Another Gulf rig explosion

mako88sb · 09-02-10, 10:47 AM

Wow!. Hopefully we won't see the same result. What the heck is going on?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11543764

AVGWarhawk · 09-02-10, 11:22 AM

Swell.....

yubba · 09-02-10, 11:23 AM

Just heard another rig blows no word on spill, crew safe. See if blow out preventer works.

nikimcbee · 09-02-10, 11:24 AM

So my thought is: how long before the golfer in chief shows up and how long before they ban all oil rigs?

Sounds like the whole crew was rescued.

nikimcbee · 09-02-10, 11:25 AM

@ yubba, nice avatar...
manslut

Takeda Shingen · 09-02-10, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

So my thought is: how long before the golfer in chief shows up and how long before they ban all oil rigs?

I suppose that we'd have to wait for the Coast Guard to arrive first.

Konovalov · 09-02-10, 11:35 AM

Was it BP? Was it BP? I mean British Petroleum?

mako88sb · 09-02-10, 11:37 AM

Good news is that all 13 crew members are accounted for but one was injured. Hopefully not too seriously.

nikimcbee · 09-02-10, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I suppose that we'd have to wait for the Coast Guard to arrive first.

Hopefully the CG will allow the fire crews to fight the fires instead of checking them for for permits, or something like the last time. I guess I can't tell any CG jokes today, as I'll be at the CG base.

SteamWake · 09-02-10, 11:51 AM

Oh this is just great, just what they needed. Something inside of me wants to go the conspiricy route but thats just crazy.

Now the offshore drilling ban is a lock

Never let a good crisis go to waste

Weiss Pinguin · 09-02-10, 11:53 AM

Oberon · 09-02-10, 12:05 PM

Meanwhile, a few miles away:

papa_smurf · 09-02-10, 01:04 PM

At least it was going under maintenance, and not producing oil at the time.

GoldenRivet · 09-02-10, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Meanwhile, a few miles away:

you're probably not far off base

TLAM Strike · 09-02-10, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

you're probably not far off base

In fact the base is Havana...

09-02-10, 10:47 AM	#1
mako88sb XO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 423 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Another Gulf rig explosion Wow!. Hopefully we won't see the same result. What the heck is going on? http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11543764

09-02-10, 11:22 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Swell..... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

09-02-10, 11:23 AM	#3
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Beat me too it. Just heard another rig blows no word on spill, crew safe. See if blow out preventer works.

09-02-10, 11:24 AM	#4
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	So my thought is: how long before the golfer in chief shows up and how long before they ban all oil rigs? Sounds like the whole crew was rescued. __________________

09-02-10, 11:25 AM	#5
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	@ yubba, nice avatar... manslut __________________

09-02-10, 11:35 AM	#7
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Was it BP? Was it BP? I mean British Petroleum? __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

09-02-10, 11:37 AM	#8
mako88sb XO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 423 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good news is that all 13 crew members are accounted for but one was injured. Hopefully not too seriously.

09-02-10, 11:51 AM	#10
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Oh this is just great, just what they needed. Something inside of me wants to go the conspiricy route but thats just crazy. Now the offshore drilling ban is a lock Never let a good crisis go to waste __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	__________________

09-02-10, 12:05 PM	#12
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Meanwhile, a few miles away:

09-02-10, 01:04 PM	#13
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	At least it was going under maintenance, and not producing oil at the time. __________________