Topic: 72 days and counting

[Antares]

I cannot believe that it has been 72 days since this ecological disaster started in the Gulf of Mexico.

With all the ideas and methods that have been tried, they still can't plug this hole up.

Here's my solution to getting a better and quicker solution to this problem.

Take every executive officer from British Petroleum and strip them naked and cover them from head to toe with the some of the crude they've skimmed from the surface. Then tell them that they cannot shower it off until they plug up the leak. Once the oil and salt from the water start eating away at their skin, I'll bet they'll find a way to plug it up pretty quick.

[Critter]

I heard that Obama isn't accepting offers of help from other countries. Is that true?

[Achim]

I heard that Obama isn't accepting offers of help from other countries. Is that true?

Wow, that would be incredibly silly, wouldn't it. I hope it isn't true.

[Dragonfire]

And now a hurricane is heading for the Gulf. 

[Jimmy]

It's funny that everybody seem to have forgot the Exxon Valdez disaster? It was as bad (if not worst) and years later nothing was really done and nobody was really compensated for that (even the american supreme court rules in favor of Exxon in most trial).

[Antares]

It's funny that everybody seem to have forgot the Exxon Valdez disaster? It was as bad (if not worst) and years later nothing was really done and nobody was really compensated for that (even the american supreme court rules in favor of Exxon in most trial).

I'm not trying trivialize the Exxon Valdez disaster, but this by far, is more serious than that spill. That was just one tanker of oil. This busted well has been spewing crude for over two months non-stop.

[lyonsden5]

I heard that Obama isn't accepting offers of help from other countries. Is that true?

Yes, it was true. As of this week it is no longer true though.

I live about 15 minutes away from one of the beaches in Florida. Not one that is threatened at the moment, but this obviously is a huge local story for us. While I fault BP I also have to fault our government for their lack of action. Things like not accepting help from other nations along with many of the other bone head things they have done have only made the situation worse. (Like our Coast Guard stopping 16 oil sucking barges from cleaning up the mess because they couldn't confirm that there were enough life preservers on board...).

I wouldn't be surprised if BP comes back and sues our government for contributing to the destruction.

As far as the hurricane goes it's now over MExico and shouldn't be a factor after today. It has already made the matter worse though.

The whole thing gets me sick... 

[DJ Doena]

Financial Post: Avertible catastrophe

[hal9g]

I heard that Obama isn't accepting offers of help from other countries. Is that true?

Yes, it was true. As of this week it is no longer true though.

I live about 15 minutes away from one of the beaches in Florida. Not one that is threatened at the moment, but this obviously is a huge local story for us. While I fault BP I also have to fault our government for their lack of action. Things like not accepting help from other nations along with many of the other bone head things they have done have only made the situation worse. (Like our Coast Guard stopping 16 oil sucking barges from cleaning up the mess because they couldn't confirm that there were enough life preservers on board...).

I wouldn't be surprised if BP comes back and sues our government for contributing to the destruction.

As far as the hurricane goes it's now over MExico and shouldn't be a factor after today. It has already made the matter worse though.

The whole thing gets me sick...  

They should have imploded this well on day two!

Handling of this crisis on all sides has been shameful and we will be paying the price for decades!  Simply unforgivable!  

If you estimate the flow at 60,000 barrells/day, that's over 4,000,000 barrells of oil!  I'd say that far outdoes the Valdez spill!   

[lyonsden5]

Reason to celebrate. The well is capped. Even with it only being a temporary fix it will stop the flow!
 

[Dragonfire]

Thank goodness.

[Achim]

Thanks for that update Rick, I all but forgot about this already

[lyonsden5]

Now we just have to hope it holds and nothing else bursts due to the added pressure before they can get their relief well's drilled.

Then of course there is still the cleanup.