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Originally Posted by theking
He also stated that atempting to burn the oil at sea would have little affect and attempts to skim would have little affect. He went on to say that an attempt to seal it with underwater vehicles would fail. He stated that the only viable way to seal it off would be to put in place another rig and slant drill into the shaft of the desytroyed rig and pump material into it to seal it off. He said this would take a minimum of three months or longer.
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This is such a catastrophe. I don't think most of the country realizes what a big deal this is. There was an offshore spill off our coast maybe 20 years ago, no where near this size, we had oil balls washing up on the beaches for 2 years afterwards. You would get oil all onver the bottoms of your feet, tons of dead fish and birds. awful. To this day if you go scuba diving off the coast, you only need to brush away like an inch of sand and there is still a thick black crust of petrolium.
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Originally Posted by MaDalton
he should send them to news agencies - they pay good money if they accept them
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That's what I told him. Might be too late for him to cash in now.
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Originally Posted by NanoBot
Glad I enjoyed the gulf for the past 2 years and moved out of the Tampa area right on time for this shit...
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Dude, I still live here
For anyone living on the gulf coast- Dawn dish soap is your friend, takes it off like nothing else.
God, we are so fucked