Hurricane Irene, Fukushima, Deep water Horizon. What do they all have in common?

[sce56]

They are still happening but only Irene is getting the M$M attention!

http://www.examiner.com/environmental-news-in-tallahassee/new-leak-near-deepwater-horizon-site-quickly-becoming-a-massive-oil-slick

http://blog.al.com/live/2011/08/scientists_oil_fouling_gulf_co.html





http://video-embed.al.com/services/player/bcpid619299288001?bctid=1127508644001

More here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x613555

[Lorien]

1. K & R. nt

[Skink]

2. rapture vision

[dgibby]

3. I'm beginning to think the ancient Mayans were right. n/t

[Overseas]

4. Sad K&R.

[sce56]

5. Morning Kick!

Who is in the Gulf area that can corroborate this story?

[sce56]

6. From July 25th a blog talking about lots of oil in the Gulf

http://www.stuarthsmith.com/is-bps-macondo-well-site-still-leaking-fresh-oil-on-the-gulf-raises-concerns-and-haunting-memories

Is BP’s Macondo Well Site Still Leaking? Fresh Oil on the Gulf Raises Concerns and Haunting Memories
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Fresh oil is surfacing all over the northern quadrant of the Gulf of Mexico. Reports of slicks that meander for miles and huge expanses of oil sheen that look like phantom islands are becoming common, again. Fresh oil, only slightly weathered, is washing ashore in areas hit hardest by last year’s massive spill, like Breton Island, Ship Island, the Chandeleurs and northern Barataria Bay. BP has reactivated its Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) program to handle cleanup. It’s a sickeningly familiar scene that has fishermen, researchers and public officials searching for answers, as haunting memories of last year’s calamity come roaring back.

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In January 2011, a prominent “geohazards specialist” wrote an urgent letter to two members of Congress – U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and John Shimkus, chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment and Economy – suggesting that the Macondo site is leaking oil like a sieve. Here’s an excerpt from that letter (see it in its entirety below):

There is no question that the oil seepages, gas columns, fissures and blowout craters in the seafloor around the Macondo wellhead… have been the direct result of indiscriminate drilling, grouting, injection of dispersant and other undisclosed recover activities. As the rogue well had not been successfully cemented and plugged at the base of the well by the relief wells, unknown quantities of hydrocarbons are still leaking out from the reservoir at high pressure and are seeping through multiple fault lines to the seabed. It is not possible to cap this oil leakage.

BK Lim, the letter’s author, has more than 30 years of experience working inside the oil and gas industry for companies like Shell, Petronas and Pearl Oil.

[sce56]

7. CBS News coveered it briefly on 18 Aug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4_ntP2mIYM

[Broderick]

8. K and R

Let us not forget the suffering in the Iowa floods still continuing on since June, or the drought in Texas that has killed animal and humans alike in much bigger numbers -- with hopeful relief with the storm brewing in the gulf....

[Bluebear]

9. All pooh-poohed here as overblown.. Nt

[sce56]

10. Evening Kick

That is all

[geomon666]

11. They were overhyped?

:sarcasm:

[malletgirl02]

12. Irene

What is wrong with Irene getting attention? It just happened.

[sce56]

13. I said ONLY Irene is getting the attention! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

14. ....the letter "i"?

:shrug: