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[Nee-sama]

Very disturbing... Just another consequence of this terrible tragedy.

I doubt it has anything to do with BP's dispersant either. Rain is made from moisture being absorbed from the sea through natural processes. This was bound to happen, and will probably continue for years.

[Black Rose]

Things are getting from bad to worse. No chances for improvement.

[Insurrection]

That's what happens when you use a dispersant, it disperses the oil into the Gulf! Also anyone else know about Jindal not deploying Natl. Guard Troops?

[Strangelove]

That's what happens when you use a dispersant, it disperses the oil into the Gulf! Also anyone else know about Jindal not deploying Natl. Guard Troops?

Im sorry, but what good would deploying the National Guard do? Are they gonna shoot bullets into the leak hope to kill it?

[Insurrection]

Actually I was personally hoping they would hunt BP representatives, but clean up efforts could've been helped with troops.

[Sakura Blossoms]

Things are getting from bad to worse. No chances for improvement.

It's Kevin Costner wth really? to the rescue!

http://news.yahoo.co...ws/ynews_ts2851

*gives major kudos to Kevin and his bro for stepping up where BP so obviously has been unable to*

[Strangelove]

Actually I was personally hoping they would hunt BP representatives, but clean up efforts could've been helped with troops.

Ehh, i guess that's a good idea, a manhunt...lowering ourselves back to the Dark Ages.

[Dreamer]

Ehh, i guess that's a good idea, a manhunt...lowering ourselves back to the Dark Ages.

I'll bring the torches if you'll bring the pitch forks.

[Insurrection]

I'll bring the torches if you'll bring the pitch forks.

Ooh! Dibbs on clubs!

[Gravenimage]

I'll bring the torches if you'll bring the pitch forks.

I'm with you too!

[catsi563]

no need to worry about the oil rain its a near meteorlogical impossibility. oil has only a couple of parts of its chemical make up that actually evaporate and thus would be carried into the sky and be in clouds. the rest stays back as residue or tarballs.

what the guy in that video probably saw was the normal oil which is brought out of the ground by rain. which by the way is one of the reasons you need to drive slower and safer after a rain because the oils are brought up out of the asphault.

on another note though. Can you say conflict of interest? I knew you could.

[Nate River]

on another note though. Can you say conflict of interest? I knew you could.

I like the part where the article focuses solely on Feldman, but totally ignores Salazar's blatant misrepresentations of the experts he cited in trying to justify the moratorium.

Ends justify the means I suppose.

[Insurrection]

Still think its Ironic that one half of the economy in the Gulf is Destroying the other.

[Black Rose]

It's Kevin Costner wth really? to the rescue!

http://news.yahoo.co...ws/ynews_ts2851

*gives major kudos to Kevin and his bro for stepping up where BP so obviously has been unable to*

Huh, Kevin Costner? I heard something about James Cameron the other day, now we have Kevin Costner. Celebrities will end up saving the world . Now, seriously, he did something impressive. Congats to KC and his bro~~!
*gives home-made cherry pie to both of 'em XD*

[Dreamer]

Huh, Kevin Costner? I heard something about James Cameron the other day, now we have Kevin Costner. Celebrities will end up saving the world . Now, seriously, he did something impressive. Congats to KC and his bro~~!
*gives home-made cherry pie to both of 'em XD*

Where's my cherry pie, prefer cheesecake.

[Sakura Blossoms]

First storm of the season, Tropical Storm Alex headed to/near the Gulf:

http://www.weather.c...cern_2010-06-25

[Dreamer]

First storm of the season, Tropical Storm Alex headed to/near the Gulf:

http://www.weather.c...cern_2010-06-25

Oh no, that's going to wipe out the wetlands/marshes with more oil and the pelican breeding grounds too.

[Black Rose]

Where's my cherry pie, prefer cheesecake.

Cherry pie is the special dish of my grandma. Cheesecake? Ask for some from my aunt.

Anyways, enough with food.
I read the link Shauna posted and what I wanna say is
OH GOSH NO~~~!

[Kyuudaime]

Ugh, man, and I'm supposed to be going down to Texas next week for that week.
Almost makes me consider not going, I don't want one of those to come close to me.

[Sakura Blossoms]

Ugh, man, and I'm supposed to be going down to Texas next week for that week.
Almost makes me consider not going, I don't want one of those to come close to me.

And right now it is showing that Texas is in it's line of sight.


Edit - Also:

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer

A tropical storm churning in the Caribbean could be the latest bad news for BP crews trying to contain and clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf, an effort that has been plagued by setbacks for more than two months.

It is still too early to tell exactly where Tropical Storm Alex might go or how it might affect oil on and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said.

If gale-force winds are predicted within five days, BP will begin moving the armada of ships working on the spill, including the rigs drilling two relief wells that are the best hope of stopping the oil.

The wells are projected to be done by mid-August if bad weather doesn't interrupt the drilling.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Saturday that officials are watching Alex carefully even though the current forecast shows it churning toward Mexico and missing the northern Gulf Coast and the spill.

"We know that these tracks can change and we're paying very close attention to it," he said.

BP says its effort to drill through 2 1/2 miles of rock to relieve pressure on the blown-out well is on target. Once the new well intersects the ruptured one, BP plans to pump in heavy drilling mud to stop the oil flow and plug the well with cement.

The crew that has been drilling one of the relief wells since early May ran a test to confirm it is on the right path, using a tool that detects the magnetic field around the casing of the original, blown-out well.

"The layman's translation is, 'We are where we thought we were,'" said BP spokesman Bill Salvin.

The oil giant's stock tumbled to a 14-year low anyway Friday on news that BP has now spent around $2.35 billion dealing with the disaster. Somewhere between 69 million and 132 million gallons of crude have spewed into the water since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.

The company has lost more than $100 billion in market value since that day, and its stock is worth less than half the $60 or so it was selling for.

Tropical Storm Alex could create even more problems. The effort to capture the oil gushing from the sea bottom could be interrupted for up to two weeks if a storm forces BP to move its equipment out of harm's way, Allen said.

Salvin said BP would need about five days to move or secure equipment including ships that are processing the oil sucked up by the containment cap on the well and the rigs drilling the relief wells.

The company is working on a different containment system that would be easier to disconnect and hook back up if a storm interrupted the work.

BP is capturing anywhere from 840,000 to 1.2 million gallons of oil a day. Worst-case government estimates say 2.5 million gallons a day are leaking from the well, though no one really knows for sure.