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Live streaming video of top kill procedure

Posted on 05/26/2010 6:29:47 PM PDT by Brandonmark

Live streaming video feed of top kill procedure


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; environment; oil; oilspill
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1 posted on 05/26/2010 6:29:48 PM PDT by Brandonmark
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Looks like they've got the mud going in the riser.
Does anyone want to participate in a group buy of BP stock if the price hits $35?
2 posted on 05/26/2010 6:35:05 PM PDT by La.daddyrabbit (Barak Obama, our first affirmative action president.)
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To: Brandonmark

Looks like the stuff has hit the fan.


3 posted on 05/26/2010 6:42:48 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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Clear as mud, to me.


4 posted on 05/26/2010 6:52:18 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: Williams

Image certainly is not as clear as it was previously and now with large unidentified items swirling around.


5 posted on 05/26/2010 6:56:03 PM PDT by Brandonmark (News Coverage)
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I think it’s the mud they inserted being scattered around. IF they dropped it all they haven’t sealed the thing as yet, there definitely still is a plume coming through the mud.


6 posted on 05/26/2010 6:59:55 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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We have no idea if it will hold...that is the key here. I will check again around 2 am.


7 posted on 05/26/2010 7:01:01 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Obama is Dangerclown The Manchild)
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Hope they can do it, it’s fascinating to watch and a monumental task. We will definitely learn from this and hope we move on. We need that resource.


8 posted on 05/26/2010 7:04:40 PM PDT by X-FID
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The image is kind of Outer Limits creepy at the moment.

Maybe they have more mud to try but at the moment it sure looks like a plume is gushing through.


9 posted on 05/26/2010 7:12:44 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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When you can see the plume it appears to be less forcful and less steady - sputts and bursts. Hopefully.....


10 posted on 05/26/2010 7:13:00 PM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: Williams

There was a time where it looked like a a frame loop, but what I saw yesterday was black, this brown.


11 posted on 05/26/2010 7:18:14 PM PDT by X-FID
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How cool is it to be able to sit in my captains chair in my home office at 10:15pm and watch a live feed from 5000ft below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico? Amazing.

Keeping my fingers crossed that this ‘top kill’ attempt will work!


12 posted on 05/26/2010 7:19:13 PM PDT by CygnusTheSwan ("Me fail English? That's unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum)
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Looks to me like it’s going guns a blazing, but it’s brown from the mud being blasted out of the way. Isn’t their a natural gas component? Could the gas come through without the oil?

Calling Red Adair!


13 posted on 05/26/2010 7:19:48 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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To: CygnusTheSwan

As the song goes, “I can see clearly now, the plume is (not) gone”.


14 posted on 05/26/2010 7:23:38 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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To: Brandonmark

I THINK IT SI WORKING!!!


15 posted on 05/26/2010 7:24:44 PM PDT by Pontiac
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Or they have stopped pumping the mud.


16 posted on 05/26/2010 7:25:48 PM PDT by Pontiac
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I did see one of the Bot’s turning a wrench on a bolt,in a still photo, was very interesting.


17 posted on 05/26/2010 7:28:06 PM PDT by X-FID
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To: Pontiac

How do you figure that?


18 posted on 05/26/2010 7:28:23 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: X-FID

I wish we could zoom in and out but, hey.


19 posted on 05/26/2010 7:33:49 PM PDT by X-FID
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To: plain talk
The picture was getting more distinct. You can’t tell unless you looked before but you really couldn’t see the plume before.

I guessing now that they have stopped pumping mud so the plume can now be seen clearly.

As I was watching the picture was becoming more clear and the plume looked smaller leading me to think that it may be working. (wishful thinking on my part)

20 posted on 05/26/2010 7:41:12 PM PDT by Pontiac
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