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With containment cap in place, BP waits to see if it works
(CNN) – BP may learn Friday how effective the new cap it placed on the ruptured undersea well is in slowing down the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
The complex underwater maneuver completed Thursday night was applauded by U.S. and BP officials.
"The placement of the containment cap is another positive development in BP's most recent attempt to contain the leak, however, it will be sometime before we can confirm that this method will work," said Coast Guard Lt. Commander Tony Russell. "Even if successful, this is only a temporary and partial fix and we must continue our aggressive response."
Robot submarines steered the new cap to BP's ruptured undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico at about 10 p.m. Thursday. But early Friday morning a non-stop cloud of oil was still spewing from the pipe . Read more
Program note: A CNN exclusive this morning: Our Kyra Phillips is the only reporter to go on board the rigs near where BP is desperately trying to cap the well and cut off the oil spill. She traveled there with National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen and she'll join us live with her report.
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Post the web address to the Government site that says that Pauly. Because YOU say it .. doesn't make it so.
Emotional display! Us American's have been lulled asleep and our eyes taken off reality through the commercialization oof politics. There exist a media created "need" for a Presidential canidate to have "Charisma" and this has driven people to connect by a display of emotions.
A crisis of this scope needs emotional displays so to connect the individual to the feeling of emotional despair of a woman's sense of sympathetic helplessness and for a man's anger brought on by disgust and helplessness.
Someone needs a big Thank You and pat on the back to be down there where there is the hands on battle going on with this poision breathing dragon at the bottom of the Gulf!
Workers "Keep On Keeping On"!
I live in Williamsburg and am in the travel business, I live here with the military everywhere and with several branches as well. They all tell me the same thing, That our military could have shut the spewing well off within hours by blowing it up, or imploding it. So again why does our government do nothing to protect us for another destruction. It would have cost hard anything to shut the oil spewing into the gulf and then drill another well as there is nothing there now.But they would rather destroy yet another area of our economy and all our beautiful beaches.
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Emotion Vs. Science
Perhaps a little emotion to motivate, but a lot of science, and a lot of energy to fix the trouble we have. It is evident that politics is NOT the solution to this problem. We need good old American commitment, ideas, and energy with good scientific basis.
Local politicians are somewhat irrational. In one breath they say drill and in the next, clean up the mess. There are plenty of jobs cleaning up the mess and getting it right.
All America needs to get behind cleaning up the mess and restoring the area. Support BP, not tear them down, keeping BP whole so it can fix the mess.
We should not judge by emotion, people react in their own way, to different situations. What is very important in the gulf crisis is action taken to minimize damage.
I've been in agriculture for 40 years and the suggestion of milled sphagnum is the most viable made and simplest to implement. IT WORKS!!
@ Pauly.......
Obviously you are not from Louisiana as I am.
I can tell because the statements you make are unfounded in all respects. You have not a clue as to what you are talking about in so many ways.... from talking about Gov Jindal, Katrina money to the oil rigs.
Think about how long the rigs have been producing oil off our coast with very few issues.......
Knee jerk reactions by some in Washington will only add more problems and make us more dependent on OPEC...... at least until the change ove to "Greener Fuels" are developed.......
People are asking why the president doesn’t show anger during a press conference. That would be a mistake on his part. It would show signs of weakness and the enemies of the United States would use this. I believe the local politicians have a duty to express anger at the situation in their regions if they want to remain in office.
Good morning I understand the state of Louisiana government officials concern about the oil hitting their marsh lands however their idea to build six barrier islands in the gulf is going to have a huge impact on the Mississippi gulf coast, barrier islands / national sea shore. Their emotional driven idea will greatly effect the natural flow of water currents. I do hope this is being considered.
I'm sorry that should have been *world in the last sentence.
I would also like to say that the President is the Commander in Chief, how would it appear to the soldiers under him who have to retain coolness at all times to see their Commander in Chief lose it?
He is their role model.
It is a great testament to self control when one can control ones' anger.
Great to see him setting a good example for his children, the armed forces soldiers & citizens of the USA.
I woke up this morning here in Pensacola and saw our beloved pelicans covered in oil. I sat here crying so hard I couldn't breathe. We are so sad, frightened, angry and outraged that we are can't think straight. The feeling of impending doom crushes us. Our economy isn't great here, we never recovered from the Hurricanes a few years ago, so we can't imagine what will happen to us now. We love our beaches,our beloved turtles, pelicans and dolphins,that the thought of them dying as we sit here and watch it, will just kill me. God help us.
It is discouraging to see everyone sticking sticks in the oil to show us... but id prefer to see someone with a shop vac trying to suck the oil up off the water. Even if its 5 gallons at a time, if you had 500,000 local folk with their shop vacs out there and a dump facility setup somewhere, that would have to help. by my math, that would be 2,500,000 gallons of oily sludge.
I wonder i anyone realises the damage could be fatal to our natural coral reefs witch have been suffering problems prior to this tragedy what happens o the gulf stream and the fish that occupies the stream/
REV.16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea and it became as the blood of a dead man and every living soul died in the sea.
Kyra being imbedded with Admiral Allen is the best idea CNN & Govt has had since this thing started, now we can see whats really going on and that he isnt sitting on his hinny all day, and neither are the workers. Why didnt BP and govt allow this much sooner, it would have answered alot of questions like 'is Obama doing enough', then we wouldnt have to hear that anymoe, though I still heard you all talking about that with Gov Crist a bit ago. Give up the tired criticism of Obama and report on the real story here, that this is an eco disaster of magnitude we have never seen before and leave out the completely unfounded (no facts) comments about who thinks the President is doing what. All your going to get answered with that questions is someones political take on all this. This isnt about politics. But if your insistent on asking the question Im glad Charlie, a conservative stood up for the President, thats a heck of alot more than I can say for Carville! Please dont show Carville having anymore nervous breakdowns, his ranting doesnt help one iota, factual reporting showing the disaster does.
You Ask: “Why do people want to see Emotion?” My Opinion is that some people want to see Emotion for it’s “Theatrical Effect!” They may have Little Emotion in their own Life, and/or unable to express it themselves? So these types of People need to see others “Rant and Rave”,,, “Scream, Yell and Holler” I truly believe Our President, President Obama, has ALL the Emotion he needs on the inside. Someone once said, “Speak Softly and Carry a BIG Stick”! God be with the People in the Gulf and our President!
I'm sorry that should have been *world in the last sentence.
I would also like to say that the President is the Commander in Chief, how would it appear to the soldiers under him who have to retain coolness at all times to see their Commander in Chief lose it?
He is their role model.
It is a great testament to self control when one can control ones' anger.
Great to see him setting a good example for his children, the armed forces soldiers & citizens of the USA.
@Don Lockhart Atlanta
Boycot BP gas stations? So you figure that if you can't get directly to BP, making the local business man suffer will get it done? Wow. You DO know that there are no BP employees working in your local BP convenience store, right?
Boycotting these businesses will affect local economics, not BP.
When we are in trouble as some of us are here is Louisiana, we don't need a lot of hot air coming at us. I don't trust anyone that starts yelling when things go wrong. I want someone as calm as our President to handle problems. The only thing that all that yelling will do is give me a headache, especially when it is fake. Please ask our Governor to yell about Calsieu Parish and help those people in Mossville that those chemicals are making ill and killing. When he yells about that then he might not look like a fake. Ask him to talk to Dr. Gupta without yelling. I heard one idiot host on another show compare Gov Jendal to the President. Don't they have sense enough to know the difference in their responsibilities?
We do need the Federal Government to show emotion. It mirrors our frustration and anger so if you have some cool, unemotional politician it only supports the feeling that PR is the only thing they care about.
there are so many people out of work on unemployment offer us jobs cleaning up and let BP pay the bill. Im unemployed and have hazmat training and have sent E-mails and calls to governors and BP to no avail. The government does not need to pay(because tax payers will in the end)
The President is a very calm and collective individual. He thinks things thru and makes decisions based on facts and research. Getting angry does not stop the oil leak, the only thing that it showes is that the president lost it. One of the reasons why this went bad is that the people responsible did not have any contingencies emplace prior to drilling that deep. BP is going to pay, but we must make sure that the job is done right and that the studies that are needed long term are done.
What I'd like to see .. is how much of a kickback that Obama and the rest of the politicians have been receiving from big oil over the years.
BP could stop the leak, if they really wanted to. There are several ways to do it. First, they will expend ALL efforts to try and SAVE the well, its basic economics. The government and volunteers will cleanup the mess.
emotions and words do not help! common sense and resolute plans of action need to be implemented immediately and should be the focus of this catastrophe! why does it always take tragedy of this magnitude before the world opens its eyes? oil has been the cause of war, pollution, greed and death for years! God save us all!
There should be a Real concern on the despersants that are scattering oil instead of leaving it on surface to account and collect.
The reason people want to see emotion from our elected officials is that we want to see that they are human, other than making mistakes. People need to see emotion to be able to connect with with the officials that share the same feelings.
Hi Carol.
Emotions move us. Some times its what is needed.Sit in a corner and what happens,,, Nothing ! Scream out loud ! Thats how you get attention. Squeeky wheel . Haha got oil !! Sorry I know .Its not funny any more.This spill has gone on way WAY to long.To see all that helpless wild life dieing . Sadens me . The world is very angrey now. That oil spill got away.It will even accelerate the polar caps to melt. If there was a time for electric cars,,,, Nows the time. We must get away from the oil..You know Carol ,,,,This will shock you . They could have had a relief well in before the exsplosion. JUST IN CASE .You might tell them that . Have a relief well in before they get to the reserve . Have it ready. If there is a blow out ,,,, The relief well is allready there.They can cap it in a day. Peace in god . xoxoxo
1 Why do we call this a spill? We did not catch this then have it run out of our container.
2 If they never stop it, how much oil will vent to the surface before the well runs out of oil. How many years would this vent? Could this well if not capped, destroy all the oceans ?
3 Are they reclaiming the oil that has gushed from the well? Can it be used for refining and if so how much oil has been reclaimed?
I believe this is on the minds of our people and no one has asked these questions. Could some one on your staff ask BP?
Yoiu keep saying tar balls are washing ashore all along the Gulf Coast. Please be more accurate. Right now it is the northern Gulf Coast affected. We in Southwest Florida have no tar balls on our beaches. At least not yet. Because of blanket statements linking all of the Gulf Coast to oil fouled beaches tourist are canceling reservations to Southwest Beaches. Florida unemployment is extremely high already, tourism is our major industry. Our beaches are clean and beautiful, fishing is good and there are major attractions to visit. Be make it clear that those planning a vacation in Southwest Florida can come on down and enjoy their vacations as planned.
i own a small buissness in the florida panhandel. i was counting on
the tourest to carry us through the summer but since the oil spill
i havent made nothing. people are not going to the beach, why would they, oil is about to cover them. i want to know what im sapossed to do? this spill isnt only destroying la. fishermen. its destroying all of us
that count on the tourest, stores, gift shops,ect.... how do we pay our bills and feed our familys??
Pauly ask Christine Romans to reveal what per cent of our daily oil supply comes from Canada. We always see the ads showing the evil Middle East oil country demons but you might be surprised what amount of oil comes from our English Crown's territory of Canada.
Obama needs to remain calm just as he is. Whe you get emotional especially anger, you do not make wise decisions. Furthermore its not his personality.I feel he's doing the best he can POSSIBLY do.People be fair and keep in mind,he's only a man,not God and he's working his way thru this like everyone else.This is not his expertise but he makes the call when the issues are brought be fore him.
It seems that BP is trying to save the well and not our oceans. A demolition team could set a charge one mile below the ocean floor and destroy the shaft. But they don't want to lose their Moneypit. We are losing a lot more than money. I say BLOW THE SHAFT!!!!
Everyone is talking this morning about if there should be so much emotion. When I saw the animals covered in oil this morning I wanted to cry, how did we as humans let this happen how can anyone not show emotion. In the end one person started enabling others to be able to forget about everything important, I'm sure it was all about money. We all will die and when we do the people responsible for this I'm sure the lord above will be cover them in oil just like those animals are for eternity and possibly some justice will be served at that time. This is just sickening and never should have happened.
@J Scott and others...I have the same question about a ring of super-sucking super-tankers - maybe it's not efficient, but anything would help (and the technology could be developed along the way). (CNN - please ask this question.) I suspect the underwater dispersant is a complicating factor - apparently, much oil is not floating to the surface (dispersant) creating deep underwater plumes?
Kyra Phillips - Good Report! We need facts and all perspectives. It's a heroic effort by the people working this problem 24/7. They're trying to mitigate this disaster.
1) I want to hear more about who owns the worlds oil reserves from Christine Romans.
2) I am pleased that Obama is staying cool headed. In an emergency, that is the leader who has the best chance of getting it right long term.
3) Of course the people and politicians on the gulf coast are emotional. They are in the fire. The firemen and women coming to the rescue better not be.
Obama neesd to remain calm just as he is. Whe you get emotional especially anger, you do not make wise decisions. Furthermore its not his personality.I feel he's doing the best he can POSSIBLY do.People be fair and keep in mind,he's only a man,not God and he's working his way thru this like everyone else.This is not his expertise but he makes the call when the issues are brought be fore him.
Could BP deploy a few of their supertankers that have the ability to both intake and discharge liquids in vast quantities with huge pumps, as explained by former Shell Oil President, John Hofmeister? He said, "The supertankers could simply suck in seawater and oil simultaneously–they can hold millions of barrels–and when full, they could discharge oil at a port into tanks where they could separate oil from water. The idea is novel in that you can get massive of oil amounts quickly."
Is there any discussion or movement on this idea?
If BP had blown high pressure O2/Air down instead of their "mud", it would have well mixed with the hydrocarbons – then just set light to the darned gusher. I've put this and elaborations of if on a ppt document on the Web, but I don't know if posting links here is frowned upon or not ;-).
Geek challenge: Come up with the Physics that says the above or a variation of it would not work.
All the Best,
Dennis Revell
It is difficult to remain calm while your way of life is being dismantled. Even if the spewing oil is contained today, countless small businesses and family traditions have been damaged beyond repair. Would we amble into a funeral home and shame the grieving family of a murder victim for their anger? This is that. We are dealing with the senseless slaughter of whole segments of an ecosystem – and the death of innumerable dreams.
Do we excpect or need emotion from our politicians? DId you ask the same question almost 5 years ago when a then exuberant president Bush told the his FEMA chief and the world "Hey, Brownie, you're doin' a great job!" after it was violently clear to us here in New Orleans that this was not the case. This cannot be happening at a worse time in a worse place. Politicians use emotion to manipulate the public and each other alll the time. I believe a little emotion is called for here and now, if anywhere, if it works.
Support of michael nyc's comment!
What michael nyc is referring to is basically know as a hot tap.....
Replace the flange with a new one with a opened valve on top, close the valve after the new flange/valve has been installed.
Then they could install a riser pipe to the surface ship to retrieve the oil.
This practice is widely used in the industrial businessines dealing with high pressures.
This will work...... it is a simple but effectice process!
It's not about emotion. It's about trusting our government and our leaders. That doesn't come easy these days. At this time of crisis, I find it interesting that CNN appears to be defending Obama's image.
Not intending tragically negative, and having never thought of it before, but I have to wonder if this is how mankind initiates the doomsday 2012 scenario upon ourselves?
Didn't CNN and the rest of the media try to spin that the turning point of the presidential campaign was when John McCain became the "angry" emoter during the bank crisis.
Good heavens the President hasn't even made his visit and CNN is already spinning it!! I wonder if there will be a backlash against the socalled "news" broadcast mainly in cable tv who thinks that they have the "obligation" to tell their viewers what to think.
First, If I were following a commander in combat, the last thing I want to see from him is uncontrolled emotion. It is his responsibility to maintain the calm, rational, mood, to make and execute good decisions, not emotional rants. Second, The Gulf States have been sucking the teat of big oil for 50 years. For as many years Environmentalists have correctly warned of impending disaster; and everyone ignored. This is not Obama's Katrina, it is Americas Chernobyl.
Not all gulf states have been sucking the tit of big oil no more than you are when filling your own vehicles with gasoline. This entire nation is guilty of this environmental disaster.
I just saw the BP commercial created to instill sympathy for BP. I have to agree with Anderson Cooper, 50 million dollars for this idiot promotional campaign to bring BP back into a favoritive light would go a long way to "making this right"!
I think it's really unrealistic for some to require the President or anyone to have or show emotion in any particular matter, simply because all of us are different & where some may be emotional & show emotion over one thing others may not.
To dictate that one person be something s/he is not is wrong on both accounts (dictating) & (requiring someone be something they are not)
But we all know it's about control & some want to control others behaviors. Why we can't learn to accept others the way they are is still a mystery to me, but if it could be accomplished think of how much negative behavior in our society could be squelched. Oh what a wonderful word it would be!
Sorry Melon, LA is #1 as for receiving tax dollars. They currently receive more than 2 dollars for every federal tax dollar they send to DC. The other top 5 states are MS, AK, NM & TX. Just because you say the facts are wrong doesn't make them so. You have a habit of saying everyone else on this blog is wrong & you are right. Sorry, it's the other way around!!!!
Why the MSM making it look like The President didn't meet with local fishermen on his first visit to the gulf on May 2nd?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/president-barack-obama-gulf-coast
why wont bp or the goverment look at organic peat moss. use the peat along the shore line.the bacteria will eat the oil and the peat wont harm the coast line. just a thought.
We need to see emotion from politicians to give a voice to our heartbreak. When we yell at the tv in frustration over the ongoing destruction of this oil spill no one hears us; when the president and other elected officials do so, they are expressing and validating our despair. Personally, I want to see President Obama and every member of Congress publicly outraged on a daily basis.
On the live stream of the oil gusher, is that Corexit being sprayed on the oil ?
I believe that we don't need an emotional leader, we need a calm, cool, and collected leader who can make decisions based on facts in order to do the right thing. Reacting off of raw emotion can get you in to trouble later. I remember when the question was asked, "Who you wanted to get a crisis call at 3AM?" Well I'll take President Obama because he has a innate capability to handle crisis thinking clearly!
Here's a thought.. did BP have insurance on the oil rig that was destroyed? Or on the chance on an accident?...
There goes your insurance rates.
Putting emotion into the way a political figure runs his territory will be the death of our country. Emotional responses are most defiantly not a reliable judgement maker.
Sand Berms – old adage cooler heads prevail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Emotions cloud your judgement. People need to stay calm and look at every possible choice from every angle to make sure it's the right decision.
I was wondering why the hesitation on the berms. After Carol's one interview with the j'scientist', it made more sense why move carefully. What are the other impacts? Are we saving one area at the loss of another?
bp is flipping the bill ,but you and i know they will get it all back in the end ,can you say gas up up up
Yes build the berms and hurrry!
Building the burms is better than waiting and doing nothing.
Although the media isn't showing much of what is going on offshore, they are using oil collection rings to skim & burn oil. And they have been using them for almost a month now!!! The problem is that the oil is still leaking & getting caught up in several currents on it's way to the surface. No one even knows where a lot of the oil is or where it's heading. The satellite mapping of the oil slick only identifies the oil that has reached the surface.
What are the people going to think when the oil reaches North Carolina or New York?
Would the foolish people suggesting using explosives to "seal" the leak please stop making that idiotic suggestion before some other idiot actually does it? Thank you.
More concentration on READING and COMPREHENSION Pauly and less spewing of the party line might serve you better. I suggested no such thing as NUKING the leak. I suggested NUCLEAR POWER for the production of ELECTRICITY.
According to the Government website Loisianna doesn't even rank in the top ten of states receiving federal help when considering federal help against federal taxes paid.
And if the drilling and oil production in the Gulf was stopped – 50% of the people would be out of work.
We need to do whatever we can to stop the oil from from reaching the shores. However, reality being as it is, with milions of gallons of oil already in the gulf, oil will eventually enter onto beaches, into the harbors,bays, and other waterways. When it does, we'll see another facet of catastrophic. personal / commercial properties will be rendered valueless, and pose further heath risk due to contamination. It would not suprise me if we see properties claimed via imminent domain, as well as civil unrest. The complications resulting from this oil spill are boundless...Thus, are the consequences. We need to do everything we can to stem the catastrophy.
Thank you for FINALLY offering fair and real reporting about the reality of what is going on. The reporting done on the rig showing how hard they are working to get this done is honest and true, instead of demonizing BP and creating hatred and anti-capitalist resentment in America. (American Morning and Anderson 360)
Your reporting this morning showing that 90% of the oil reserves in the world are controlled by governments and that Exxon and BP are only small players in comparison to the others (China, middle east, Venezuela). Demonizing BP and wishing them to be destroyed, for what was an accident, could be terribly hurtful long term to the US.
Your reporting should positively inform and elevate what the American people know – help them to be more educated by watching your show – instead of CNN falling to sensationalist reporting, playing on peoples emotions based on incomplete facts or a biased perspective. We have enough of that from other networks. I was so glad you are going back to what you have always been, until recently, true reporting. If you can only report like that on Immigration (instead of favoring the pro-illegal movement)
Thank you for showing the photos of how the oil is impacting the Gulf coast and wetlands. U.S. citizens need to become less disassociated from these big truths that impact us every day. Had we kept aware of what the oil/businessmen in the previous administration were up to, aggressively pursuing ways to avoid any regulation and accountability, we might have prevented this and other disasters like it. No matter where Obama turns to look, he finds yet another corrupt mess he did NOT create, but is compelled to deal with and correct. We need to find these truths BEFORE the crisis. These CEOs are sociopaths and are only capable of concerning themselves with themselves. They have no social conscience and we cannot expect them to all of a sudden develop one. They need to be thoroughly investigated by the government and other less partial parties and kept at arms length so that they have no option other than to be held accountable and properly charged, tried and convicted. To spend the resources on this now will save unfathomable amounts of resources and lives later!!!!!!!!!!!! CNN, stay ahead of the game, be part of the solution, investigate, don't be fed!!!!!!!
Governments control oil?! The US Government does not?! The United States has no choice other than to take control of the oil reserves. As it stands now, corporations and other governments are actually the ones running this country, not our elected officials. This is a National Security issue. No wonder the United States is going down hill so fast. Better hold on for the ride!
They have been skimming & burning surface oil since shortly after they gave up the seacrh for the 11 missing workers. If super tankers were placed on the scene of the leak, there would be no room for any of the many ships that are working in the area. Super tankers are very large vessels which can't be maneuvered very easily.
Another reason is that the currents in the Gulf have dispersed large amounts of oil and/or have prevented them from reaching the surface. If you look at the oil offshore, it's not contained in a small area. There are ribbons of it all over the place. Not exactly what super tankers can just suck up. If super tankers/suckers would limit damage to the coast & allow BP to recover most of the oil, and thus profits, don't you think they would be there? Super tankers/suckers worked well in the Arabian Gulf because they were able to cut off the leak!!! Most of the cut offs were on land, not a mile under the surface!!!
I don't think one berm should cost 18 million to construct.
President Obama is doing a awesome job.
Happy B-day AC, Uda man.
Boycott BP gas stations.
Tony Hayward is a liar.
Watch out Florida, it's coming your way
God help the animals and the people that live on the coast of the gulf.
1) – Oil Containment Rings OCR’s – Need to be installed Now
If we collect 99% of the oil being spilled – then bp can take time to kill the well.
Start to build a “oil collection ring” flotation miles in diameter which has large booms (100′ by 6′ diameters)with deep aprons that zipper together as they extend deep(300′ or more) below the surface (this happens physically as aprons on modules are zipped) and capture the rising oil leak – which is continually pumped into tankers/barges – circumvent first ring with a second and so on as needed.
Do not use any dispersant – pump out water seperation from collected oil.
2) – Simplest Fix – Replace old flange and attached broken (now snipped) pipe at top of BOP – has " hex nuts" – with new flange and associated pipe to surface !
unscrewing "hex nuts" and replacing with new outer flange should make non leaking connection to surface collection.
once again do not use dispersants into leaking oil so can be collected by tankers at at surface – where are they ?
This could have been done after the smoke cleared (day 2) and this disaster avoided ...
p.s. It is unfathomable how this was not done.
3) – Seal Well Now – drill +1000' parallel proximity shaft – place proper amount of explosives – seal new shaft – detonate !
I am not surprise that you were easy in your questioning of that BP executive. When you ask him if he was confident it would all work to end the leakage, he was still evasive.
You should have pressed on in your questioning but I did not expect much more from you. Then you played the hand by asking him if the president was right in his assessment as though he was going to say yes. People like you (AM FIX) would be more inclined to make a slant against the president in all this even though it is not his fault
Ronny, aka Melon, yes most of our electricity comes from coal. Do you know how much of US land & water has been poisoned by the coal industry? Not to mention how much has been placed in the air we breathe.
I hope you're not suggesting, as others have, that the solution to this leak is nuking it. That would just poison the Gulf w/ radiation. Such an explosion would created a crater that would be much harder to stop than what's leaking from a small pipe. Such an explosion would probably open up more leaks as well. The effects of a nuke blast would last for the rest of this century.
Seal Well Now – drill +1000' parallel proximity shaft – place proper amount of explosives – seal new shaft – detonate !
CNN and other media outlets are trying to formulate opinion rather than report the mood with their constant belief that they should decide on how the President should express his anger. The lack of knowledge of what the government has been doing with the "surprise" that the people on the rig sincerely want to stop the spill and have and are working round the clock while doing so is pathetic.
The story of the first two decades of this century will be about how the media lost its journalistic responsibility of objectivity to becoming a spin machine.
John Roberts, since the outset of the First Base replay I saw yesterday there has been the question if the Pitcher had absolute control of the ball before the runner touched the bag. Review the replay and notice the small bobble of the ball in the top webbing of the Pitcher's glovel and you'll see there is a re-catching that gives an absolute control but after the runner had made pure contact of the base. Rewatch the replay with a closer eye! It was bobbled!
Rewatch and eview the replay and view with a clean eye to see that re-catching...
Oil Containment Rings OCR’s – Need to be installed Now
If we collect 99% of the oil being spilled – then bp can take time to kill the well.
Start to build a “oil collection ring” flotation miles in diameter which has large booms (100′ by 6′ diameters)with deep aprons that zipper together as they extend deep(300′ or more) below the surface (this happens physically as aprons on modules are zipped) and capture the rising oil leak – which is continually pumped into tankers/barges – circumvent first ring with a second and so on as needed.
Do not use any dispersant – pump out water seperation from collected oil.
@michael nyc, I've been asking this very same thing since the last week of APRIL!!! Still no response as to "why not". I've been also questioning the lack of desire to "surface contain" crude at the drill site. No dispersants required or desired. Simply, put the word out to all oil consuming nations. "Free Oil! BYOB (Bring Your Own Barrel)", skimmers required. Much easier to recover oil over deep water that in the marshes.
The biggest lie supporting the call for drill baby drill is that it will cut down our dependence on foreign oil. Any oil that is recovered from US waters/land is not guaranteed for use in the US. Oil is a global commodity & is traded all around the world. When demand is low here, it's shipped elsewhere. So why do we give big oil billions in tax breaks, incentives & subsidies to drill here?
@Tom- A Good Morning to you from, Michigan.
Write on!
We need to build the berms, and they need to be built everywhere. Had they been built a few weeks ago, when requested, we may not see the damage we now see. Moreover, berms need to be built in advance along other areas of the gulf coast that will inevitibly be saturated with oil. everyone was told immediately via the President, and Admiral Thad that this was a catastropic event. we need to adress this crisis as such.
extreme circumstances call for extreme measures, build the berms; who doesn't think the Gulf will reclaim the newly protected areas eventually? These structures usually fail at the flanks. Where are they going to begin and end this/these berms?
as a sidenote, I'd like to know who the genius was who decided to not call in the super-sucking, supertankers at the onset of this mess?
I have to say, boy we the people sure do exspect alot from one man. I think we all should sit back and give the whole mess a chance to cool down, I think the news people, all news should stop. I know freedom of the press and all but you guys sure know how to keep a story stirred up and I think these guys using this to try and get elected and make one party look better then the other is just plain dumb and gets my blood to boil, if they worked as hard to get the thing under control as they do pointing fingers at each other. I have no love for BP but please remember the oil spill in alaska Exxon is still in court over that. At least BP has stood to the respondablity and has said it will pay for it all. And so far they have, and I feel til they show us that they will not pay we should be very happy that they have taken the task at hand and have been writing checks I think we all are to blame for this no one is free of blame. We ALL USE TO MUCH OIL AND GAS!!!!!!!! I just wish we all could let the pros do the job and wait and see what follows and what our leaders do down the road....... As we all know things like this are in the news hot and heavy but six month down the road well we will see.
I have not heard this topic yet regarding the oil spill crisis. BP is spending tons of cash on this disaster. When do you thing the other oil companies are going to panic over lost revenue and jack gas prices throught the roof? They used Katrina, Rita and a rig fire as excuses in the past. I'm sure that the fat cats in the oil industry are seeing $$$$ floating away in the gulf. I'm afraid that the American people will eventually foot the bill and BP and all the others will find a way to make us pay.
What do you think?
Gov Jindal sent President Obama a letter requesting that he rescind the moratorium on 33 exploratory rigs, 22 of them off LA. He says the moratorium will cost jobs & hurt the economy. The moratorium doesn't affect the 590 producing rigs that are currently operating. Sen Vitter sent a similar request & Sen Landrieu has stated similar feelings.
They want to have their cake & eat it too! With the devastation already caused by this disaster, you would think that these politicians would praise any effort to make sure another doesn't happen. What would the cost be if another rig blew up while this one is still leaking? If nothing else, the moratorium will prevent damage to these rigs due to a hurricane this year. They can't leak if they aren't drilling.
Politicians look the other way when big oil & other industries damage the environment. They say the benefits outweigh any possible harm. This disaster proves that argument is ridiculous. Not surprising, these politicians receive untold millions from big oil. Now that the SCOTUS has ruled that corporations can contribute as much as they care to, politicians don't want to bite the hand that feeds them.
It's all about the money & the money has been flowing faster than the oil from the leak. Jindal hasn't accepted any accountability for the leak. He won't move until BP oir the govt pays. Instead of being in the marshes w/ state workers, residents, inmates, etc, cleaning up the oil, he spends his time w/ the media complaining about others' response. He wouldn't even activate the National Guard until the govt picked up the tab.
He cried like other GOP politicians about the national debt & said we can't afford things like the stimulus. Then he turned around & put his name & office on the stimulus checks. The fact is that LA has been the largest welfare state in this country for many years. They receive more than double the tax dollars they sent to DC.
I really hope someone is keeping tabs on taxpayer money going to LA for the cleanup. LA has received billions for Katrina but many places still look like a war zone. If the President lifts the moratorium, he should do so w/ a disclaimer, we can't afford to come to your rescue if another leak occurs!!!
Martha... very little- if ANY- electricity comes from OIL. Mostly COAL. Should be using NUCLEAR power.
Simpliest fix... @ 5,000 feet...lol...
One of the consequences of this spill is to turn too many media personalities into raving Glenn Becks:
First they whine about not having live-feeds from the ocean floor, then they whined and became outraged when the pictures didn't show much and they couldn't figure out what they were looking at anyway. Now its all about emoting -who is and who isn't doing it enough of it..
This is a crisis, a catastrophe. There are more than enough real problems to be covered without manufacturing more and exagerating and hyperventilating over petty complaints in order to fill air-time.
You people need to get a grip on reality, if Black men get angry you stereotype them as always being angry Black men. When Black men maintain their composure (Dungy, Obama just to name a few) do not curse, fight, have angry outburst, rave and have outburst, you criticize them, what the heck do you people want? Do you show your angry with those actions?
In reference to the berms being built: the gentleman who expressed concern about whether berms are a good idea due to the potential destruction of current sea bird nests didn't take into consideration that loss of these nests would affect only this years's crop. If and when oil destroys the marshes the impact will be multi-generational. Once the marsh grass dies, the marsh will turn into open water – never again able to support nesting sea birds, or any estuary-dependent life.
Rick Fonte
St. Amant,LA
Could someone find out why they don't remove the "riser flange" on the BOP that the sheared off riser is affixed to? By removing, this flange, a leak-free new riser can be affixed. What's the problem with this ideal?
@art, they teaching people at Oxford, Yale, and Harvard, how to be lying, cheating, money-hungary, capitalistic-materialistic, corporate-controlling, corruptable politicians, executives, and attorneys with little regard to being proper and wise caretakers of the planet that we have no other choice to live upon. Some people will become very wealthy over this issue, and it ain't the ones who have suffered as a result of these Ivy League efforts.
I'd like to see more reporting on the cozy relationship the oil companies have with our regulatory agencies. Are the criminal investigations going to target any government officials who let BP skirt safety requirements that resulted in this catastrophe? I think Americans would like to see those responsible get some jail time rather than mere "slap on the wrist" fines we've seen in the past.
Our addiction to oil will not be cured by going electric either. We also need to remember where electricity comes from.
Was just wondering if and when NASA is going to step in with their solution?
Simplest Fix
Replace old flange and attached broken (now snipped) pipe at top of BOP – has " hex nuts" – with new flange and associated pipe to surface !
unscrewing "hex nuts" and replacing with new outer flange should make non leaking connection to surface collection.
once again do not use dispersants into leaking oil so can be collected by tankers at at surface – where are they ?
This could have been done after the smoke cleared (day 2) and this disaster avoided ...
p.s. It is unfathomable how this was not done.
Good Morning CNN!
Let's hope the oil spill is on the way to being stopped!
Ya' gotta wonder....If the relief well being drilled right now is the only real solution (and it will be from what I'm seeing on CNN this morning) it should have been included as part of the emergency fail-safe package when the well was first drilled. I mean, what exactly are they teaching these people at Oxford, Yale, and Harvard, anyway?