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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 10:36 AM Original message |
BP: No sign of leaks as capped well nears 48 hours |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Everyday that passes that the sucker |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. My biggest fear is that the seabed cracks |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Also an unlikely event, |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's not the sea bed cracking , but the underlying structure |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's a start |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good news so far- now finish the relief well and kill it and start cleaning this shit up |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sure, there is no oil from the riser directly... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've seen this movie |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Update: BP says it may prolong testing period for new well cap.. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That sounds promising, but I will rest better when success is declared |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I knew that was coming. Not a snow balls chance in hell |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Looks like they are going to open it up today for surface collection.. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Having a factual spill number is about more than just penalties. |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Are they still spewing that dispersant crap? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wonder about this cap. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. They had to manufacture it, is what we're being told |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I liken this disaster to the Titanic. Man's grasp exceeded his technological reach |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Very good analogy |
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another saigon (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. not quite |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "a lot of human error involved" would also describe the BP disaster |
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another saigon (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. true |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Did you forget what a newspaper is for? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I use newspapers to line my canary cage... |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. lol - good one |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. This should be a massive celebration |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I think your avatar says more... |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Nah, I think you're misreading peoples' motives here... |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Pretty much. |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't recognize what I'm seeing on the live cam..... |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. K & R |
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Greg in Cheeseland (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-10 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. I don't think the leak has been stopped |
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