re: Six Years Ago Today: Deepwater Horizon Explodes

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Please stop saying dumbarse things when you know nothing about the events in question.

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At 9:45 P.M. CDT on 20 April 2010, during the final phases of drilling the exploratory well at Macondo, a geyser of seawater erupted from the marine riser onto the rig, shooting 240 ft (73 m) into the air. This was soon followed by the eruption of a slushy combination of drilling mud, methane gas, and water. The gas component of the slushy material quickly transitioned into a fully gaseous state and then ignited into a series of explosions and then a firestorm. An attempt was made to activate the blowout preventer, but it failed.[47] The final defense to prevent an oil spill, a device known as a blind shear ram, was activated but failed to plug the well.[48]

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What would you like me to do, type all this? Or i can just say a pipe busts a mile down and everyone knows what i'm talking about? then people like you and this other guy can be petty about semantics without actually stating anything at all