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Post by montylfl on May 25, 2010 21:39:42 GMT -5
Are we seeing the beginning of the end of a way of life? Watch live feed of the oil spill. It breaks my heart. www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/spill_cam/globalwarming.house.gov/spillcamIs the BP spill bigger then the Exxon Valdez? Exxon Valdez oil spill Facts
Location Prince
William Sound, Alaska
Date 24 March 1989
Cause
Cause Grounding of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker
Operator
Exxon
Spill characteristics
Volume 250,000 barrels (11,000,000 USgal)
Area 11,000 sq mi (28,000 km2)
Coastline impacted 1,300 mi (2,100 km) [/size] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spillHow far away is our coast line? |
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Post by Tommy on May 26, 2010 13:23:17 GMT -5
From what I've seen Monty we are screwed, the only relief I foresee is the oil getting caught in the loop current and that may keep it at bay as far as SC Florida is concerned. Its gonna be devastating for the lower parts of the SW and the Keys. Spoke with Capn Jessie today and he hasn't seen anything offshore but he's only been out 30-40 miles, ARS and Grouper have been on fire. He is already making plans to relocate to the islands, Bermuda/Bahamas for a few years should something change. When this thing started the oil spewing from the casing was what they call "Sweet" oil, it's a high grade and mainly used for gasoline. The oil that split from the Valdez was a tar based crude, you could make grease from it, it contains a high level of H2SO4, Hydrogen sulfide and is deadly to anything it comes in contact with. Not saying this "sweet" oil is any better but it is less toxic. But over the past few days the color of the discharge has changed from a reddish brown to pure black and thats a bad sign. Hopefully this new fix will stop the leak.............crossing fingers, toes, legs and arms. And to answer your last question, the spill is about 160+ miles off our coast. Lets just all pray that we don't have a hurricane any time soon.  |
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Post by montylfl on May 26, 2010 19:46:01 GMT -5
And to answer your last question, the spill is about 160+ miles off our coast. Lets just all pray that we don't have a hurricane any time soon. Amen |
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Post by goindeep on May 27, 2010 0:09:59 GMT -5
And to answer your last question, the spill is about 160+ miles off our coast. Lets just all pray that we don't have a hurricane any time soon. Amen x 2 |
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Post by eaglesfanguy on May 27, 2010 0:23:35 GMT -5
Grand scheme... its not that bad.............200 million gallons compaired to billions of gallos of water
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Post by tylerdurden on May 29, 2010 17:55:21 GMT -5
mercury is only like one part per million and its toxic eaglesfan. So it cant be thought like that, lets just say it isnt enough to kill the fish but it will get in their meat if it doesnt then I would assume it would make them toxic to us
I am trying to make the most of the time we have unlike louisiana had. Its still early to be preaching doom and gloom but everything said to the public has been slightly sugar coated and eventually turned out wrong. Florida is kind of a one horse state, take away our beaches and water nothing is left but the heat really. Altho Im not sure how bad it would affect recreational beach going.
I'd rather prepare for the worst and be pleasantly suprised later. Its really out of our hands, especially if the reports that they coulda stopped it in a few days with some explosives and didnt because they woulda lost rights to the well
Nothing good about this and its hard not to feel like your missing something or someone close to you, cuz they say it nigh impossible to clean it up once it hits mangroves and our shallow waters
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Post by no1painter on May 29, 2010 18:55:09 GMT -5
Thunder Bay, unless you are nearly as old as I am most of you will not have heard of this movie. I saw it many years ago. It was released in September 1953 and concerned the conflict between the Shrimpers and the oil companies building rigs off the Gulf coast of Louisiana. The shrimpers were convinced that the oil rigs would ruin their livelihood and wanted to stop the building of the rigs. Eventually the oil companies convinced the shrimpers that the rigs were a good thing and they lived happily ever after. Until now! I wonder who financed that film. Jimmy Stewart and Gilbert Roland played two of the main characters. Later, Painter
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