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Pics - Offshore Rig
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:20 am
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:20 am
I was emailed these last night. The brother of a friend of mine was part of the early search & rescue and snapped these shots and some video.
Continue to keep these workers and their families in your thoughts and prayers.
Continue to keep these workers and their families in your thoughts and prayers.
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Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:21 am to Mister Completely
that looks awful, prayers sent
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:22 am to Mister Completely
Pretty amazing pics. Equally amazing is how calm the water is.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:24 am to Mister Completely
Thanks for the pictures. I still can't believe that the heat hasn't caused the deck to give and the rig implode on itself. Looks like the derrick has collapsed. I will share these with our shipyard today 
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:26 am to guttata
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Equally amazing is how calm the water is.
time to go fishing
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:27 am to bayoudude
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I still can't believe that the heat hasn't caused the deck to give and the rig implode on itself.
I don't know what condition it's in at this point. These pics were taken early yesterday morning. Unless they got the fire under control, it may have imploded. I haven't seen an updated story yet this morning.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:31 am to guttata
That water is unbelievably calm. Pretty awe-inspiring pictures, even though it's a high cost to pay for them.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:32 am to Mister Completely
Looks like scenes from the next Jerry Bruckheimer movie
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:44 am to Mister Completely
Quick story -- we were tuna fishing at at a rig called Horn Mountain which is approx 95nm miles from Orange Beach - Around 10pm I notice the rig (Deep Water Horion in the distance didn't look right and a quick look through my binoculars showed it was on fire. It exploded (took a while for the sound to travel 18nm) and erupted in more flames. We were on the radio with the Coast Guard ASAP, a worker on the rig was hailing mayday, that they were abondoning, workers in the water etc. We headed (approx 18nm) towards them for assistance as fast as we could 30Kts at night . IT was unbelievable. We were one of the first boats there and Most everyone was already on a Crew Boat the Damon Bankston when we arrived. We gave them our medical bag and retrieved a medical bag from another boat and took it to the D.Bankston. We spoke with a few people who were on the rig, they were in a daze, gave a some water and smokes to one guy. We then proceeded to circle the rig for the next several hours looking for the missing crew members. It is kinda a blur . Around 230am we moved out of the immediate area as there were a lot of larger vessels, coast guard choppers, etc that we did not want to get in the way. Nothing we could do further at that point. Not much we could do any way but really hope the supplies we gave helped.
Here are a few pictures I snapped.
Here are a few pictures I snapped.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:51 am to spacewrangler
That's unbelievable. Good thing yall were in the right place at the right time. BTW nice boat.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:52 am to spacewrangler
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Quick story -- we were tuna fishing at at a rig called Horn Mountain which is approx 95nm miles from Orange Beach - Around 10pm I notice the rig (Deep Water Horion in the distance didn't look right and a quick look through my binoculars showed it was on fire. It exploded (took a while for the sound to travel 18nm) and erupted in more flames. We were on the radio with the Coast Guard ASAP, a worker on the rig was hailing mayday, that they were abondoning, workers in the water etc. We headed (approx 18nm) towards them for assistance as fast as we could 30Kts at night . IT was unbelievable. We were one of the first boats there and Most everyone was already on a Crew Boat the Damon Bankston when we arrived. We gave them our medical bag and retrieved a medical bag from another boat and took it to the D.Bankston. We spoke with a few people who were on the rig, they were in a daze, gave a some water and smokes to one guy. We then proceeded to circle the rig for the next several hours looking for the missing crew members. It is kinda a blur . Around 230am we moved out of the immediate area as there were a lot of larger vessels, coast guard choppers, etc that we did not want to get in the way. Nothing we could do further at that point. Not much we could do any way but really hope the supplies we gave helped.
That is an unreal experience. It's amazing more people didn't get injured or killed.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:56 am to spacewrangler
Thanks for the story and the pics. Ya'll were way the hell out there in that center console. Would have been closer to Venice than Orange Beach. I imagine that thing was giving off an eerie roar at night.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:57 am to spacewrangler
Dude,y'all are seriously bad arse! 
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:04 am to spacewrangler
Wow. That's something you will never forget! to y'all for being brave enough to move towards danger and see if you could help!
to y'all for being brave enough to move towards danger and see if you could help!Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:06 am to Mister Completely
That'll buff right out.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:07 am to spacewrangler
Hell of a story. This may go down as the worst rig fire in American History.
The pics are incredible.
The pics are incredible.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:07 am to SoonerBorn
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That water is unbelievably calm. Pretty awe-inspiring pictures
I shrunk them down to "message board size." You can see the full-size versions here:
(Click the link, then click the pic for full-size)
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The pics are gigantic, but you start to get some idea of how surreal that scene must have been.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:08 am to Mister Completely
That fricking sucks.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:08 am to Mister Completely
Jesus thats bad. Hope the missing guys are found safe and sound but if they're on that thing it don't look good. Prayers for those guys.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:41 pm to spacewrangler
great pics
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