Michael Bay mission to put dome on oil spill fails, BP wants to clog it w/ trash

[Great Rumbler]

At least BP will go bankrupt.  Small consolation, but at least we have that.

Yeah, Exxon seems to be doing ok after the Valdez.  In fact, I don't think they've paid all of the court ordered settlement yet either.  Pays to be richer than God.

Plus it seems that Obama wants to start billing them imediately for the governments involvement.

Their net income was $16 billion last year, that should about cover it, I think.

[Dickie Dee]

Oil spill disaster ‘out of control’

Tony Allen-Mills and Craig Guillot in New Orleans

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill may be growing five times faster than previously estimated and is in danger of accelerating out of control, it was claimed yesterday.

Experts said satellite data indicated the oil was gushing from BP’s sunken Deepwater Horizon rig at 25,000 barrels a day. Previous estimates had put the leak at 5,000 barrels a day.

Professor Ian MacDonald, an ocean specialist at Florida State University, said the new estimate suggested the leak had already spread 9m gallons of heavy crude oil across the Gulf. This compares with 11m that leaked from the Exxon Valdez tanker when it hit a reef off Alaska in 1989.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said deteriorating conditions on the sea bed may result in an even greater flow of 50,000 barrels a day, sufficient to produce one of America’s worst ecological disasters.

Experts and officials said their greatest fear was that a disintegration of pipes close to the rig could produce an “unchecked gusher” that would ravage America’s southern coastline.

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[Ichirou]

Obama is the Jimmy Carter of the 21st century.

[The Fake Shemp]

The good news is, I don't think we'll ever hear about red states complaining that we don't drill enough anymore.

Which was the complaint even with Obama's new expansion. The GOP wanted more expansion.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Did you guys see the daily show thursday? It featured a clip of Obama saying hey guys oil rigs are actually very safe, drill baby drill bla bla. And now look what happened.

This isn't change I can believe in.

He'll catch some shit for this for a couple weeks at most.

It can be seen more as anti GOP fodder because the GOP is the party of "drill baby drill."

[Human Snorenado]

Banks: TOO BIG TO FAIL
Big Oil: TOO BIG TO FAIL
Big Pharma: TOO BIG TO FAIL

 

Poland:  too small and insignificant to give free missile defense systems

[Phoenix Dark]

I'd say BP's image is pretty much shot.

I still fill my Toyota up with it all the time

[Dickie Dee]

BP is supposed to be one of the better players in the industry in terms of safety (been in contact with a few friends). They didn't even own the rig that was drilling the well and the main fault is that the main failsafe, BOP, that was supposed to shut the well in event of trouble didn't. It also didn't shut manually when the rig operators tried as they were evacuating after the explosion. It also didn't activate when the remote vehicles tried to engage the valves directly on it.

Of course the guys that made the BOP are the leaders in the industry and even invented the first ones way back when. It might have been human error, but the story isn't that simple.

[huckleberry]

Poland:  too small and insignificant to give free missile defense systems

 

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

if anybody remembers that Alaska pipeline leak from a few years back, the one that spilled a shitload of oil and shut down the pipeline, that was BP's bad.

They hadn't run any maintenance at all on their section of the pipeline in well over a decade.  Can't do anything that will slow down that flow, that is, until its too late.

[huckleberry]

Are the news media just waiting for millions of oil covered birds to wash ashore before this gets more attention?  Fucking Exxon Valdez was on 24/7 when it happened and this is going to put it to shame.

[Bocsius]

Poland:  too small and insignificant to give free missile defense systems

Poland: Just pile everyone from the government into a single rickety old plane and have them land in the fog.

[CajoleJuice]

Poland:  too small and insignificant to give free missile defense systems

Poland: Just pile everyone from the government into a single rickety old plane and have them land in the fog.

[Beezy]

Are the news media just waiting for millions of oil covered birds to wash ashore before this gets more attention?  Fucking Exxon Valdez was on 24/7 when it happened and this is going to put it to shame.

Seems so. No one is talking about this and news stations are barely covering it. It's really fucking sad.

[Madrun Badrun]

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That guy looks like PeeDee.

He also looks a bit like the "im da best mayynne" guy on youtube.

Lovechild

[OptimoPeach]

I bet Eli Porter would be a better coach than Avery Johnson

[huckleberry]

Link stolen from someone on GAF.  Some awesome, terrible photos:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/oil_spill_approaches_louisiana.html

[brawndolicious]

Some caller on the radio yesterday seriously suggested that they try sealing it with a miniature nuclear device.

[Beezy]

Some caller on the radio yesterday seriously suggested that they try sealing it with a miniature nuclear device.

People are stupid.

[The Fake Shemp]

I hear it even smells like oil down there.

[naff]

I'm surprised by how many times this has happened in the Gulf before. The largest previous spill in the Gulf being The Ixtoc I spill off the Gulf Of Mexico. It took them nearly 9 months to cap that and it was spilling an average of 10 to 30 thousand barrels of oil a day into the Gulf throughout that 9 months according to Wikipedia.

[Phoenix Dark]

So how does this effect the DRILL BABY DRILL crowd. Especially in states like Florida

[The Fake Shemp]

I think this essentially kills DRILL BABY DRILL until we forget about it.

[Beezy]

There aren't enough

[Madrun Badrun]

Nice wall papers

[Himu]

SOMEONE CALL MARIO, HE DID THIS SHIT

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[Fresh Prince]

So who's paying to clean this up?

[Himu]

BP

[Beezy]

It's really not possible to "clean" this up. At least not with what we have now. Just look at the pics.

[Himu]

[Fresh Prince]

Private enterprise will find a way.

[drew]

maybe we should skim your gaping asshole across the surface, you fucking faggot

[Madrun Badrun]

 

Drew mad

[Beezy]

holy shit

[Phoenix Dark]

Tea Party right, non-believers annihilated
#t=2m40s


http://www.vancouverite.com/2010/05/02/bp-oil-spill-sparks-fishing-ban-in-gulf-of-mexico/

[Diunx]

Hopefully this will divert some tourism from Louisiana to DR

[Beezy]

Dominican women

[ManaByte]

Some caller on the radio yesterday seriously suggested that they try solving the stupid people question by using a giant nuclear device.

Callers to Coast to Coast AM aren't exactly normal. Ian basically told her that she was distinguished mentally-challenged.

[Robo]

Saw these shots on BoingBoing of the Deepwater Horizon burning:









Looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.

[Madrun Badrun]

does it ever

[ManaByte]

The ironic thing is that the Surf report for most of the Florida panhandle says pretty nice conditions today with larger waves than we have here in SoCal right now :/

[huckleberry]

BP is maybe the most mickey mouse operation on the fucking planet.


http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1988063,00.html?hpt=T1

[The Fake Shemp]

Wtf?

Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- If using a massive dome to cover the source of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico doesn't work, crews are preparing for another option: clogging it.

Engineers are examining whether they can close a failed blowout preventer by stuffing it with trash, said Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard. The 48-foot-tall, 450-ton device sits atop the well at the heart of the Gulf oil spill and is designed to stop leaks, but it has not been working properly since the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20 and later sank.

"The next tactic is going to be something they call a junk shot," Allen told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "They'll take a bunch of debris -- shredded up tires, golf balls and things like that -- and under very high pressure, shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak."

[huckleberry]

It is so fucked up at this point that all you can do is laugh. 

[Don Flamenco]

WE NEED A FUKKEN DOME MADE OUT OF TRASH. 

[The Fake Shemp]

I'm waiting for this announcement from BP:

"Gentlemen, at this point in time, all of our efforts to contain the oil spill have failed. The dome, clogging it with trash, firing nuclear weapons at it, building a bigger dome to fit over the original dome. That is why we now believe the best course of action is to create a new oil spill, causing both oil slicks to converge and begin total protonic reversal. Godspeed and God bless America."

[Madrun Badrun]

Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- If using a massive dome to cover the source of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico doesn't work, crews are preparing for another option: clogging it.

Engineers are examining whether they can close a failed blowout preventer by stuffing it with Wilco, said Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard. The 48-foot-tall, 450-ton device sits atop the well at the heart of the Gulf oil spill and is designed to stop leaks, but it has not been working properly since the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20 and later sank.

"The next tactic is going to be something they call a jew shot," Allen told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "They'll take a bunch of Wilco -- legs, badonkadonk, and things like that -- and under very high pressure, shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak."

Though Engineers are concerned that Wilco's mass might not be enough, given his elliptical workouts in the last few months.

[Don Flamenco]

jew shot

[Fresh Prince]

Oh the last line

[Dickie Dee]

holy shit

[BlueTsunami]

This is reminding me of this Post Apocalyptic short I read a couple months ago, where humans evolve into sand eating beings via technology  (due to fleshy food sources dieing off) and oceans of oil due to disregard for the environment. Can't wait.

[Cormacaroni]

Look on the bright side people, all that oil was going to end up destroying the environment ANYWAY. 

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[Madrun Badrun]

This is reminding me of this Post Apocalyptic short I read a couple months ago, where humans evolve into sand eating beings via technology  (due to fleshy food sources dieing off) and oceans of oil due to disregard for the environment. Can't wait.

Name and source?

[Crushed]

My sister lives in New Orleans. She had just got back from being trapped in England for weeks, and now they can smell oil in the air outside.


There must have been a lot of gay recently, because God has been working overdrive to smite unrelated poor people.

[Cravis]

Where's Walter Peck when you REALLY need him?

"Hold it! I want these men arrested! Captain, these men are in criminal violation of the Environmental Protection Act! And this explosion is a direct result of it!"

[Bocsius]

If oil is produced by the environment, how can it be bad for the environment?

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Never question Mother Earth. Especially not this close to Mother's Day.

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[drew]

That guy looks like PeeDee.

He also looks a bit like the "im da best mayynne" guy on youtube.

they all look alike to me

[BlueTsunami]

This is reminding me of this Post Apocalyptic short I read a couple months ago, where humans evolve into sand eating beings via technology  (due to fleshy food sources dieing off) and oceans of oil due to disregard for the environment. Can't wait.

Name and source?

The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi (the short itself was in the "Stories of the Wasteland")

[AdmiralViscen]

Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- If using a massive dome to cover the source of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico doesn't work, crews are preparing for another option: clogging it.

Engineers are examining whether they can close a failed blowout preventer by stuffing it with Wilco, said Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard. The 48-foot-tall, 450-ton device sits atop the well at the heart of the Gulf oil spill and is designed to stop leaks, but it has not been working properly since the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded April 20 and later sank.

"The next tactic is going to be something they call a jew shot," Allen told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "They'll take a bunch of Wilco -- legs, badonkadonk, and things like that -- and under very high pressure, shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak."

Though Engineers are concerned that Wilco's mass might not be enough, given his elliptical workouts in the last few months.

omfg

[BlueTsunami]

This whole situation sort of now reads like a backed up toilet scenario, furiously throwing back excrement and everyones freaking the fuck out. There ain't no time to think, and yet its still vomiting up a few weeks worth of dinner.