Deepwater Horizon oil spill
 

Since the 'top kill' method didn't work in capping the oil flow I thought it's ok for a thread about the upcoming attempt, I named the thread according to the Wiki-article.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6503LX20100601

"On Tuesday, undersea robots will use a diamond-coated saw to cut through the riser pipe atop a giant stack of pipes called the lower marine riser package, or LMRP. Workers will lower a containment dome and place it atop the LMRP to funnel oil to a tanker on the surface."

So a risky new strategy that might backfire.

"The company is also drilling two relief wells that are expected to ultimately plug the ruptured well but will not be completed until August."

So it might be gushing until August. :nope:

Last time this happened it took 10 months to stop. Let's just hope it's faster this time.

With hurricane season coming up it could get messy :hmmm:

Live feed from an underwater camera:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-rov-video

EDIT: Haha, I think the robot operator dropped the diamond saw into the abyss. Looking for it now. :haha:

EDIT2: Found it! Go Wall-E!! :DL

In the meantime the federals tactic is to blame blames and threaten with litigation.

So BP is not only under the white house's 'control' they are also in their cross hairs.

It seems to me like BP have been doing everything in their power to try to solve the problem and throwing out 'settelment' money like it was candy but they are the evil hidious corporation villan.

:rotfl2:

Thats pretty awsome I stared at it for a whole minute... heh... Saw some giant yellow crab claw looking thing.

At the top it says "Live broadcast started 21 hours ago" does that mean there is a 21 hour delay?

You should've watched earlier, they were cutting the pipes. Don't know what's happening atm tho. :hmmm:

5 o'clock brother...it is Miller Time around those parts. Screw that oil spewing pipe, it is quit'in time. Yeehaa.....

Time on our flight schedule at a flight school i used to attend which was considered "off duty" is marked

"M.T." for that very reason :haha:

i think i'll adopt that procedure for my own schedule

Union labor?

and that was in 200 ft of water, watch this for all the similarities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmhx...ayer_embedded#!

You sick, sick bastard. :D:har:

Such is the game. I wish D.C. would quit quibbling amongst themselves, at least publicly, and focus on the important material. Instead of telling me how so-and-so screwed up/took too long to respond/whatever; tell me what in Sam Hell they're doing to fix the problem and clean up the Gulf. BP is doing all the grunt work while Washington puts on its usual stage show. In the end the politicians all look like petty imbeciles. And why on God's green Earth do they insist on continuing to breathe? :x

Soz. Stream-of-consciousness thing

They continue to breath because we all let them.
We, as a Nation, voted this bit of muck into Office.
So, We, as a Nation, deserve the final blame.
BP is a joke, has been a joke, and will continue to be a joke, in all this.
How many pockets are padded by BP, I wonder?
I use to say 'BP' as a 'Ball Park' figure when doing estimates.
I don't do that no more!
As BP is a BAD thing to bring up now days.