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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:42 AM Original message |
Oil rig spilling 13,000 gallons per hour... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. That area of the Gulf is pretty much dead already anyway. That's the |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And frankly |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. +10 |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. And the sneakers, jeans, underwear, t-shirt we wear to get there... |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And also ... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. 'As its availability declines, so does modern life.' |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. This should be shouted across the land, but alas... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Excuse me? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Looks like I was off by only a few miles... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. And Obama proposes to open up the Atlantic to oil leasing. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Very unpopular with moveon members during the State of the Union |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I'm placing my bets that there will NEVER be any meaningful production of |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. I bet the spring shrimp ecology will be affected |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yeah, the Gulf shrimp are good. I guess we'll see how this impacts |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Shrimp can handle a lot of toxins |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They are the roaches of the sea. But yeah, they are the food |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Right now I've been getting Greenland shrimp |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I live near the Gulf, so that is about the only kind of shrimp I eat. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I fished for red fish back then |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is just so sad. I would hope they could find the bodies (if |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. CNN reporting the oil rig just sank |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yup. It's up on their website... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pump prices jump |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. that's the "B" side of drill baby drill.. n.t |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I followed it during the volcano and the loss of fights |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. Who on Earth would vote this down? |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. i was thinking the same thing. i just recced it with no change at all. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. K&R |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. My sympathies go out to those men and thier families hurt by this tragic accident |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. but... but... but.. I thought oil rigs were good for the environment |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. gee, i was told it was so safe, drilling off the FL coast was no big deal. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. In Texas I have tar remover for my skin and boat. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. My grandmother just told me her friend has a son missing on that rig. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!! |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. +1 |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Oboy. Now all the "DRill Baby Drill" Blue states can look forward to this off their coasts. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. No live coverage of this one |
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Mythbuster (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Ditto!!! What's up with the media coverage??? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. ABC News covered it a few minutes ago |
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Mythbuster (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. One would think |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Earth Day Cover Up Conspiracy? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. +1 |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. yep, that offshore drilling thing is really inspirational |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. that's gonna join up with that island of plastic and make a nice toxic mess for eons |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
41. Major spill response is being mobilized |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. A million feet of boom?... |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Sounds like the ROVs were able to manually close the riser... |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. This should be debunked |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. disgusting... |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The DU dirty coal lobby does not want to hear that. |
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