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Out of State Louisianian would Like info.
Posted on 6/25/10 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 6/25/10 at 2:27 pm
I have been reading everyday on the conditions of the spill and the terrible effect it is having on the people; economy etc. My thoughts are constantly on the good people of the Bayou Parishes and the Gulf Coast. But, must we deal with this constant flow of oil until maybe August? I know they have put a Cap on it but it still is allowing oil into the waters. Are the releif wells the only option? I am frustrated and just plain Mad. The clean up efforts are great and of course needed put just plug up the Damn hole you BP bastards!!! From what I'm reading and seeing they are not putting enough effort into stopping the flow. Sorry, just angry over this whole situation.
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Posted on 6/25/10 at 2:37 pm to TN River Tiger
Yes.
J/J
All other feasible options to stop the leak(meaning other than blowing up the hole with a nuke are shooting it with a lazer from outerspace) have been tried. It seems this puppy is not going to stop shooting oil out until the relief well is complete.
Coastal protection and clean up could have been handled better.
J/J
All other feasible options to stop the leak(meaning other than blowing up the hole with a nuke are shooting it with a lazer from outerspace) have been tried. It seems this puppy is not going to stop shooting oil out until the relief well is complete.
Coastal protection and clean up could have been handled better.
This post was edited on 6/25/10 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 6/25/10 at 3:10 pm to TN River Tiger
TN, if you know of something that would work, I'm sure they'd be willing to listen. :) I know it's frustrating but it's one thing to say "just plug up the hole" and another thing entirely to pull it off. For now the cap is the best they can do. In a few weeks, after they get the free-standing risers installed, they will try to remove the stump of riser pipe at the flange and attach an actual sealing cap on it. This is the so-called flange-to-flange option. If we can finally catch a break maybe this will stop the flow. They seem to think there's a chance of this but at worst it will help them collect more of it. However, they will not truly kill the well until they complete the relief well and bottom kill it.
Posted on 6/25/10 at 4:12 pm to MountainTiger
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Coastal protection and clean up could have been handled better.
Especially by the Federal government who have done nothing but throw up road blocks.
So many that more than just conspiracy theorist think that there is an agenda being pushed by the administration to intentionally make matters worse.
BP's response has been far from perfect but that is to be expected if you are a realist (talking about the cleanup). They have basically had to make a whole brand new company composed of many parts, some federal some state etc. and develop guidelines and rules in an excellerated time line to how these things are normally handled.
This coming Tuesday they will nearly double the capture capacity which should put them above or close to the leak amount. Experts have the flow rate predictions all over the place, we will get a much better idea who is right Wednesday!
Posted on 6/25/10 at 4:16 pm to omegaman66
As far as stopping the flow, you can argue that BP is incompetent or something but they are losing the arse on this leak and it grows more and more expensive for them everyday that the leak continues. They have as much or more incentive to close this leak than anyone after all it is there bank account that is being depleted.
The will is there, and complications with the subsurface well bore is what has prevented them from successfully killing the well so far.
The will is there, and complications with the subsurface well bore is what has prevented them from successfully killing the well so far.
Posted on 6/25/10 at 6:06 pm to omegaman66
Thanks for the replies and info. I never worked in the oil industry so I'm a little ignorant on the matter; was in medical sales. I worked the teaching hospitals in N.O. as well as the hospitals in Terrebone and LaFouche. The people were great especially because I can speak a little Cajun French and I am 100% coonass. After calling on Ochsner and Tulane Med. Center Houma was like a little vacation. God Bless All and may this terrible peice of La. history end soon and maybe some good can come out of it in the fortification of the coast. 
Posted on 6/26/10 at 10:58 am to TN River Tiger
To draw a closer parallel:
the TVA ash pond spill that was just west of you (I assume) 2 years ago will take several more years to clean up, but the effects could last decades as the heavy metals are recirculated every time the dredging takes place. No one sees the heavy metals, and every body assumes the drinking water is safe....which it probably is until the stuff leaches into peoples wells 20 years from now. Then somebody will get 'unlucky'. Then several more will. People won't sue TVA 20 years from now because they were one of the unlucky ones. They will just have much higher medical bills, which we will all pay for. C'est dommage, n'est pas? In the end we will all pay for BP's 'mistakes' too. It's just a matter of time. The ash pond spill is just a smaller, slow motion version of the oil spill. It happens everywhere, but the DWH just didn't get plugged soon enough for some government rep. to say "keep moving folks, nothing to see here." There is visable proof.
the TVA ash pond spill that was just west of you (I assume) 2 years ago will take several more years to clean up, but the effects could last decades as the heavy metals are recirculated every time the dredging takes place. No one sees the heavy metals, and every body assumes the drinking water is safe....which it probably is until the stuff leaches into peoples wells 20 years from now. Then somebody will get 'unlucky'. Then several more will. People won't sue TVA 20 years from now because they were one of the unlucky ones. They will just have much higher medical bills, which we will all pay for. C'est dommage, n'est pas? In the end we will all pay for BP's 'mistakes' too. It's just a matter of time. The ash pond spill is just a smaller, slow motion version of the oil spill. It happens everywhere, but the DWH just didn't get plugged soon enough for some government rep. to say "keep moving folks, nothing to see here." There is visable proof.
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