The Oil Spill
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Silver Member Username: SkdooleyRoanoke, VA Usa Post Number: 794 Registered: Oct-09 | What are your takes on this massive oil spill? Hard to believe its worse than the one in Alaska back in 89. I was watching on the news a few days ago, where even after 21 years and the area had been "cleaned" up, there is still oil there. A man dug down a few inces into the soil and there was still oil everywhere. The surface looked ok, but underneath showed the reality. The local people there were also saying that if water from the ocean washes onto shore and settles down you can still see the hazziness in the water from where there is still oil in it. I figure that if the spill in the Gulf is worse than the one in Alaska, there may be problems long after the leak is finally stopped. |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 22882 Registered: Jun-06 | It's a bad scene. Florida beaches are already showing signs of contamination. BP "promises" the cost of cleaning up will NOT rest on tax payers but seeing as they don't have the capability to stop the flow out of the well I doubt they will impress anyone with their efforts after the disaster. Yes the Exxon-Valdez mess still shows signs of oil and what makes this much worse is the region, timing and shear volume of this accident. We're about to start the hurricane season. The gulf is center stage and with as hard a season as they predict this year it's going to compound the situation triple fold. Not only will it accelerate the surface spreading but also hinder the cleanup process, which will easily cost in the billions. It makes you think they learned nothing from the mess from Exon-Valdez. BP, IMO, will have to offset the immense financial burden the local fisheries will experience due to this mess by employing all those effected in the are in the cleanup process. It's only fair. They put them out of business, at the very least they can give them a decent paying job for the next year or two helping to reverse the effects of this disaster. |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 8053 Registered: Mar-04 | Well, at least they found the problem.  |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego, California Post Number: 5751 Registered: Dec-06 |  http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/ |
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Gold Member Username: Mrskullz1New York Post Number: 1620 Registered: Feb-07 | damn... New Alias: BP - Broken Pipe |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 22886 Registered: Jun-06 | That's a great overlay of the spill/accident in relation to size Brad. This is something we will have to deal with for YEARS to come for sure. |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 8059 Registered: Mar-04 | yea, I haven't been down to the gulf since the spill, but I have family/friends down there. My step-dad works offshore and all hell is breaking loose. I will be in Biloxi, Ms, on the 24th of this month for Scrapin' the Coast...so I will go down to the shore and get some pics. NickV called some hotels down there to get reservations and they were offering a $50 gas card for anyone that booked 3 nights. I usually vacation w/ my family in Gulf Shore, AL, but it looks like this year it's a no-go. |
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Gold Member Username: Livin_loudMW2 Addict Post Number: 3135 Registered: Jan-06 | |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 22912 Registered: Jun-06 | It's already many times worse than Exxon-Valdez with possibly weeks or months to go. Here is a worst case scenario prediction if all else fails. I've read that scientists "predict" the goo won't make it to beaches of the northeast but the obvious destruction to the gulf and Florida are almost a certainty and happening as we speak. Even if the oil is floating mainly 100's of miles offshore you just have to continue to wonder what effect it's going to have on the ocean and it's food chain.  |
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Silver Member Username: SkdooleyRoanoke, VA Usa Post Number: 841 Registered: Oct-09 | What if a bad hurricane was to sweep through the gulf again, or even a minor one at that. |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego, California Post Number: 5755 Registered: Dec-06 | 1 million gallons a day and counting: |
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Gold Member Username: Hittin1TEAM REVOLUTION, La. Lake Charles... Post Number: 4468 Registered: May-07 | If Obama fixes the leak.....would it be nikka rigged? |
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Platinum Member Username: Rovin1 15 = 153 DBs ...Trinidad & T... Post Number: 16389 Registered: Jul-05 | at 1st i didnt know how serious it was but it has got to be the worst oil disaster of all time since 1000s of barrels are coming out ... a early sign of 2012 ? ... |
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Gold Member Username: Mrskullz1New York Post Number: 1632 Registered: Feb-07 | now estimating 1.5 thru 2.5 million gallons a day! |
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Silver Member Username: SkdooleyRoanoke, VA Usa Post Number: 856 Registered: Oct-09 | You think BP could go under as a company because of this? Losing all that oil and paying out the money they are now, plus whatever else may come up in the future, you think it could happen? If so and they do happen to go down, who picks up the tab then? |
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Platinum Member Username: LklivesPost Number: 16365 Registered: Jan-06 | BP will NEVER go under over this...their profits are enormous...the costs of cleanup, restoration, penalties and fines, etc won't put a dent in their finances...and u can bet, that much of these costs will be transferred down to the users (me and you) in the end.. |
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Diamond Member Username: WingmanaliveWww.stainles... .ecrater.com Post Number: 22934 Registered: Jun-06 | The estimates keep going up almost every day. It makes the absurd claim of only 5000 barrels a day originally by BP a joke. Even high school students across the country are smart enough to realize the insanity of their claims. I've been doing some reading on it and I've read the pressure of the well head is close to 9000 psi (other estimates are always floating around). Take into account the depth and the pressure of the water pushing back at 2300 psi you're still left with roughly 6700 psi of oil coming out a 21 inch pipe. Now step back and realize the average pressure in your home's water line is around 60 psi. Does that it put it in perspective? By the way, here's what the slick looked like from space back on May 24th. That's 3 weeks ago.  It's still pumping, no slowing down. My earlier graphic of a worst case scenario is looking more and more like a reality. |
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Gold Member Username: SouthernrebelMonroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 8094 Registered: Mar-04 | Well, I'll be in Biloxi on the 24th. I will get pics then...if it is bad. Thinking about it, I might buy some BP stock pretty soon on the cheap. Not much, but some. You never know...lol |