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re: Holy living cow...
Posted on 7/16/10 at 11:41 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
Posted on 7/16/10 at 11:41 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Posted on 7/16/10 at 12:27 pm to supatigah
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what is even more incredible to me is the relief wells are aiming for a spot in the earth about 3ftx3ft
from miles away through thousands of feet or rock
:kige:
I couldn't tunnel under my sidewalk and get the openings to line up when I put in a sprinkler system.
Posted on 7/16/10 at 12:35 pm to foshizzle
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Someone needs to get his sarcasm meter checked.
Obama has put a moratorium on the use of sarcasm meters in the gulf states.
Posted on 7/16/10 at 1:21 pm to BamaScoop
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I am actually impressed that they capped it
I have a feeling the worst is still to come.
Posted on 7/16/10 at 1:33 pm to lsu480
Tsunami or methane volcano?
Posted on 7/16/10 at 1:47 pm to lsu480
Posted on 7/16/10 at 1:48 pm to lsu480
The main problem I have with the whole thing is that the oil industry should have had a solution for any potential malfunction down there. The fact that they were not exactly sure how to proceed when this thing blew is a little disconcerting to me. But you are right, props to the ingenuity and persistence that led them to cap the thing. I'm just hoping it holds out until the relief well can be finished.
This post was edited on 7/16/10 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 7/16/10 at 2:51 pm to NASA_ISS_Tiger
Posted on 7/16/10 at 2:57 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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The main problem I have with the whole thing is that the oil industry should have had a solution for any potential malfunction down there. The fact that they were not exactly sure how to proceed when this thing blew is a little disconcerting to me. But you are right, props to the ingenuity and persistence that led them to cap the thing. I'm just hoping it holds out until the relief well can be finished.
There are an infinite number of things that can go wrong. Should they have a solution for all of them? In this case I believe they did think they had a solution but a lot of the things they tried didn't work. Should they have had better contingency plans? I think we all agree the answer is yes. But to expect a contingency for every thing that can fail is probably not realistic.
Posted on 7/16/10 at 2:58 pm to NukemVol
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I find it more amazing that two men traveled 36,000 ft deep in a submersible in 1960.
As they were descending, the outer pane of glass in their window cracked. I would have shite myself right then and there.
Posted on 7/16/10 at 6:26 pm to MountainTiger
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But to expect a contingency for every thing that can fail is probably not realistic.
If we were forced to meet this standard for passenger aircraft, everyone would still be "waitin for the bus"!
Posted on 7/16/10 at 6:33 pm to JWS3
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"waitin for the bus"
Buses crash too, ya know...
This post was edited on 7/16/10 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 7/17/10 at 7:56 am to MountainTiger
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I think we all agree the answer is yes. But to expect a contingency for every thing that can fail is probably not realistic.
I guess I just assumed there was a solution for any eventuality. And you know what they say about making assumptions. BTW, Mountain I have enjoyed your posts on the subject even though most of it is Greek to me.
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