60 Minutes doing Gulf oil spew story w/rig worker

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

fyi

[slipslidingaway]

1. knr thanks nt

[malaise]

2. Kick

Important

[Clintonista2]

3. Is it on now?

All I'm getting is golf on my cbs channel

[malaise]

4. You can watch it here

http://www.fancast.com/tv/60-Minutes/97707/full-episodes?cmpid=PPC_FNCT_Google_Search_TV--Shows--Search--Google_CBS--60-Minutes--General--Search_BroadMatch_CBS-60-Minutes

[Clintonista2]

5. thanks! eom

[jillan]

6. Thanks - I never watch 60 minutes, but definitely will tonite.

[Subdivisions]

7. They're talking to the guys on the fishing boat whose vid I posted. n/t

[Dinger]

8. KNR

[Oceansaway]

9. K&R...n/t

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. I hope this man gets in front of a Congressional hearing..

[Robbien]

11. I am so glad 60 Minutes is doing this story

Everything this man is saying has only really been reported on-line. Nice to see it get out to a wider audience.

[applegrove]

34. Terrifying. And how awful was BP with skirting regulations.

[trof]

12. One VERY lucky feller.

[Strelnikov_]

13. Looks like the $75 m liability cap is no longer applicable n/t

[ThatsMyBarack]

14. Kudos to CBS....

For running 60 Minutes on time in spite of all that golf!

[godai]

25. The animations were excellent.

For the 1st time, I understand the drilling process that was used, and the shortcuts that came back to bite BP big time. BP doesn't want us to understand this but now, the cats out of the bag. I'm sure we'll hear and see more about this piece.

[aquart]

15. So the pressure tests were worthless.

Because THEY DIDN'T FIX A DAMAGED GASKET. DROP DEAD, YOU BASTARDS.

Utterly, completely totally avoidable except for BP's utter greed.

[aquart]

17. "Atlantis is a greater threat than Deepwater Horizon."

Shit. Shut these bastards down.

[Strelnikov_]

19. So is Thunderhorse n/t

[Robbien]

21. There's no one at BP authorized to talk to 60 minutes

No one? Entire executive staff pulling down ten of millions if not hundreds of millions in bonuses and no one has the authorization?

[trof]

16. BP is guilty of criminal actions.

Period.

[DemReadingDU]

18. weird - there was a commercial

and I don't think it was planned.

[spanone]

20. looks like bp is a criminal enterprise. they chose not to do repairs....11 people died.

if corporations have the rights of persons, they also have the responsibility. they need to be eliminated asap.

[Robbien]

23. They took the lives of eight people at their refinery

and paid a small fine.

See, they take responsibility.

[aquart]

27. Fine seize the assets under RICO.

I think I prefer the Patriot Act but RICO will do. SHUT THEM DOWN.

[godai]

22. Best explanation I've seen.

They were sealing the well, with concrete plugs in the drilling hole. This is Halliburtin. Seems there were 3 plugs within the hole, spread out over thousands of feet. Drilling 'mud' is put between these plugs to apply pressure. Transamerica wanted to continue to fill in with this mud, below the final concrete plug. BP overruled and wanted the mud removed. This would make it easier to get to the oil later. This resulted in insufficient force to hold back the oil and gas. The concrete plugs failed and all hell broke loose.

The guy being interviewed was on the rig and was lucky to survive. He knows the whole story. BP is toast.

[uponit7771]

39. Yeap, looks like they have multiple witness's to this same story....BP aint lookin good at all

[babylonsister]

24. Pretty telling that BP didn't want to talk to them. Guess they do have

something to hide. :grr:

[truth2power]

26. Question for the physicists here...If you jump from a ten story height

into the water, how far below the surface will you go before you can start fighting your way back to the surface. That would freak me out. Seems like you'd plunge pretty far, requiring you to hold your breath a long time.

Any way to determine that, mathematically?

[LeftyFingerPop]

29. Not a physicist, just a comment...

I'm really surprised that the impact did not kill him. I'm sure that he could not see the water, so he probably could not brace himself.

Also, I think he had a life jacket on, so that would have limited his descent in the water somewhat.

What a hell of a story that was. :-(

[Robbien]

31. On mythbusters they did something like that

where they dropped the crash dummy from ten stories up and measured the impact.

The crash dummy was hurting.

[truth2power]

32. You're correct. He did say he had put on a life jacket....

Yes, that was an amazing story. I'm wondering what happened to that woman; I think her name was Dana. I hope she survived.

[Ex Lurker]

36. she did. all the fatalities were men. n/t

[imurhuckleberry]

30. He also had on a life jacket...which would slow a fall some

[NYC_SKP]

33. It would slow your fall through the air, but hurt more hitting the water.

Without a lot of extra material on your person, a body can slip into the water without decelerating to dramatically.

Having on a bulky life jacket would, I think, make entry more painful.

But you gotta have a life vest.

Ouch.

[girl gone mad]

38. In Physics 101 I was taught that..

it depends on how calm the water is. The surface tension can vary pretty dramatically. I think paratroopers can't jump when it's too calm, for example.

He said he was ten stories up? So about 100 ft? I think the record for surviving a free fall into water is at least twice that. The Golden Gate Bridge is over 200 ft above water and people have survived that jump.

[Swamp Rat]

28. I saw it. Thank you. eom

[TorchTheWitch]

35. online for anyone that missed it...

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6490348n&tag=contentMain;contentAux
(Part 2 link can be found on the right side)

[aquart]

37. Did you all find the four fishermen familiar?

They had posted what they saw on a fishing message board. It was posted on DU and then went viral. 60 Minutes used an audio clip which I remember from that link.