Inuk's Igloo : The Phun Random Chat Thread!

The Gulf is pretty much fucked. 130 miles long and like 16 miles wide so far. 200,000+ gallons per DAY, as i understand it.

 

still, that's a scary spill for sure.

 

that's what the midget in the leather s&m outfit said

 

Yep...........and they still can't cap it........if you have BP stock.........sell.......sell.........sell..........

 

heh I'm not getting that picture ff!

 

I'd be worried if you did have that picture

 

On Thursday, the size of the slick was about 1,150 square miles, but by Friday's end it was in the range of 3,850 square miles, said Hans Graber, executive director of the university's Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing. That suggests the oil has started spilling from the well more quickly, Graber said.

"The spill and the spreading is getting so much faster and expanding much quicker than they estimated," Graber told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Louisiana State University professor Ed Overton, who heads a federal chemical hazard assessment team for oil spills, cautioned that the satellite imagery could be deceiving.

He said satellites can't measure the thickness of the sheen and makes it difficult to judge how much oil is on the water.

Another issue is that the oil slicks are not one giant uniform spill the size of an island. Instead, they are "little globs of oil in an area of big water," Overton said.

Experts also cautioned that if the spill continues growing unchecked, sea currents could suck the sheen down past the Florida Keys and then up the Eastern Seaboard.

The Florida Keys are home to the only living coral barrier reef in North America, and the third largest coral barrier reef in the world. About 84 percent of the nation's coral reefs are located in Florida, where hundreds of marine species live, breed and spawn.

"If it gets into the Keys, that would be devastating," said Duke University biologist Larry Crowder.

Ian R. MacDonald, an oceanography professor at Florida State University, said his examination of Coast Guard charts and satellite images indicated that 8 million to 9 million gallons had already spilled by April 28.

Alabama's governor said his state was preparing for a worst-case scenario of 150,000 barrels, or more than 6 million gallons per day. At that rate the spill would amount to a Valdez-sized spill every two days, and the situation could last for months.

 

lol no way I would ff.

crazy there Cyln.

 

what's sad is - as I understand it - while the explosion may not have been preventable, the spill would've been prevented if they installed an acoustic shut-off system that EPA was fighting with the oil company (British Oil) for the past 2 years. British Oil didn't want to install this acoustic shut-off system because it would've cost them half a million dollars and they stated they didn't need it.

Now, it's going to cost them 8 billion dollars and ruin the local economies along the Gulf of Mexico, as well as having an impact on the rest of the US.

 

ok, this is just getting depressing now

this is better:

 

And they can't stop it.......Imagine unmaned submarines........trying to find and stop a well speweing several thousand of gallons of oil..........at the source........zero visibility...if they fuck up and break the seal of the source now..........it could get worse..........

 

wow ff.

 

Yep..........thats better.......

 

wow indeed Inuk

she's full of wow

 

no doubt, can't wait to see her as Black Widow

 

here ya go FF........... A Scarlett edit for ya.........

 

nite guys

 

nice kaos!

 

see ya CY!

 

have a good night Cyln.