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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
CES	#1  Posted on 05/26/10 - 4:01 AM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	Here's a link for news regarding this terrible disaster. http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.comsponse.com Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
HarleyFXDL	#2  Posted on 05/26/10 - 6:16 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	Cliff, this is a tragedy beyond comprehension. The effects from this disaster will be felt for decades. I have read that the CG and Feds are going to step in with the cleanup efforts. Once again, the American public will have to foot the bill. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
CES	#3  Posted on 05/26/10 - 8:08 AM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	BP has already spent $800 million towards this tragedy, and they're going to get nailed for a whole lot more. Edited by CES on 05/26/10 - 8:08 AM Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
JohnnyCW	#4  Posted on 05/26/10 - 11:24 AM
Member Posts: 684 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/16/09	Link to the live ROV video monitoring feed... http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/re...bkup=46260 Edited by JohnnyCW on 05/26/10 - 11:26 AM
Johnhenry	#5  Posted on 05/26/10 - 2:50 PM
Member Posts: 11 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/16/09	Thanks to Joe for allowing this thread, unlike the "other site". A definite political agenda there
Joe Kriz	#6  Posted on 05/26/10 - 3:00 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11434 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	As long as we keep this "Informational" and not Political or Opinionated...
mattgeiger	#7  Posted on 05/26/10 - 3:23 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 310 Comments: 2 Joined: 02/22/07	Best map I have seen: http://ocg6.marine.usf.edu/~liu/Drifters/latest_rtofs.htm Take you opinions to THT's bilge thread on the subject, so we can keep this one alive. Edited by mattgeiger on 05/26/10 - 4:19 PM Cape Dory 28 Hobie 20 Miracle A Class Catamaran
HarleyFXDL	#8  Posted on 05/27/10 - 7:16 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	The CG made a statement today saying bp has stopped the flow. Here is a live feed of the operation: http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_inter...tream.html Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
Johnhenry	#9  Posted on 05/27/10 - 7:56 AM
Member Posts: 11 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/16/09	http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-top-kill-20100528,0,5782115.story. This is the story. I hope it is true
Tom W Clark	#10  Posted on 05/27/10 - 9:26 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	No, the flow of oil has not stopped as some reports have claimed. The "top kill" does seem to moving towards success, however. The rate of flow has diminished but it will be several days before we can tell if the well has been stopped. In the mean time this has now (offically) become the worst oil spill in US history. Even by the very most conservative estimates we are at a spill of 17 million gallons. The Exxon Valdez spilled "only" 11 million gallons. By other estimates, the spill could be five times that large. Let's pray the new strategy works, but even if it does, the worst damage has yet to occur as the vast majority of oil already spilled is still far, far from shore. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html...spill.html
way2goofy	#11  Posted on 05/27/10 - 1:04 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 28 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/26/10	It is a sad situation. I feel sorry for all the sealife and wildlife that are affected by the oil spill. I also feel sorry for all the fishermen, crabbers, shrimpers, and oystermen that will loose income for maybe years to come. Hotels and resturants in the area are already affected. It's just a shame.
Tharsheblows	#12  Posted on 05/30/10 - 7:18 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 92 Comments: 0 Joined: 05/18/06	Most of Louisiana's coast is river delta. Very few sand beaches that although not easy to clean it is possible. Heck the coast of Mississippi from Waveland to past Biloxi was mud beach and sand was brought in by man. But Louisiana is grass marsh, which the grass is what holds the mud together against the wave actions. The grass is also habitat for all manner of life, the redfish love to cruise the banks at a falling tide to feast on tiny crabs swept out, which is why like the redfish I watch for the falling tide, I am a member of the food chain. What happens when you throw oil on your front lawn, this is what will happen to the marsh, and when the grass dies even without any storms the wave action will take the estuary's. Without the river flow and millons of years to make the deposit of sediment these fishing grounds are gone forever. Not to mention the first line of defence against storms for New Orleans and the other coastal towns.
way2goofy	#13  Posted on 05/30/10 - 12:28 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 28 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/26/10	With the "top kill" not working I sure hope their next plan works. They talked about cutting off the pipe at the riser and lowering another shutoff on top of that. Sad, very sad!
CES	#14  Posted on 05/30/10 - 6:57 PM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	I hope that works. I wonder if the other cap would be in the way?? Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
CES	#15  Posted on 06/01/10 - 6:16 PM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	The latest "Fix" actually added about an estimated 20% more oil into the Gulf....such a shame. What if we have a major hurricane come through and it disburses the oil throughout the area farmlands and wetlands more so than it already has? This will destroy all of the vegetation and leave much of the land barren and open for more erosion. Wow, scary stuff. Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
John Fyke	#16  Posted on 06/16/10 - 10:27 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1307 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/06/06	WASHINGTON – BP will set aside $20 billion to pay the victims of the massive oil spill in the Gulf, senior administration officials said Wednesday, a move made under pressure by the White House as the company copes with causing the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. John Fyke Re-Fit or Reef It 1979 15' Sport with Super Sport conversion and 70hp mercury.
cayares	#17  Posted on 06/16/10 - 1:09 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 12 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/10/09	We just have to hope its not a bad hurricane season.... what a mess.
Bo Neato	#18  Posted on 06/18/10 - 2:57 PM
Member Posts: 79 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/08/07	If BP would just put a wedding ring on the leaking pipes, the well would stop putting out almost immediately....
JohnnyCW	#19  Posted on 06/18/10 - 7:24 PM
Member Posts: 684 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/16/09	How about some concrete shoes for Joran Van Der Sloot and drop em down the well shaft to plug it...
Tharsheblows	#20  Posted on 06/19/10 - 5:26 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 92 Comments: 0 Joined: 05/18/06	Here is a video you might find intresting made by the La. SeaGrant org. post Katrina about the loss of the barrier islands. You might even sea a Whaler in one of the slides. WWW.laseagrant.org/lighthouse/transformations.htm While your at it try visting the WWW.Laseagrant.org site and check out the left sidebar at the bottom for the link Video & Media and watch the drying shrimp video. I can remember as a kid seeing the outdoor shrimp racks that was abandoned. I had forgotten about them because today I can not tell you where one might be found.