Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana

[Bluebear]

A "mobile inland drilling unit" overturned in the Charenton navigational channel south of U.S. Highway 90 near Morgan City, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

There were no reports of injuries, the Coast Guard said. The floating shallow-water rig was not immediately identified and the importance of the channel was not clear.

The vessel has a 20,000-gallon diesel fuel capacity, but the Coast Guard, citing officials on the scene, said there was no fuel leaking.

As a precaution, 500 feet of oil spill containment boom was deployed around the rig and an additional 500 feet were being brought in, the Coast Guard said in its statement.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63T55Q20100430

[RKP5637]

1. Undoubtedly, this is Obama's fault!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[tridim]

2. He's currently en route to his next rig..

[southern_belle]

3. K&R LOL

[RKP5637]

4. This'll be on Fox News, "He's not swimming hard enough!!!" n/t

[Roon]

5. Too funny!

lol

[Kadie]

7. LOL!

Awesome!

:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

6. "...importance of the channel was not clear...." WTF!

any water is "important" because water houses living organisms, and has a sneaky way of going "elsewhere" (into the soil, for example...or into our food chain)