A web site that shows you all the ships at the BP Oil Disaster site in real time...

Dennis Donovan

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Tue Jun-29-10 04:58 PM
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A web site that shows you all the ships at the BP Oil Disaster site in real time...

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/#

This is a web site that shows all the vessels swarmed around the BP Oil Disaster site in real-time using AIS technology. After clicking on the link, navigate to the area of the spill (it uses Google Maps - the area itself is roughly at the 4 o'clock position and 50-60 miles off the Mississippi Delta) and zoom in to the 6th notch from the top, and you'll see this:

I thought it was fascinating!

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BrklynLiberal

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Tue Jun-29-10 05:11 PM
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1. That is very cool.....real time...

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leveymg

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Tue Jun-29-10 05:14 PM
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2. That is not nearly enough to be a "swarm."

ATC at any commercial airport in America would say that's not even a holding pattern.

BP should be paying for hundreds of skimmer ships in the area, and hundreds more along the coast.

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Dennis Donovan

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Tue Jun-29-10 05:43 PM
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4. "Swarmed" as in hovering, not as in numerical superiority...

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Cleita

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Tue Jun-29-10 05:26 PM
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3. There seems to be only one tanker out there.

Shouldn't there be more?

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Liberal In Texas

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Tue Jun-29-10 06:18 PM
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5. What a cool site. Bookmarking!

Thanks!

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Rhiannon12866

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Tue Jun-29-10 10:54 PM
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6. K&R! Off to The Greatest Page... Very cool!

And informative. :bounce:

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Dennis Donovan

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Wed Jun-30-10 05:04 AM
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7. I think it's fascinating to see the various craft around the site...

If you click on any of the items it will pop up with specific info about each vessel.

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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Jun-30-10 11:54 AM
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8. Fascinating stuff for sure, especially interested in this one...

:wow:

Gulf Oil Spill: 'A Whale' Of A Skimmer Offers Up Its Services
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/gulf-oil-spill-a-whale-of_n_629575.html

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Dennis Donovan

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Wed Jun-30-10 08:21 PM
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9. A former offender (supertanker) to the rescue!

I kinda like that irony! :thumbsup:

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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Jul-01-10 01:21 AM
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10. It has yet to get approval, or prove whether it's effective, but if it is...

Edited on Thu Jul-01-10 01:34 AM by Rhiannon12866

It could accomplish in one day what has been accomplished so far... :wow:

Taiwan oil skimmer heads to Gulf
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/intl-community/2010/06/27/262388/Taiwan-oil.htm

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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Jul-01-10 04:00 PM
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11. BTW, I was watching the CNN crawl at my auto dealership this afternoon,

And it said that they're planning on bringing in blimps! :wtf: Is there also a website for that?! :crazy:

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