Massive Oil Spill (natural, Chicago, Nevada, river)

[CamaroGuy]

Believe it or not, even Bill Maher is giving Obama flak over the oil spill.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Chi-town Native

there is some debate regarding whether BP chose not to install an extra (or perhaps more expensive) failsafe device.

The fail safe they had was a "dead man" switch, not sure exactly how it was supposed to be activated but it should have and it's entirely possible it did. One article I read speculated the BOP itself was damaged causing the failure. If that is the case then the extra switch would not have helped.

[Nativechief]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

BP will have to pay for this disaster, because of the laws set in place after the Valdez disaster.
Obama has sent quite a few people down there already.
What I hate is folks sniping about the political end of it......I live in Florida, this has the potential kill off tourism if it hits our beaches.
A professor from the University of Florida has predicted that the slick will hit the Gulf stream, pass through the Florida straits, and go up the coast of Florida.
Can you imagine what that would do to the state, not to mention the wildlife?
Think on that for a while...........

You are right. I just saw that that NOAA had issued a not to be made public warning that the oil spill may reach the Miss,river and stop shipping. That the leak because it is coming from the main core has pressure so high that WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IT. If this happens most of the worlds oceans will be contaminated and be by far the worse disaster we have ever known... Its real

[keroppininja]

Is this what it will take to get people in the US to wake up?

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY%28entry_subtop ic_topic%29=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id %28entry_subtopic_topic%29=809&subtopic_id%28entry _subtopic_topic%29=2&topic_id%28entry_subtopic_top ic%29=1 (broken link)

[Yzette]

There's an organization that is collecting clean hair, fur, feathers, and nylons to use for mats and "booms" to help the clean-up. Salons, schools, communities, veterinarians' offices, your Auntie Grizelda who doesn't know what to do with her old nylons--everyone--can chip in.

Matter of Trust Hair Mats Info (http://www.matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html - broken link)

[LittleDolphin]

Drill, baby, drill equals
Spill, baby, spill equals
Kill, baby, kill equals
bye bye oceans equals

2012?

Now how did those Mayan know???

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by Nativechief

You are right. I just saw that that NOAA had issued a not to be made public warning that the oil spill may reach the Miss,river and stop shipping. That the leak because it is coming from the main core has pressure so high that WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IT. If this happens most of the worlds oceans will be contaminated and be by far the worse disaster we have ever known... Its real

I live in Florida, but was raised on the banks of the Mississippi in Missouri.
Quite a few of my friends work on the boats on the river, there is already scuttlebutt going around about shutting down shipping on the Mississippi.
I am still having a hard time wrapping my mind around all the implications of this spill, it just keeps getting worse......

[Yzette]

Remember Halliburton?

[URL="http://bit.ly/9F2q2l"]Halliburton Could Be at Fault for Oil Spill[/URL]

[Chi-town Native]

nice. love this too:

http://www.SeizeBP.org

and for the people screaming "extremists!," you all have a short memory, and I suggest you read this in its entirety before it's too late, as the history of Standard Oil provides useful background info:

THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY

*The text was obtained from the book The History of The Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Tarbell. Copyright, 1904, by McCLURE, PHILLIPS AND CO.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by Chi-town Native

nice. love this too:

http://www.SeizeBP.org

and for the people screaming "extremists!," you all have a short memory, and I suggest you read this in its entirety before it's too late, as the history of Standard Oil provides useful background info:

THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY

*The text was obtained from the book The History of The Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Tarbell. Copyright, 1904, by McCLURE, PHILLIPS AND CO.

Gotta question, Chi......isnt BP primarily British owned?
Couldnt seizing BP be seen as an act of aggression towards Britain?
Just some thoughts that ran through my head as I read the links......