Drill Baby Drill! By The Way, Anybody Got A Mop? (attorneys, compare)

[the mean fish]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Close enough.

Still, I've been hearing people say "These things don't happen that often" for the last week. Well, something happened again, in less than a week.

Close enough? Close enough for you to fabricate some insane idea in your head that this is a pattern and now all drilling rigs in the gulf are going to roll over and explode? Do you realize how many drilling platforms are located in the Gulf right now?

The type of thing you just posted happens all the time just like construction mishaps but you don't see them on the news do you?

[dmandvadva]

this is comparing apples and nuclear bombs..

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by the mean fish

But wait, I thought the disaster after hurricane Katrina was man made because Bush and Cheney went diving into that flood water and blew up those levees?

I guess you thought wrong.

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by the mean fish

Close enough? Close enough for you to fabricate some insane idea in your head that this is a pattern and now all drilling rigs in the gulf are going to roll over and explode? Do you realize how many drilling platforms are located in the Gulf right now?

The type of thing you just posted happens all the time just like construction mishaps but you don't see them on the news do you?

Its 15 miles from the Gulf, I'd say thats close enough, seeing as this oil spill is going from LA, all the way to Florida.

[dmandvadva]

oh, he finally noticed it? Seemed all he cared about was calling out a law he had no business talking about and shedding a fake tear or two at a funeral.

the fools that support this joker need to be held accountable

[James420]

France
Main article: French response to Hurricane Katrina
Concrete help was refused by the US government initially, however on September 2, Condoleezza Rice said that the US authorities would assess the situation and contact French authorities accordingly. On September 4, US authorities formally requested French assistance. France offered disaster relief stocks prepositioned in Martinique (600 tents, around 1000 beds, 60 electrogenic groups, 3 pumps, 3 water purification stations, 1000 folding jerricanes and other material). A 35-person team of the Sécurité civile (Civil defence) from Guadeloupe and Martinique were made ready, and a 60-man "catastrophe intervention" aeromobile detachment were prepared to be ferried from mainland in a short time. The Ministry of Defence offered 2 planes already in the zone and 6 more from mainland France, and two ships of the French Navy (probably the BATRAL Francis Garnier or Champlain, and the frigate Ventôse) and a 20-person team of emergency medical specialists. The non-governmental organisation Télécoms sans frontières and the company Véolia environnement offered aid in communications and water management, respectively. On September 7, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs stated that an Airbus Beluga from Toulouse with 12,7 tonnes of supplies flew to Mobile, Alabama, after a brief stop in the UK to load more food.[16] Two Casa airplanes from Martinique landed in Little Rock, Arkansas, ferrying tents, covers and 1000 rations of food for 24 hours.[8][17][14]

Russia
Was one of the first countries to offer assistance. Up to four jets were placed on standby at the Ramenskoe airport near Moscow as early as August 30, including heavy Ilyushin Il-76-TDs with special evacuation equipment, medical equipment, a water-cleansing system, a rescue helicopter BK-117 and two special cars; and a passenger IL-62, which brought 10 coordinators and 50 rescuers, as well as 6 tons of drinking water. On September 6, the Bush administration gave its approval.[33

The Bush administration was full of douchebags, including the King douchebag himself. He refused aid, sometimes I forget how much of an idiot he was.

[jiahad]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043001864.html - broken link)

Well, there goes the argument that this doesn't happen often enough to do something about it.

Still, I bet many people won't care.

When you stop driving, flying and heating your home I may take you guys seriously. What a bunch of whiny hyprocrites. City-data is a gold mine of retards.

[Memphis1979]

Theres a difference between a disaster that people saw coming, a week out, and did nothing until 3 to 5 days after, and a man made disaster that we were told wasn't that bad, until yesterday.

Since the news came out that its releasing 5000 barrels a day, the President has called into service everything he can, to try and help.

[the mean fish]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Its 15 miles from the Gulf, I'd say thats close enough, seeing as this oil spill is going from LA, all the way to Florida.

Do you understand anything about the article you read? This rig wasn't drilling, it was being moved. That means it wasn't physically hooked up to wall, wasn't drilling a well and wasn't in any way connected to anything that ever resembles crude oil. Would you consider a large semi truck or fishing boat accident in Morgan City LA a sign that this is a pattern in the Gulf coast drilling industry?

[01Snake]

Nice stretch there Sport.