"Saw is stuck in riser pipe" says Coast Guard, in latest attempt to stop oil spill

[Mari333]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/02/national/main6539619.shtml


ggggeeeezzzzus

[hatrack]

1. Oops!

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[BrentWil]

2. Does this thing never end?

I mean, now more oil is flowing and you are looking at August to fix it.

[tekisui]

6. The latest is that it could flow until Christmas.

It does seem like it will never end.

[704wipes]

7. Mayan Calendar end

2012.

This is the cause and/or the end?

[Javaman]

18. The Mayans were optimists. nt

[IndianaJoe]

3. Why am I not surprised? n/t

[asjr]

4. I thought Keystone Kops were defunct.

[chrisa]

9. Next, they'll spill coffee on a control board or something.

Causing a machine to go haywire and crash into stuff, or something.

[tammywammy]

5. Nevermind

It's in the headline only, not in the article.

[SidDithers]

8. Can we expect your follow up when the saw is freed...

and the cutting continues?

Sid

[Mari333]

10. BREAKING NEWS: just saw this on twitter breaking news

'Coast Guard: Crews shooting chemicals underwater to disperse Gulf oil leaking out of new cut'


Dirty dispersants: In a desperate attempt to contain the growing disaster it has created in the Gulf, BP has been spreading chemical dispersants on the sea and at the spill site a mile below the surface. But BP's dispersant of choice, Corexit, has raised concerns at the Environmental Protection Agency about its potential harmful effects on marine life—and it's now being dumped in the Gulf in record volumes. The EPA ordered BP to find a safer option. But BP is sticking with Corexit, despite the fact that the EPA has a long list of approved, less harmful alternatives.

[BeFree]

14. That's why

The oil flowing out is now brown instead of black.

The equipment used to flow mud into the well is now being used to flow Corexit directly into the well.

[Omar4Dems]

11. This can't be! Private Enterprise never fails!

It's the gummint that always screws up!!

:sarcasm:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

13. yeah...and gummint is forthcoming with LOTS of solutions here n/t

[bahrbearian]

20. Like, Drill baby drill? Anywhere you want.

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[ProdigalJunkMail]

24. no...you don't get to choose the topic...

the OP does...

sP

[Fumesucker]

12. I worked in the Gulf oil field in the early 80's..

I have a great deal of sympathy for the people actually doing the work, this stuff is not easy at the best of times and you are constantly dealing with bigwheels who are telling you to do things you know from bitter experience have zero chance of working.

Look at the show Undercover Boss, the bigwheels are almost always incompetent at doing the work their low level subordinates do every day.

[jimlup]

15. Damn!

That sucks... I was holding my breath that this would work.

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. Not surprising

Anyone who's tried to cut off a pipe within a pipe could have seen this one coming.

[WeDidIt]

17. THE MAGIC HAND OF THE MARKET WILL FIX IT!!!!

:eyes:

Fucking nimrods.

[Javaman]

19. It went from tragic, to comically tragic and now to...

monty python absurd.

Holy fuck!

Next we will hear that this will cause it to leak more...oh wait.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

21. I think they cut corners-

I suspect that they used cubic zirconium saws