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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:32 PM Original message |
Worst case scenario - what if all attempts at stopping the leak fail? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. It will leak until the relief wells are completed is the worst case. n/t |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. There is no guarantee that the relief well bit will hit what it is supposed to hit. n/t |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They claim they often have to back up and try again |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Lets hope the relief wells don't blow out too... |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. 7 years if nothing is done. Months for a relief well. n/t |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. It will be stopped by the two wells being drilled toward the gusher. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Will? "Could" is more like it. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And I thought that one of the relief wells was taken off |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Gotta love it, right? |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Nope. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. The rich will have to start buying their seafood off-planet n/t |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. 50M barrels |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Big Gulf spill in the late 70s took 9 months to stop using a relief well. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Bah. That was 30 years ago - back when we were still relying on Top Hats (Sombreros), Top Kills and |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I loved that segment on Rachel's show... |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. We'll have to listen to 6 more months of talking points where people |
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redirish28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. That is frightening but my biggest worse case scenario would be a hurricane |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. We'll be able to walk from Tampa to Yucatan. |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. ........ |
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