Deepwater Horizon

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 03 Jun 2010, 09:48

I do however find Obama's acidic rhetoric against BP a bit tiresome.

Sure, BP messed up - but that's the human condition - we ALL mess up!

Also, we only need all that oil to keep the US supplied with their toys and their fast food.

The world has been despoiled by American greed - so it's a bit rich attacking BP for being a polluter!

A 2,000-calorie milkshake that is the equivalent of 68 pieces of bacon or 30 chocolate chip cookies was dubbed the worst drink in the U.S., The Sun reported Wednesday.

Made with chocolate ice cream, milk and peanut butter, the drink -- called the Cold Stone PB&C -- packs a whopping 2,010 calories, 68 grams of saturated fat and a massive 153 grams of sugar.

It topped Men's Health magazine's 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010 list, beating a McDonald's Triple Thick Chocolate Milkshake to the post.

"In terms of saturated fat, drinking this Cold Stone catastrophe is like slurping up 68 strips of bacon," the magazine said on its website.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/05/ ... ips-bacon/

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 03 Jun 2010, 10:58

Cabrone wrote:As he says hopefully this is the environmental Pearl Harbour that kick starts a sea change in US attitudes.

Some hope, Cabrone, some damned hope.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 03 Jun 2010, 11:01

Vortex wrote:
A 2,000-calorie milkshake that is the equivalent of 68 pieces of bacon or 30 chocolate chip cookies was dubbed the worst drink in the U.S., The Sun reported Wednesday.

Made with chocolate ice cream, milk and peanut butter, the drink -- called the Cold Stone PB&C -- packs a whopping 2,010 calories, 68 grams of saturated fat and a massive 153 grams of sugar.

It topped Men's Health magazine's 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010 list, beating a McDonald's Triple Thick Chocolate Milkshake to the post.

"In terms of saturated fat, drinking this Cold Stone catastrophe is like slurping up 68 strips of bacon," the magazine said on its website.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/05/ ... ips-bacon/

Rolling on the floor laughing is great exercise!

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 03 Jun 2010, 13:36

BBC News - 03/06/10

Oil company BP says it will pay for the construction of six sand barriers off the coast of the US state of Louisiana to try to protect fragile wetlands from a huge oil slick.

Article continues ...

That's very generous of them.

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 03 Jun 2010, 15:18

We now have multiple video streams from BP ...

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?cat ... Id=7062605

(I'm not sure if all ROVs are sending video ... you can sometimes see a ROV scurry by and yet there is no matching live feed which might have come from there)

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 03 Jun 2010, 16:02

All pipes now cut.

Cap being lowered in the next hour or two.

There's a shed load of oil coming out of the top of the BOP!

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_interne ... nROV2.html

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 03 Jun 2010, 17:08

Wow! A disk saw is now trimming the cut at the top of the BOP.

BP's guys at the front line are certainly earning their pay!

Yves75 · Post by **Yves75** » 03 Jun 2010, 17:44

Vortex wrote:Wow! A disk saw is now trimming the cut at the top of the BOP.

BP's guys at the front line are certainly earning their pay!

Yes quite impressive, except when the disk gets into the oil flow and messes up the whole view !

I wonder to what extend these things are remote operated or are they more robots ?

Below links from TOD where you can see all the feeds in one screen :

http://mxl.fi/bpfeeds/

condensed version:

http://mxl.fi/bpfeeds2/

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 03 Jun 2010, 17:50

Thanks for the links!

It took me ages to set up open windows by hand!

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 03 Jun 2010, 18:34

Brilliant. Half a dozen inexplicable films to watch at once.

Wish there was a soundtrack - the chatter in the control room would be fascinating.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 03 Jun 2010, 18:39

Alain75 wrote: Below links from TOD where you can see all the feeds in one screen :

http://mxl.fi/bpfeeds/

That's better. Ta.

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 03 Jun 2010, 19:31

The apparent energy of the billowing oil makes me wonder if that cap will stay put once lowered into position ... however, the video scale is hard to determine so it could all go 110% well ...

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 03 Jun 2010, 19:56

BBC News - 03/06/10

BP 'cuts pipe from leaking oil well'

Article continues ...

Some useful new diagrams show how they plan to cap the ruptured pipe:

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 04 Jun 2010, 06:12

BBC News - 04/06/10

Oil firm BP is preparing to lower a capping device on to a leaking oil well, in the second phase of its latest attempt to stem the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

BP chief Tony Hayward said the results of the capping effort would be known on Friday.

Article continues ...

If this procedure doesn't work for whatever reason, are there any alternative solutions?

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 04 Jun 2010, 09:19

If this procedure doesn't work for whatever reason, are there any alternative solutions?

Various larger caps could be tried.

Then of course you can consider the nuclear option - as discussed with a certain amount of zest at TOD ...