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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:52 AM Original message |
Monstrous underwater oil plumes, one 10 miles long and a mile wide, found in the Gulf |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Obama needs to send in the Navy |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. deleted by poster |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. You have NO idea what you're talking about. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Of course you know |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Do you think that they don't already have all the DSVs they can use on site? |
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Captain_Blue (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Navy |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Again, you have NO CLUE what you're talking about. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. And that's the status quo for today. |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. I really fear this is going to be much worse than we can imagine |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. It's already worse than we know. |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Just wait till it washes up on Key West |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. A place who's own natural coast and eco system disappeared completely sometime around 1927 |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. The coast of Florida from east of Alligator Point to Cedar Key is nearly undisturbed |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Can someone send a wake up call to the White House? |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Indeed. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. doesn't (crude) oil float? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Under most circumstances, yes. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. And of course we have no idea what the chemicals mixed with the oil |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Yes, but how fast does it rise? It has to travel up a full mile to reach the surface. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. this article says it is 3 miles wide and 300 ft. deep in some areas, + more |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. if it was up to BP |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. And the underwater plumes are in multiple layers - 3-5 layers deep |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. so very disturbing |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Skytruth put up a new photo of the oil slick on the surface yesterday |
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faceit (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. Kick & Recommend - this should be at the top of the front page |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. All the money in the world cannot clean this up. Once it's dead it's dead. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. Is it roaming? How fast does something like that move underwater? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. they aren't stupid questions |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. so the dispersants are just making sure the entire gulf gets saturated |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. K & R |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. knr |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. In the fine words of Pickens |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. BP execs shoukd be executed for crimes against the planet! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. There is a lot of blame to go around. Yes it is easy to blame the execs but they were pushing the |
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Captain_Blue (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Crimes |
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joe black (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Look |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. I can guarantee that these are floating dead zones. No fish, no marine mammals survive within. |
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