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First signs of thick oil found in Plaquemines marshlands
The Times-Picayune ^ | May 19, 2010 | Chris Kirkham

Posted on 05/22/2010 3:05:39 AM PDT by valkyry1

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To: Wonder Warthog; Travis McGee; fieldmarshaldj

Hopefully they can get help.

Here in Nashville flood damaged businesses like mine are outta luck except maybe SBA 4% loans

not FEMA

not jack...just a buncha hype

course they can sue BP

I can’t sue shite unless I can locate the rain God.


41 posted on 05/22/2010 9:40:48 AM PDT by wardaddy (never been particularly pious but I stand with Franklin Graham...bigtime...you betcha...ya'll)
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To: wardaddy

Did y’all not get declared a disaster area?


42 posted on 05/22/2010 9:43:21 AM PDT by txhurl (1070: the REAL law of unintended consequences)
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To: txhurl

sure we did...that doesn’t do anything for business but possibly loans

FEMA relief is for homeowners and perosnal property relief

Metro Government thru the TN Water Management folks shut all car washes in Davidson county...even though they can buy needed waters from surrounding systems

we are the only non essential user closed...we use maybe 1/10th of one percent collectivley

3 weeks now....35,000 dollars and counting

scary when a government can act so arbitrarily with no footing in logic

this weekend they are opening two waterworld parks and have instituted lawn washing again


43 posted on 05/22/2010 9:47:44 AM PDT by wardaddy (never been particularly pious but I stand with Franklin Graham...bigtime...you betcha...ya'll)
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To: My Favorite Headache

44 posted on 05/22/2010 10:13:01 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: wardaddy

If as many bad things had happened to Berkeley, I’d probably be making the same comment.


45 posted on 05/22/2010 10:47:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (...man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth-Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: GOPJ

how familiar are you with New Orleans?

bad things have happened plenty to other places..

LA, Miami Manhattan and so forth

wrath?


46 posted on 05/22/2010 11:11:12 AM PDT by wardaddy (never been particularly pious but I stand with Franklin Graham...bigtime...you betcha...ya'll)
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To: valkyry1
"Well in this case they might have more credibility than BP or Obama."

I'm referring to scientific studies that have actually examined the physical evidence of long-term oil spill effects. Go look at the links I've posted. And stop getting your "facts" from the network news or propaganda by green nutcases.

47 posted on 05/22/2010 1:22:37 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: Moonman62


Deep submersibles used for the video images ... not 688-class LA attack subs or boomers ...

Way too deep for them at 3,000 feet ... sonar might not work anyway, due to the oil blob's mass properties ...

It sounds like the oil-bog (if the account is true) might end-up in either New Jersey, Brazil or France ...
48 posted on 05/22/2010 6:13:09 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Angels and Ministers of Grace, Defend Us ....)
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Deep submersibles used for the video images ... not 688-class LA attack subs or boomers ...

Way too deep for them at 3,000 feet ... sonar might not work anyway, due to the oil blob's mass properties ...

It sounds like the oil-bog (if the account is true) might end-up in either New Jersey, Brazil or France ...

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49 posted on 05/22/2010 6:14:19 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Angels and Ministers of Grace, Defend Us ....)
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To: Wonder Warthog

Well long term you might be right.

I guess what I have been so fearful of is a total wellhead failure down there before they get it under control. A total wellhead failure possibility raises fears of the worst case scenario for me and many.

Either way the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida could be severely damaged for at least a couple of years the way its going right now.


50 posted on 05/23/2010 6:44:10 AM PDT by valkyry1
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"I guess what I have been so fearful of is a total wellhead failure down there before they get it under control. A total wellhead failure possibility raises fears of the worst case scenario for me and many."

Certainly a reasonable if very low probability thing to be afraid of. But every day that passes lessens that probability, as the existing hardware continues to hold up. And last I heard, the fraction of oil in the continuing emission is decreasing, shifting to more natural gas.

"Either way the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida could be severely damaged for at least a couple of years the way its going right now."

Not at all likely. The total coastline thus far involved is a grand 34 miles, out of probably 10,000. There is NO indication that the spill is moving toward Texas at all.

51 posted on 05/23/2010 11:23:47 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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“we’ll be 25 to 30 years, if ever, recovering from this.”

No way.
This isn’t Alaska; temps are warm in the gulf areas, I would guess that nature will get rid of this quickly.


52 posted on 05/23/2010 11:27:50 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Chairman Mao was a community organizer)
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//The total coastline thus far involved is a grand 34 miles//

Nope

“Coast Guard officials said Saturday the spill’s impact now stretches across a 150-mile swath, from Dauphin Island, Ala., to Grand Isle, La.”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-22-gulf-oil-spill_N.htm

53 posted on 05/23/2010 5:29:25 PM PDT by valkyry1
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Oh give me a break!!! The 34 mile figure was a snapshot in time. OF COURSE that will get bigger. But compared to the total amount of coastline, even the 150 mile figure is a minute fraction. And I VERY seriously doubt that the 150 mile figure is actually linear feet coated with oil, given that the oil is scattered into clumps.

I'll say it again. LOOK AT A MAP, and put things into perspective.

54 posted on 05/24/2010 4:29:15 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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