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16 questions we deserve answers to
Posted on 6/17/10 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 6/17/10 at 7:48 pm
1. What are those 17,000 National Guard troops actually doing?
2. Is appointing an Oil Czar supposed to fix anything?
3. Why is BP using a dispersant so toxic it was banned in British waters?
4. Why are we letting BP continue using this fish-killing dispersant?
5. If these dispersants are so incredibly toxic to fish, what are they going to do to crops? What are they going to do to people?
6. If the smell of the oil on some Gulf beaches is already so strong that it burns your nostrils, then what in the world is this oil doing to to wildlife that encounter it?
7. Is it a bad sign that birds from the Gulf region are flocking north by the thousands?
8. Why is BP being allowed to use private security contractors to keep the American people away from the oil cleanup sites?
9. Why is BP openly attempting to manipulate the search results on sites like Google and Yahoo?
10. Why has the FAA shut down the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? What don't they want the American people to see?
11. What is BP doing about the ruptures from the sea floor?
12. Why are scientists finding concentrations of methane at up to 10,000 times normal background levels in Gulf waters?
13. Why haven't people been warned about toxins in the waters?
14. Why are so many Gulf oil spill disaster workers showing up at local hospitals complaining of a "mysterious illness"?
15. Can anything prevent oil from eventually plastering the shore?
16. What happens to the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (where creatuures are dying)?
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2. Is appointing an Oil Czar supposed to fix anything?
3. Why is BP using a dispersant so toxic it was banned in British waters?
4. Why are we letting BP continue using this fish-killing dispersant?
5. If these dispersants are so incredibly toxic to fish, what are they going to do to crops? What are they going to do to people?
6. If the smell of the oil on some Gulf beaches is already so strong that it burns your nostrils, then what in the world is this oil doing to to wildlife that encounter it?
7. Is it a bad sign that birds from the Gulf region are flocking north by the thousands?
8. Why is BP being allowed to use private security contractors to keep the American people away from the oil cleanup sites?
9. Why is BP openly attempting to manipulate the search results on sites like Google and Yahoo?
10. Why has the FAA shut down the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? What don't they want the American people to see?
11. What is BP doing about the ruptures from the sea floor?
12. Why are scientists finding concentrations of methane at up to 10,000 times normal background levels in Gulf waters?
13. Why haven't people been warned about toxins in the waters?
14. Why are so many Gulf oil spill disaster workers showing up at local hospitals complaining of a "mysterious illness"?
15. Can anything prevent oil from eventually plastering the shore?
16. What happens to the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (where creatuures are dying)?
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Posted on 6/17/10 at 8:06 pm to Bayou
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If the smell of the oil on some Gulf beaches is already so strong that it burns your nostrils
Haha yea every one in the gulf that is working has to where mask haven't you heard, right now my skin is starting to blister.
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Why are so many Gulf oil spill disaster workers showing up at local hospitals complaining of a "mysterious illness"?
One word "Money"
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What happens to the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (where creatuures are dying)?
This dead zone is from all the shite that comes flowing out of the Miss river
Posted on 6/17/10 at 8:09 pm to GREENHEAD22
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This dead zone is from all the shite that comes flowing out of the Miss river
Why did creatures thrive prior to the oil spill?
Posted on 6/17/10 at 8:17 pm to Bayou
You need to do some research, that dead zone has been around and has been growing for years now.
Oo and everything is still thriving in the gulf. Lets at least what until the spill starts affecting the ecosystem before we freak.
Oo and everything is still thriving in the gulf. Lets at least what until the spill starts affecting the ecosystem before we freak.
Posted on 6/17/10 at 8:22 pm to GREENHEAD22
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You need to do some research, that dead zone has been around and has been growing for years now.
Oo and everything is still thriving in the gulf. Lets at least what until the spill starts affecting the ecosystem before we freak.
No need for alarm? Cool!
I was worried prior to your reassuring post. 
Posted on 6/17/10 at 8:37 pm to Bayou
If you look at who BP is giving campaign contributions to, you will understand.
Posted on 6/17/10 at 8:44 pm to Oyster
I will understand why Obama is letting America die?
Posted on 6/17/10 at 8:50 pm to Bayou
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I will understand why Obama is letting America die?
Just like Ron Paul said, "Obama is a corpulist not a socialist." Big corporations own Washington.
Posted on 6/17/10 at 9:02 pm to Bayou
1. What are those 17,000 National Guard troops actually doing? Some built the berm that stopped oil at elmers island after it got pas all the booms and pom poms.
2. Is appointing an Oil Czar supposed to fix anything? It is suppose to allow the federal government bring the grade of the handling of their responsibilities up from a 3 out of a 100. Hopefully to a figure in double digits. Like maybe 11 out of 100. Will it???
3. Why is BP using a dispersant so toxic it was banned in British waters? Because the british didn't take the time to do the research so it is banned by default.
4. Why are we letting BP continue using this fish-killing dispersant? Because it only kills the fish if you submerse the fish in a concentrated tub of the dispersants for 12 hours.
5. If these dispersants are so incredibly toxic to fish, what are they going to do to crops? What are they going to do to people? Same thing they have always done... nothing.
6. If the smell of the oil on some Gulf beaches is already so strong that it burns your nostrils, then what in the world is this oil doing to to wildlife that encounter it? Depends if they have nostrils or not.
7. Is it a bad sign that birds from the Gulf region are flocking north by the thousands? Depends if you think birds flying is a bad sign?
8. Why is BP being allowed to use private security contractors to keep the American people away from the oil cleanup sites? For security reason. Because it is BP's job and interference by jackasses wouldn't help.
9. Why is BP openly attempting to manipulate the search results on sites like Google and Yahoo? If they are probably because they want people to see some stuff more than other stuff. Duh.
10. Why has the FAA shut down the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? What don't they want the American people to see? Because dispersant planes were flying patterns in the area. Sightseers getting in a wreck would have the public howling that this should have been predictable and call for heads to roll.
11. What is BP doing about the ruptures from the sea floor? Drilling relief wells.
12. Why are scientists finding concentrations of methane at up to 10,000 times normal background levels in Gulf waters? Because there is more than normal, therefore test will show there is more than normal.
13. Why haven't people been warned about toxins in the waters? Because they aren't a danger and most sample don't register any.
14. Why are so many Gulf oil spill disaster workers showing up at local hospitals complaining of a "mysterious illness"? Because heat stoke really does exist. And because people have no morals now-a-days and try to get money from companies that they don't deserve.
15. Can anything prevent oil from eventually plastering the shore? Yes. None should have ever made it ashore if all the skimmers available had been put into service as fast as possible.
16. What happens to the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (where creatuures are dying)? The dead zone has nothing to do with the oil leak. Most creatures just swim away from it.
2. Is appointing an Oil Czar supposed to fix anything? It is suppose to allow the federal government bring the grade of the handling of their responsibilities up from a 3 out of a 100. Hopefully to a figure in double digits. Like maybe 11 out of 100. Will it???
3. Why is BP using a dispersant so toxic it was banned in British waters? Because the british didn't take the time to do the research so it is banned by default.
4. Why are we letting BP continue using this fish-killing dispersant? Because it only kills the fish if you submerse the fish in a concentrated tub of the dispersants for 12 hours.
5. If these dispersants are so incredibly toxic to fish, what are they going to do to crops? What are they going to do to people? Same thing they have always done... nothing.
6. If the smell of the oil on some Gulf beaches is already so strong that it burns your nostrils, then what in the world is this oil doing to to wildlife that encounter it? Depends if they have nostrils or not.
7. Is it a bad sign that birds from the Gulf region are flocking north by the thousands? Depends if you think birds flying is a bad sign?
8. Why is BP being allowed to use private security contractors to keep the American people away from the oil cleanup sites? For security reason. Because it is BP's job and interference by jackasses wouldn't help.
9. Why is BP openly attempting to manipulate the search results on sites like Google and Yahoo? If they are probably because they want people to see some stuff more than other stuff. Duh.
10. Why has the FAA shut down the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? What don't they want the American people to see? Because dispersant planes were flying patterns in the area. Sightseers getting in a wreck would have the public howling that this should have been predictable and call for heads to roll.
11. What is BP doing about the ruptures from the sea floor? Drilling relief wells.
12. Why are scientists finding concentrations of methane at up to 10,000 times normal background levels in Gulf waters? Because there is more than normal, therefore test will show there is more than normal.
13. Why haven't people been warned about toxins in the waters? Because they aren't a danger and most sample don't register any.
14. Why are so many Gulf oil spill disaster workers showing up at local hospitals complaining of a "mysterious illness"? Because heat stoke really does exist. And because people have no morals now-a-days and try to get money from companies that they don't deserve.
15. Can anything prevent oil from eventually plastering the shore? Yes. None should have ever made it ashore if all the skimmers available had been put into service as fast as possible.
16. What happens to the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (where creatuures are dying)? The dead zone has nothing to do with the oil leak. Most creatures just swim away from it.
Posted on 6/17/10 at 9:19 pm to omegaman66
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4. Why are we letting BP continue using this fish-killing dispersant? Because it only kills the fish if you submerse the fish in a concentrated tub of the dispersants for 12 hours.
Really?
Posted on 6/17/10 at 9:22 pm to Bayou
Those fish weren't killed by the dispersants. Maybe by the oil trapping them but not the dispersants.
PS: Corexit only has a heath rating of 1 with the lowest being zero. Not quite the arsenic the stupid media is making it out to be.
PS: Corexit only has a heath rating of 1 with the lowest being zero. Not quite the arsenic the stupid media is making it out to be.
This post was edited on 6/17/10 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 6/17/10 at 9:52 pm to Bayou
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10. Why has the FAA shut down the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? What don't they want the American people to see?
They didn't, I flew over it twice this week between New Orleans and Miami.
The first was directly over the tanker ship siphoning oil from the cap, on the way back, we just flew over miles of oil sheen, the capt. identified it for us, my pic didn't come out well
Posted on 6/17/10 at 10:01 pm to Bayou
quote:I thought the "British" caused this accident. Should we really be deferring to them for guidance?
3. Why is BP using a dispersant so toxic it was banned in British waters?
quote:No. It means the birds are not dumbasses and are leaving the scene.
7. Is it a bad sign that birds from the Gulf region are flocking north by the thousands?
quote:Because it is better than letting the dumbasses (who aren't as smart as the birds who left in #7) to poison themselves?
8. Why is BP being allowed to use private security contractors to keep the American people away from the oil cleanup sites?
quote:They learned from the Whitehouse that used public tax dollars to do the same thing during the the health care debate?
9. Why is BP openly attempting to manipulate the search results on sites like Google and Yahoo?
quote:Maybe because mid air collisions between helicopters really, really hurts if you are in the front seat. Just a guess.
10. Why has the FAA shut down the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
quote:Turning their head and coughing;
11. What is BP doing about the ruptures from the sea floor?
quote:Pelicans are gassy after greasy meals.
12. Why are scientists finding concentrations of methane at up to 10,000 times normal background levels in Gulf waters?
quote:Because most people don't drink sea water.
13. Why haven't people been warned about toxins in the waters?
quote:I'll take lawsuit lottery for $500, alex.
14. Why are so many Gulf oil spill disaster workers showing up at local hospitals complaining of a "mysterious illness"?
quote:Nope. We're all going to die.
15. Can anything prevent oil from eventually plastering the shore?
quote:Well... if it's dead, will the spill make it more dead? What's more dead than dead?
16. What happens to the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone (where creatuures are dying)?
This post was edited on 6/17/10 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 6/18/10 at 6:26 am to omegaman66
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Not quite the arsenic the stupid media is making it out to be.
It is being reported that 2.61 parts per million of Corexit 9500 (mixed with oil at a ratio of 1:1o) is lethal to 50% of fish exposed to it within 96 hours. That means that 1 gallon of Corexit 9500/oil mixture is capable of rendering 383,141 gallons of water highly toxic to fish. So why was BP allowed to dump 1,021,000 gallons of Corexit 9500 and Corexit 9527 into the Gulf of Mexico, and why aren't they being stopped from dumping another 805,000 gallons of these dispersants that they have on order into the Gulf?
Posted on 6/18/10 at 7:11 am to omegaman66
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PS: Corexit only has a heath rating of 1 with the lowest being zero. Not quite the arsenic the stupid media is making it out to be.
That's like said putting diarrhea in a glass of water isn't so bad since the poop is all natural any way.
Are you having a nice cup of poop with eggs and bacon this morning?
Posted on 6/18/10 at 8:41 am to Bayou
That's what you get for listening to the media. It's not as bad as they are saying it is...YET
Posted on 6/18/10 at 8:43 am to Bayou
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10. Why has the FAA shut down the airspace above the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? What don't they want the American people to see?
There have been many close calls down there already. Too much air traffic between all the military, politicians, media, and assessment teams flying over, throw in sightseers and things could get ugly fast.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 8:46 am to Bayou
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It is being reported that 2.61 parts per million of Corexit 9500 (mixed with oil at a ratio of 1:1o) is lethal to 50% of fish exposed to it within 96 hours
While it isn't the greatest thing in the world, if I remember my HAZWOPER training correctly, that would probably be deemed safe for humans to work in. Granted you would need appropriate PPE that fish don't have.
This post was edited on 6/18/10 at 8:47 am
Posted on 6/18/10 at 12:59 pm to omegaman66
Somebody's doing their level best to stick up for BP. I can admire a man that sticks to his principles and stands up for what he believes in.
But that doesn't change anything.
I think what we're seeing here is a lot of this:
But that doesn't change anything.
I think what we're seeing here is a lot of this:
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Normalcy bias From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The normalcy bias refers to an extreme mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of the government to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred that it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation.
Posted on 6/19/10 at 11:51 am to GREENHEAD22
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You need to do some research, that dead zone has been around and has been growing for years now.
Oo and everything is still thriving in the gulf. Lets at least what until the spill starts affecting the ecosystem before we freak.
Case in point. Brain damage outbreak at record levels!
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