Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana

[The Straight Story]

Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana
30 Apr 2010 20:50:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
HOUSTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it was responding to another oil drilling rig accident near Morgan City, Louisiana.

The "mobile inland drilling unit" overturned in the Charenton navigational channel south of U.S. Highway 90 at Morgan City. (Reporting by Bruce Nichols)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30137052.htm

[RoyGBiv]

1. The headlines on this are dumb ...

They're associating it with the rig in the gulf, and the two have absolutely no relation to each other in any respect.

This was a piece of junk that fell off a barge and *could* have had diesel fuel in it but apparently isn't leaking anything. It was headed for a scrap yard.

The rig in the gulf blew up, killed people, and is leaking millions of gallons of oil with no end in sight.

There's no comparison here at all.

[izquierdista]

2. Louisiana.....oil rig.....a big boo-boo

Hey that's enough facts for lots of reporters to link these twin disasters. :evilgrin: