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OFFSHORE RIG DAMAGED IN HURRICANE IVAN
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Posted on 09/22/2004 12:37:59 PM PDT by TexasCowboy
This is what happens to an offshore rig during a storm like Hurricane Ivan:
TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: hurricanedamage; hurricaneivan; offshorerigdamage
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And this is why we evacuate offshore rigs for hurricanes!
To: TexasCowboy
Holy crap! That's not one of yours, is it?
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:38:34 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: HoustonCurmudgeon; Dog Gone; Eaker; humblegunner; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Thought y'all might find this interesting!
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:39:40 PM PDT
by
TexasCowboy
(COB1)
To: TexasCowboy
Got a before and after, for those of us who have no clue what it looked like in the first place?
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:40:02 PM PDT
by
LikeLight
(__________________________)
To: TexasCowboy
Just more proof cheney/haliburton is responsible for these hurricanes. Think off all the money cheney/haliburton will make from fixing these platforms!!!
Follow the money, people!!! It all goes back to the evil BUSHCO!!!!!!!
(okay, have to go rinse my brain out with soap after thinking like a DU'er.)
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:40:19 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(RINO's pleading for unity means they want to sabotage the republican party in peace.)
To: TexasCowboy
Holy moly. Glad no-one was on it. How long is it out of commission?
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:40:24 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: TexasCowboy
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:40:44 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: TexasCowboy
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:41:03 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Dan Rather, "I lied, but I lied about the truth".)
To: TexasCowboy
Gonna be some overtime put in repairing that baby.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:41:15 PM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: TexasCowboy
Nah, that's the Kerry campaign apparatus.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:41:25 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(Santorum 2008)
To: TexasCowboy
Where was it? Looks like it took a direct hit.
I assume the wells are shutdown before they abandon the rig so there is no spill danger.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:42:27 PM PDT
by
snooker
(French Fried Flip Flopper still Flouncing, be careful out there.)
To: TexasCowboy
Seeing this would make anyone want to evaccuate!
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:43:47 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Proud Member of FreeRepublic 's "Pajama Hadeen")
To: 1Old Pro
Just got back from a Caribbean cruise a few weeks before Ivan hit. We left from New Orleans and visited Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. On the way back into New Orleans, we came through all the oil fields and rigs. It was like some busy city from Star Wars or something. I stood on deck and could count over 100 oil platforms at one time. Boats moving back and forth, helicopters, etc. It was an amazing site. I was worried about this when I saw where Ivan was tracking. Also, Grand Cayman was severly damaged. I have been looking at post Ivan photos the last week, and it is sad. I am glad the family and I got to see these things before they were damaged.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:44:13 PM PDT
by
gswilder
To: TexasCowboy
Wow, Looks like a production platform or the mast completely snapped off and sank to the bottom of the Gulf. It is also interesting that the platform itself looks to be right down at sea level. I wonder if the legs broke off as well. Strange, glad my days out there in the Gulf are over.
To: BartMan1; Nailbiter; Forecaster
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:46:43 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(It's official: CBS has jumped the shark...)
To: gswilder
How's Jamaica these days. When I was there 15 years ago I swore I'd never recommend it to even my worst enemy. Too many other places to visit without the annoying natives.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:46:44 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: TexasCowboy
Looks like my yard!........
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:48:11 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you shoot from the hip enough times, eventually you'll shoot yourself in the a$$......)
To: TexasCowboy
I've heard that was the rig at Main Pass 280.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:48:24 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: TexasCowboy
Dang! Guess it's time to head into Pascagoula for repair.
To: TexasCowboy
#1. Get cranes operational.
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posted on
09/22/2004 12:49:15 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Molon Labe! FMCDH!)
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