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| Oil slick reaches Florida panhandle |
| 2010-06-05 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is spreading rapidly as tar balls have now reached an island off the northeastern Florida panhandle. On Friday, gooey oil balls were spotted on the beach of Santa Rosa Island and the US Coast Guard said that officials are analyzing the balls to determine whether they came from the same oil spill. Florida's governor is seeking 100 million dollars from oil giant BP to protect the state from the damage. Meanwhile, a poll has shown over 60 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the US government's handling of the disaster. However, President Barack Obama has defended the administration's actions. He said he was furious at the situation but yelling would be useless. The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is believed to be the worse environmental disaster in US history. Since the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which left 11 people dead, more than 20 million gallons of crude oil has entered the sea. Forty-five days on, oil continues to gush into the water at a rate of 12,000 to 25,000 barrels per day according to official figures. However, scientists say that at least 70,000 barrels of oil are spilling into the sea every day. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 And Frank G takes the lead in the Snark O' the Day competition. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-06-05 18:14 |
| #7 Oil slick, ya say? Was it orange? Charlie Crist on the beach? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-06-05 12:38 |
| #6 I don't have any money. Will pickles do? Dills and sweets. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-06-05 11:37 |
| #5 This is all George Bush's fault. |
| Posted by: Ebbamp Guelph3050 2010-06-05 09:55 |
| #4 I mean it. Nao! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-06-05 08:11 |
| #3 And I swear to dawg, I will truck in an oily Orca if you don't send the damn cash. Get the damn staples off your wallets. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-06-05 07:34 |
| #2 It's already pretty bad here. I can see 3 weepers 1 crier and a screamer. I expect things to get much worse. I have decided to predip a pelican to give it a holistic treatment against the vagaries of BPie and BusHitler. It's horrible. I really can't go on. Frankly the only way this is going to end is if you send me a shitload of money. Otherwise, these Pelicans are dead. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-06-05 07:33 |
| #1 This is one area where I favor a little more regulation. I can't drywall over the wiring of a house before an inspector checks it. The engineers on that rig apparently TOLD the management aboard that there was pressure in that well. They fought as best they could against flushing that mud out of it under those conditions, management did it anyway. There should be certain "checkpoints" where a third party not under the control of the well owner must certify that conditions are right before operation continues to the next step. That is done in many industries and it should be done in this one. This accident wasn't the result of "drilling". It was the result of a technical problem that was ignored by management. Someone needs to be able to inspect and overrule the management during certain key phases of finishing a well. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-06-05 01:02 |