[Rodo]

Weird it's not being discussed over here, so what's the deal with this guys?

I bet some of you are worried about this natural disaster that's taking place in the southern shores of the US.

[Bobboau]

and some of us are not even aware it's happening.

[Colonol Dekker]

I heard it was visible from space......


And yesterday i heard the coastgurad set it on fire  

[Rodo]

and some of us are not even aware it's happening.

for real?

I mean, it's ok for you not to know if you don't listen to the radio or watch tv, I'm actually more concern about if this is being broadcasted in the US at all.

[StarSlayer]

Didn't you learn from Katrina? The rest of the US does not care about Louisiana

But in all seriousness its been on the news.

[jdjtcagle]

Oh yeah it's been on the news a lot. Hopefully everything turns out ok.

[Herra Tohtori]

Oh yeah it's been on the news a lot. Hopefully everything turns out ok.

It won't, it's reached the coastline and they still haven't managed to plug the leak to begin with.

[headdie]

Oh yeah it's been on the news a lot. Hopefully everything turns out ok.

It won't, it's reached the coastline and they still haven't managed to plug the leak to begin with.

to give them their dues the leak is from a sinking exploded oil rig

[Rodo]

It won't, it's reached the coastline and they still haven't managed to plug the leak to begin with.

It's still dumping oil? Well that's just great, ain't it?

[Shade]

Yeah, estimated to be as much as 5000 barrels a day, and at a depth of 1500 metres so it's hard to get to. Not good.

[headdie]

basically i believe we are basically waiting for the pressure in the well to fall below the water pressure at the leak point unless engineers can thing of something else though to me i can only think that a controlled sea bed explosion to seal the well

[Herra Tohtori]

Maybe use a nuke to evaporate/burn the oil from the surface of the sea, if it's too hard to ignite otherwise. Might lead to some problems with pesky fallout, but hey, such is life.

That, or use white phosphorus. Lots of it. In other words firebomb the **** out of that oil stain.

[BloodEagle]

That, or use white phosphorus. Lots of it. In other words firebomb the **** out of that oil stain.

It would certainly be an interesting documentary.   

[TrashMan]

Don't they have some failsafe for this?

A remote-control valve at the seabed or something?

[headdie]

any chance the usaf or navy can spare a few mk77 then

Don't they have some failsafe for this?

A remote-control valve at the seabed or something?

even if they did wouldn't the control be on the now sunk rig?????

[StarSlayer]

any chance the usaf or navy can spare a few mk77 then

Don't they have some failsafe for this?

A remote-control valve at the seabed or something?

even if they did wouldn't the control be on the now sunk rig?????

   Something fundamentally wrong with trying to eliminate oil with more oil, even if it is an incendiary mixture that succeeded napalm.

[headdie]

any chance the usaf or navy can spare a few mk77 then

Don't they have some failsafe for this?

A remote-control valve at the seabed or something?

even if they did wouldn't the control be on the now sunk rig?????

   Something fundamentally wrong with trying to eliminate oil with more oil, even if it is an incendiary mixture that succeeded napalm.

if i remember right though it would be burning before it hit the sea

[Turambar]

Don't they have some failsafe for this?

A remote-control valve at the seabed or something?

We don't need your socialist regulations in here!

[Klaustrophobia]

Don't they have some failsafe for this?

A remote-control valve at the seabed or something?

safety valve don't help a whole helluva lot if there's a hole ripped in the side of the tank.

[Herra Tohtori]

  Something fundamentally wrong with trying to eliminate oil with more oil, even if it is an incendiary mixture that succeeded napalm.

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