re: Im at arties in grand isle right now

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would the acoustic switches that are required in other countries have made any difference in this situation

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it's hard to say w/o knowing exactly what happened. what has been misreported is that this feature is required in other parts of the world - specifically in brazil. it is not required, however, it is suggested - i don't know off the top of my head what percentage of rigs working off brazil specifically have this and which ones don't. i'm not sure about norway, but i do know that this is not required in the UK sector of the north sea.

there are some issues w/ this system, specifically around accoustic interference from thrusters on dynamically positioned rigs distorting the signal.

if the power supply at the stack was compromised, or the sealing capability of the rams was compromised due to the high flowrate through them, or if they were in an unshearable situation, it probably wouldn't have helped.

Dude, you just need to retire from this board or stop being "thankful" to BP. Are you fricking serious?!? You are the same one who thought this spill would have no "residual" affects a year from now.

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Make no mistake, the federal judges that are assigned these cases will have IRS examiners waiting in the courtrooms from when they try to introduce their lost income claims.

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for the record, i've dealt with similar situations and if the fishermen just call the IRS they'll pay some penalties for the past 3 years and then file those 3, and typically they make so little they end up getting money back

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The coonasses are pissed. Ive never seen tgis place crazier

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Coonasses and alcohol are always a volatile combination, oil spill or not.

Some of you people have no idea just how hard it is to drill offshore. And as long as things are going well and the money is flowing, then you're happy as clams. Then when things go bad, it's all about "why weren't people thinking ahead?"

You almost sound like federal regulators.

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for the record, i've dealt with similar situations and if the fishermen just call the IRS they'll pay some penalties for the past 3 years and then file those 3, and typically they make so little they end up getting money back

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If they were going to get money back, wouldn't they have filed in the first place?

I don't know what the current statistics are, but in the late 80s, Plaquemines Parish had one of the largest "underground economies" in the nation.

There was a disproportionate amount of $100 bills in circulation, relative to the population. The assumption was that many business transactions were being conducted in cash, and not necessarily being reported to the IRS.

There has been oil exploration offshore for almost 50 years now and this is the first large drilling accident ever in US waters (Valdez doesn't count as a drilling accident). I'd say in general the oil companies do a good job but of course the feds were just itching to take control and here is their shot.

"You can't let a good crisis go to waste."

Many are still of the mindset its a one month thing and it'll be cleaned up fast. A full year of this mess and many will be changing their tune.

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Have they been up front with locals to tell them how much oil is actually spewing out? If this was the case, then there would have been a much more hesitant response to protect this coast line and actually admit thet they need help, BEACSUE THEY HAVE NO CLUE.

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BP has no clue but nobody else does either.

"Hey, lets go with 5K a day. That sounds about right."