[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Now it looks like its a matter of the plug never being poured. Question is - why wasn't it?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/11...ig-blast-plug/

I had heard that it was the pop off valve that failed. Had a hydraulic leak.

Still its the first big failure in what... 40 years? So yea lets panic and call for a halt on all offshore drilling. Which is exactly what Florida plans to do.