Yeah, there seems to be a good number of people who are surprised that this is still happening and don't realize that they had absolutely no contingency for a disaster at this depth.
On a side note, this twitter account gives a pretty fantastic up to date accounting of everything going on with BP:
This comic and slice of news is a bit eerie for me. I spoke on the phone with my mother two days ago only to find out my eldest cousin had moved to Houston to take a job with BP. His current job? To co-ordinate ship logistics is the gulf. Needless to say he's working 15+ hour days right now.
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I also have to agree with Tycho to some point. About this whole oil thing I keep expecting them to suddenly be all 'okay we fixed it and we cleaned up the oil and nothing substantial has changed from a month ago.' It's sincerely difficult to comprehend that this is a legitimately a desperate situation that will have ramifications past how this might effect the mid term elections.
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I also have to agree with Tycho to some point. About this whole oil thing I keep expecting them to suddenly be all 'okay we fixed it and we cleaned up the oil and nothing substantial has changed from a month ago.' It's sincerely difficult to comprehend that this is a legitimately a desperate situation that will have ramifications past how this might effect the mid term elections.
the great thing about fucking with the ocean is that screwing up spawning cycles now could cause massive shortages and die outs years from now
Everyone is so worried about how this oil leak will kill the planet and the planet is doomed. No. The planet will survive. It will self heal like its done for millions of years, slowly filtering the oil and organic poisons away and spawning new life where old life has died.
On the other hand, people are fucked. Pack your shit folks, the planet is bleeding and I think it's pissed. I'm waiting for a tornado, volcanic eruption, or earthquake to hit, just to remind us who's fucking with who.
I also have to agree with Tycho to some point. About this whole oil thing I keep expecting them to suddenly be all 'okay we fixed it and we cleaned up the oil and nothing substantial has changed from a month ago.' It's sincerely difficult to comprehend that this is a legitimately a desperate situation that will have ramifications past how this might effect the mid term elections.
the great thing about fucking with the ocean is that screwing up spawning cycles now could cause massive shortages and die outs years from now
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You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?
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You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?
That's why I only drink bottled water.
It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.
You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?
That's why I only drink bottled water.
It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.
But, the pacific comes with plastic in it! I think that's even better.
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You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?
That's why I only drink bottled water.
It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.
But, the pacific comes with plastic in it! I think that's even better.
You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?
That's why I only drink bottled water.
It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.
But, the pacific comes with plastic in it! I think that's even better.
oh no my brain
Personally, I only drink water that's been hacked out of Mars' ice caps and shipped down here to be melted in the warm country sun.
Everyone is so worried about how this oil leak will kill the planet and the planet is doomed. No. The planet will survive. It will self heal like its done for millions of years, slowly filtering the oil and organic poisons away and spawning new life where old life has died.
On the other hand, people are fucked. Pack your shit folks, the planet is bleeding and I think it's pissed. I'm waiting for a tornado, volcanic eruption, or earthquake to hit, just to remind us who's fucking with who.
Those... those things happen all the time. Are you waiting for one to hit you?
Everyone is so worried about how this oil leak will kill the planet and the planet is doomed. No. The planet will survive. It will self heal like its done for millions of years, slowly filtering the oil and organic poisons away and spawning new life where old life has died.
On the other hand, people are fucked. Pack your shit folks, the planet is bleeding and I think it's pissed. I'm waiting for a tornado, volcanic eruption, or earthquake to hit, just to remind us who's fucking with who.
Those... those things happen all the time. Are you waiting for one to hit you?
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And that tetris video.. wow that was just insanely talented
On a side note, this twitter account gives a pretty fantastic up to date accounting of everything going on with BP:
http://twitter.com/BPGlobalPR
I think that piece would just slide into the tube and not do much. The T is a cap.
Anyway, I suppose the only answer is to flood the ocean floor with more pieces until you can even it out and clear most of it out with a long piece.
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the great thing about fucking with the ocean is that screwing up spawning cycles now could cause massive shortages and die outs years from now
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Everyone is so worried about how this oil leak will kill the planet and the planet is doomed. No. The planet will survive. It will self heal like its done for millions of years, slowly filtering the oil and organic poisons away and spawning new life where old life has died.
On the other hand, people are fucked. Pack your shit folks, the planet is bleeding and I think it's pissed. I'm waiting for a tornado, volcanic eruption, or earthquake to hit, just to remind us who's fucking with who.
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That's why I only drink bottled water.
It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.
But, the pacific comes with plastic in it! I think that's even better.
oh no my brain
I agree. It's pretty damn great the way it is, but would have been even better hiding the punchline til the end.
Personally, I only drink water that's been hacked out of Mars' ice caps and shipped down here to be melted in the warm country sun.
okay to be fair
the lack of any sort of viable contingency plan really is some gross incompetence on BP's part
Hey, they had a contingency plan! A completely rational and feasible one!
"Jenkins, what are we going to do if this oil pump on the ocean floor breaks open?"
"How about....ahhhh.... golf balls?"
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Those... those things happen all the time. Are you waiting for one to hit you?
Come to Texas, we have plenty of tornadoes.
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