be a reason for all this foot dragging by the feds...I just don't know what it is...but they can't blame BP for THIS shit...

[Bugeater]

On a more serious note, seventy-six days in the spill, after jumping through weeks of hurdles --- Jones Act, Coast Guard Acceptance Tests, EPA reviews, life-jacket counts --- the Whale is almost ready to start sucking oil out of the Gulf. Just a few more tests, and then some forms, a couple of inspections, and then we can get going. Just as soon as the crew has finished their mandatory two-week diversity course and sensitivity training. Union rules, you know.

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/07/it-does-us-all-good-obama-goes-golfing-for-8th-time-since-oil-spill-disaster/
Yeah, it's ridiculous, they need to get this thing going.

Here's an excerpt from an article I read on AOL news this morning:

But its never-before-used technology means that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to sign off on the quality of the water that the ship dumps back into the gulf, after separating out the oil.WTF? Why is this an issue? God forbid we don't pour perfectly clean water back into the oil slick. Christ, if it only removes 50% of the oil from the water, it's still an improvement on the mess we have now.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

This is borderline criminal now. There really seems to be a reason for all this foot dragging by the feds...I just don't know what it is...but they can't blame BP for THIS shit...

Obama wants America bankrupt and destroyed. This is playing right into his plan.

[Deberg_1990]

There really seems to be a reason for all this foot dragging by the feds....

How is this any different than anyting else the Federal Government does? Business as usual for the Feds...

and people still expect the Government to be our saviors to everything???

[Dave Lane]

Funniest thing it's the guys that scream screw big government at the tops of their lungs that are the ones raising a huge stink about why isn't the government doing more...

[Brock]

Funniest thing it's the guys that scream screw big government at the tops of their lungs that are the ones raising a huge stink about why isn't the government doing more...

That's the second funniest thing. The funniest thing is the guys that think bigger government is great, even when the government falls flat on its ass like it has here.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Funniest thing it's the guys that scream screw big government at the tops of their lungs that are the ones raising a huge stink about why isn't the government doing more...

I'd say that the reason for that is that this is something the government SHOULD actually be doing something about...according to the law congress passed in 1994 the government is to bear the brunt of this burden, at least where the cleanup is concerned.

SO it's not like we love big government, in fact this is just proving that the government can't really do anything right...even the stuff they are supposed to be doing...

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Anybody watching, some interesting stuff going on right now, looks like they're trying to make the leak bigger.

[teedubya]

Anybody watching, some interesting stuff going on right now, looks like they're trying to make the leak bigger.

This must be earthquake day...

[Brock]

WIN, maybe?

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Enterprise_ROV_2.html

[boogblaster]

mamma will it ever stop

[teedubya]

I was watching it last night... and they did put something new on... I think this will connect to the piece that will stop/slow it down soon.

I'm hoping.

[greg63]

I'm watching the live feed and, probably because I don't really know what I'm looking at, I don't see where it's leaking.

[Donger]

Here's a good source for all the feed at once.

http://www.bp.com/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=9034366&contentId=7063636

Take note of ROV 1. Looks like they've got the flange installed.

[greg63]

Thanks Donger

[Bugeater]

(July 12) -- BP reported progress this morning in its effort to stop the leaking undersea oil well with a new, tighter-fitting cap that's expected to be in place today. The oil giant also said it's spent $3.5 billion on responding to the nation's worst oil spill.

Oil has been freely spilling into the Gulf of Mexico since Saturday, when an existing cap was taken off in efforts to replace it with a new one. BP's chief operating officer, Doug Suttles, said in a briefing that the new cap should be attached today, with testing to begin afterward.

"Once we install the cap, we would actually begin the integrity test," Suttles said. "We will monitor the pressure performance for a minimum of 48 hours" to help determine the next step.
<!--Starting of UEC --> <script src="http://o.aolcdn.com/videoplayer/loader.js"></script><!--End of UEC -->

The test will ensure the cap can handle the great pressure of the oil. When it's operational, it will capture oil that will be sent to a containment vessel.

"There's been significant progress made," National Incident Commander Thad Allen said on NBC's "Today" (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/)show.

"We're going to do a well integrity test that will tell us whether or not we can close all the valves and withstand the pressure that's inside, or whether or not we'll have to produce the oil but relieve the pressure," Allen said on ABC's "Good Morning America." (http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6105570) "Either way, we're going to be very close to containing 100 percent of the oil and the possibility that we can actually shut in the well.

[Donger]

Keep an eye on that pressure gauge shown in ROV1's stream. Higher is better.

[googlegoogle]

The degree of difficulty is amazing. Great work but this should have been done week after the deep H blew up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO1SvPVmz5Q

[Deberg_1990]

How come nobody cares when BP is close to fixing this thing??


http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap-reaches-leak-anger/story?id=11145052

[OnTheWarpath15]

How come nobody cares when BP is close to fixing this thing??


http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap-reaches-leak-anger/story?id=11145052

Probably because it came 80+ days too late?

They put profits over safety, and had no contingency plan in place.

Forgive me if I'm not patting them on the back for doing what should have been done within days of the leak.

[Donger]

How come nobody cares when BP is close to fixing this thing??


http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap-reaches-leak-anger/story?id=11145052

Because that would require giving BP and atta boy, and we can't have that.

[tooge]

an oil execs wife got her face blown off by a bomber in Texas. Somebody cares.

[Brock]

How come nobody cares when BP is close to fixing this thing??


http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap-reaches-leak-anger/story?id=11145052

Yay, BP!! Woo hoo!! Great job, shitheads!

[Deberg_1990]

Because that would require giving BP and atta boy, and we can't have that.


Guess they will give all the atta boys to Obama...since hes in charge. ROFL

[Donger]

Yay, BP!! Woo hoo!! Great job, shitheads!

LMAO

[Brock]

Setback: BP cap in limbo over gov't questions


NEW ORLEANS – BP's work to cap its Gulf of Mexico gusher was in limbo Wednesday after the federal government raised concerns the operation could put damaging pressure on the busted well and make the leak worse.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the government didn't want potentially dangerous pressure tests on a new, tighter cap that has been placed on the well to go ahead until BP answers questions about possible risks.

Gibbs said he did not consider the delay to be "some giant setback," describing it as "a series of steps ... that are being taken in order to ensure that what we're doing is being done out of an abundance of caution to do no harm."

A top BP executive said there was no guarantee the company will get approval to go ahead with capping the well, a temporary measure. Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles told The Associated Press in an interview that BP is trying to resolve the government's concerns.

"I don't know whether we will get that approval or not," Suttles said. "I hope we do."

At the same time, BP on its own temporarily halted the drilling of two relief wells that are designed to plug the gusher permanently from underground. That work was halted for up to 48 hours as a precaution because it's not yet clear what effect the testing of the new cap could have on it, the company said.

The delays were a stunning setback after the oil giant finally seemed to be on track following nearly three months of failed attempts to stop the spill, which has sullied beaches from Florida to Texas and decimated the multibillion dollar fishing industry.

BP had zipped through weekend preparations and gotten the 75-ton cap in place Monday atop the well. The plan was to stop the oil and pump excess to ships, raising hopes the gusher could be checked. BP was getting ready to test pressure on the well by closing valves in the cap when the government intervened late Tuesday.

Word of the delay broke as video showed BP's undersea robots busily swarming around the seafloor site.

Suttles said the government wants to verify that the casing, or the piping in the well, is intact and that the oil would stay contained if BP shuts the well in.

Suttles said the next step would depend on the outcome of a meeting of BP and government officials early Wednesday afternoon.

Gibbs said Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Geological Survey chief Marcia McNutt and other government scientists have asked a series of questions to ensure that the integrity of the blowout preventer and the well itself are preserved.

"We want to conduct structural testing in order to make sure that the well is safe and secure," Gibbs told reporters at the White House.

Oil continued to spew nearly unimpeded into the water, with no clear timeline on when it would stop. BP shares were down more than 2 percent in afternoon trading in London after recouping some of their oil spill losses earlier this week, when the cap project seemed to be moving ahead.

The cap would be a stopgap until a permanent fix that requires plugging the broken well underground with cement and heavy drilling mud, a more stable seal than capping the well from the top. The timeline for the relief well and a backup one has always been hazy, with company and federal officials giving estimates ranging from the end of July to the middle of August before it can be completed.

Suttles urged Gulf residents is to be patient.

"We're going to get this thing stopped as fast as we can," he said. "If it is not in the next couple of days with the test, we'll do it with the relief wells."

On the Alabama coast, Joyce Nelson said every bit of news from the spill site increases her stress and sparks a new round of telephone calls between friends and relatives in Bayou La Batre, where the seafood industry is virtually shut down because of the spill. The slowdown at the rig site just made things worse.

"Everybody's calling everybody. It's hectic," said Nelson. "Everybody is worried about them blowing the whole thing out. If that happens, there's nothing they can do but let it drain out."

Roger N. Anderson, a marine geologist at Columbia University, said he believes BP and government scientists are just being very cautious and he's not worried.

Freezing work on the relief well may mean scientists are worried that clamping down the cap will push new pressure all the way down to the depths of the broken well, he said.

"So I wouldn't panic, is the answer. They're going to be very, very deliberate about this," Anderson said.

Assuming BP gets the green light to do the cap testing after the extra analysis is finished, engineers need to shut off lines already funneling some oil to ships to see how the cap handles the pressure of the crude coming up from the ground.

Finally, they would shut the openings in the 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves gradually, one at a time, while watching pressure gauges to see if the cap would hold or if any new leaks erupted. The operation could last anywhere from six to 48 hours, once it gets started.

As of Wednesday, the 85th day of the disaster, between 92 million and 182 million gallons of oil had spewed into the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.

[WoodDraw]

We need to pull in a CSPAN team to narrate this shit. I have no idea what's going on, but I keep watching...

[Param]

Setback:

color me surprised

[MahiMike]

Setback: BP cap in limbo over gov't questions


NEW ORLEANS – BP's work to cap its Gulf of Mexico gusher was in limbo Wednesday after the federal government raised concerns the operation could put damaging pressure on the busted well and make the leak worse.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the government didn't want potentially dangerous pressure tests on a new, tighter cap that has been placed on the well to go ahead until BP answers questions about possible risks.

Gibbs said he did not consider the delay to be "some giant setback," describing it as "a series of steps ... that are being taken in order to ensure that what we're doing is being done out of an abundance of caution to do no harm."

A top BP executive said there was no guarantee the company will get approval to go ahead with capping the well, a temporary measure. Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles told The Associated Press in an interview that BP is trying to resolve the government's concerns.

"I don't know whether we will get that approval or not," Suttles said. "I hope we do."

At the same time, BP on its own temporarily halted the drilling of two relief wells that are designed to plug the gusher permanently from underground. That work was halted for up to 48 hours as a precaution because it's not yet clear what effect the testing of the new cap could have on it, the company said.

The delays were a stunning setback after the oil giant finally seemed to be on track following nearly three months of failed attempts to stop the spill, which has sullied beaches from Florida to Texas and decimated the multibillion dollar fishing industry.

BP had zipped through weekend preparations and gotten the 75-ton cap in place Monday atop the well. The plan was to stop the oil and pump excess to ships, raising hopes the gusher could be checked. BP was getting ready to test pressure on the well by closing valves in the cap when the government intervened late Tuesday.

Word of the delay broke as video showed BP's undersea robots busily swarming around the seafloor site.

Suttles said the government wants to verify that the casing, or the piping in the well, is intact and that the oil would stay contained if BP shuts the well in.

Suttles said the next step would depend on the outcome of a meeting of BP and government officials early Wednesday afternoon.

Gibbs said Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Geological Survey chief Marcia McNutt and other government scientists have asked a series of questions to ensure that the integrity of the blowout preventer and the well itself are preserved.

"We want to conduct structural testing in order to make sure that the well is safe and secure," Gibbs told reporters at the White House.

Oil continued to spew nearly unimpeded into the water, with no clear timeline on when it would stop. BP shares were down more than 2 percent in afternoon trading in London after recouping some of their oil spill losses earlier this week, when the cap project seemed to be moving ahead.

The cap would be a stopgap until a permanent fix that requires plugging the broken well underground with cement and heavy drilling mud, a more stable seal than capping the well from the top. The timeline for the relief well and a backup one has always been hazy, with company and federal officials giving estimates ranging from the end of July to the middle of August before it can be completed.

Suttles urged Gulf residents is to be patient.

"We're going to get this thing stopped as fast as we can," he said. "If it is not in the next couple of days with the test, we'll do it with the relief wells."

On the Alabama coast, Joyce Nelson said every bit of news from the spill site increases her stress and sparks a new round of telephone calls between friends and relatives in Bayou La Batre, where the seafood industry is virtually shut down because of the spill. The slowdown at the rig site just made things worse.

"Everybody's calling everybody. It's hectic," said Nelson. "Everybody is worried about them blowing the whole thing out. If that happens, there's nothing they can do but let it drain out."

Roger N. Anderson, a marine geologist at Columbia University, said he believes BP and government scientists are just being very cautious and he's not worried.

Freezing work on the relief well may mean scientists are worried that clamping down the cap will push new pressure all the way down to the depths of the broken well, he said.

"So I wouldn't panic, is the answer. They're going to be very, very deliberate about this," Anderson said.

Assuming BP gets the green light to do the cap testing after the extra analysis is finished, engineers need to shut off lines already funneling some oil to ships to see how the cap handles the pressure of the crude coming up from the ground.

Finally, they would shut the openings in the 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves gradually, one at a time, while watching pressure gauges to see if the cap would hold or if any new leaks erupted. The operation could last anywhere from six to 48 hours, once it gets started.

As of Wednesday, the 85th day of the disaster, between 92 million and 182 million gallons of oil had spewed into the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.

I saw this today and puked a little in mouth. Light at the end of the tunnel burned out.

[WoodDraw]

I saw this today and puked a little in mouth. Light at the end of the tunnel burned out.

They've started the tests now. There's a bit of worry about the integrity of the well itself apparently. Most stuff I've read has said that the well probably won't get capped right now - too much of a risk with not enough upside when you have relief wells so close. Maybe everything will go well though.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Obama utilizing every opportunity he can to destroy America !

[teedubya]

It's not Obama exclusively man...

But, look at it like this... they are at least testing to see how safe it is. My brother in law was talking about the likelihood of Methane Tsunami due to the pressure. He helped mechanically engineer this new cap... but if the well's inner pipe is damaged, then it's no fucking bueno.

[WoodDraw]

Obama probably doesn't even get briefings on this anymore. What's the briefing going to consists of - "Mr. President the pressure readings now are reading x% and we think that if they go above y%, well shit." WTF can a president do about that? Like he has any understanding of deep water drilling? It's all the energy department now, and if you read about the hazards of a lost well, I think most people would respect a few hours of delay to test the integrity of the well.

Why people expect Presidents to be omnipotent lords, I'll never understand. I hope to god Obama has no role here, for no other reason then he has no fucking clue what's going on, just like me and you.

[Deberg_1990]

Why people expect Presidents to be omnipotent lords, I'll never understand. I hope to god Obama has no role here, for no other reason then he has no ****ing clue what's going on, just like me and you.

I agree with you...But hes the one who brought this on himself. Remember his presser a month ago. He said he was in charge. ROFL

[CrazyPhuD]

Apparently BP has another solution that should be sure fire if this one doesn't work. They're going to put a wedding band around the well and it should stop putting out immediately.

[Donger]

It's capped. No more oil is entering the Gulf.

[seclark]

It's capped. No more oil is entering the Gulf.

whew...that was close!
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[loochy]

It's capped. No more oil is entering the Gulf.

...for now...until something else happens and KUHBLAMMO!!

[Donger]

I wouldn't call this a done deal yet, though. They'll slowly start closing the valves and therefore increase the pressure inside the cap. Hopefully, it will hold.

[jiveturkey]

At least it's the first bit of good news. Just as they get it all buttoned up some jackass on the surface is going to throw his cigarette into the water and the methane explosion is going to wipe us out. Or it will rain oil. :evil:

[Iowanian]

It was starting to look like *some* government official may have wanted this disaster to be worse....so he could use it as a political stick on his environmental agenda.

[gblowfish]

Only 184 million gallons of oil too late.

[googlegoogle]

Should have been done months ago. Idiots everywhere.

[Donger]

Should have been done months ago. Idiots everywhere.

:spock:

You do know that they've been trying, desperately and 24/7, to get this capped, since the rig sank, right? You are aware that all of this is taking place a mile below the surface of the Gulf and that the pressure at that depth is more than enough to implode our Navy's submarines, right? And that capping a blowout at this depth has never been tried before, right?

[googlegoogle]

:spock:

You do know that they've been trying, desperately and 24/7, to get this capped, since the rig sank, right? You are aware that all of this is taking place a mile below the surface of the Gulf and that the pressure at that depth is more than enough to implode our Navy's submarines, right? And that capping a blowout at this depth has never been tried before, right?

Cap stacks are the norm on land. (john wayne's hellfighters)

They should have had one prepared and listened to the public earlier when ideas were thrown out about hooking up a cap to the BOP flange.

Took too long. Yeah, it's a mile down but it was 10 miles down when they drilled.

So i disagree. We wasted time.

[Donger]

Cap stacks are the norm on land. (john wayne's hellfighters)

They should have had one prepared and listened to the public earlier when ideas were thrown out about hooking up a cap to the BOP flange.

Took too long. Yeah, it's a mile down but it was 10 miles down when they drilled.

So i disagree. We wasted time.

Okay, I was just checking to see if you had the slightest idea of what you are speaking.

[B_Ambuehl]

Hogfarmer woulda had it capped 2 months ago.

[MahiMike]

Sooo...if they were unprepared for an accident a mile deep, why are they drilling again? I'm just surprised this hasn't happened sooner. There's what? 30,000 of those things out there?

[007]

Hmm, the videos no longer load.

[Donger]

Sooo...if they were unprepared for an accident a mile deep, why are they drilling again? I'm just surprised this hasn't happened sooner. There's what? 30,000 of those things out there?

Why are they drilling again? Demand, plain and simple.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Hmm, the videos no longer load.

They are working now.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Why are they drilling again? Demand, plain and simple.

On the news they stated the relief wells were being drilled so they can pump the concrete and heavy mud down for a permanent seal. I thought they were drilling to get oil from them which would relieve the pressure from the broken pipe.

[Donger]

On the news they stated the relief wells were being drilled so they can pump the concrete and heavy mud down for a permanent seal. I thought they were drilling to get oil from them which would relieve the pressure from the broken pipe.

I believe that he was referring to any and all deepwater rigs, not the relief wells. Yes, they are drilling the relief wells to lower the pressure at the now non-spilling well. They will then be able to inject mud which will permanently seal the leak.

[teedubya]

This is good news that they sealed it, but the damage is done.

http://www.associazionegeofisica.it/OilSpill.pdf

The Gulfstream Loop no longer exists. It has rerouted itself. The Gulfstream is still strong... but it no longer includes Gulf of Mexico waters.

According to these scientists at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics, anyway.

With this theory, the waters will contain itself within the Gulf. Maybe, Mother Earth rerouted its flow to prevent Doooooom lol

[Bugeater]

Damnit Ari! You promised us fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

WHERE IS MY MASS HYSTERIA?

[teedubya]

Damnit Ari! You promised us fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

WHERE IS MY MASS HYSTERIA?

haha... not over yet. This is phase 1 of DOOOOOM.

Look at that PDF. :-P

[WoodDraw]

Well, it's also worth mentioning that this might not be over. Some article made the analogy of putting your thumb over a garden hose. If you don't feel the pressure, that means that water is just coming out somewhere else.

Right now, they still don't know if they've stopped the flow, or if the oil is simply leaking into other places.

[WoodDraw]

Well, it's also worth mentioning that this might not be over. Some article made the analogy of putting your thumb over a garden hose. If you don't feel the pressure, that means that water is just coming out somewhere else.

Right now, they still don't know if they've stopped the flow, or if the oil is simply leaking into other places.

[Deberg_1990]

Congrats BP! Job well done.

[Donger]

This is good news that they sealed it, but the damage is done.

http://www.associazionegeofisica.it/OilSpill.pdf

The Gulfstream Loop no longer exists. It has rerouted itself. The Gulfstream is still strong... but it no longer includes Gulf of Mexico waters.

According to these scientists at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics, anyway.

With this theory, the waters will contain itself within the Gulf. Maybe, Mother Earth rerouted its flow to prevent Doooooom lol

LMAO

[Iowanian]

http://sidesalad.net/archives/DebbieDownerRachaelDratch.jpg

Well, it's also worth mentioning that this might not be over. Some article made the analogy of putting your thumb over a garden hose. If you don't feel the pressure, that means that water is just coming out somewhere else.

Right now, they still don't know if they've stopped the flow, or if the oil is simply leaking into other places.

[Deberg_1990]

Right now, they still don't know if they've stopped the flow, or if the oil is simply leaking into other places.


With like 20,000 oil wells in the Gulf, you dont think Oil ever leaks out of them??