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ignatzmouse (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 03:10 AM Original message |
Why Did BP Violate the 1st Rule of Off-Shore Fire Fighting: DON'T SINK THE SHIP |
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nenagh (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Optics?? Sink the Rig for PR?? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. This expert expects the dome(s) will only get 10% of the oil... |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. this guy has the credentials to know what he's talking about.... |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. I kept wondering about this. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hiding evidence? I love a good conspiracy theory. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Then, because Halliburton had just bought an oil-spill firefighting company. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm not sure anything would have saved this. Pic. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. exactly, it looks like the heat melted the ballast tanks |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Ballast tanks were under water |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Even without water the only thing that would have been left were the tanks. Pic |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. If the tanks were full of air... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, I'm happy to subscribe to tinfoil on this one. We are talking Petroleum. So much money, |
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ignatzmouse (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Note the water being poured on it... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. From the thread I posted on April 21, the day after the explosion... |
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ignatzmouse (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It was listing because of the water being dumped on it |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. They hosed the rig because there were people onboard? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Um... no |
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