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Saturday Top Kill Comment Thread
bp.com ^ | 05/29/10 | Self

Posted on 05/29/2010 8:29:30 AM PDT by RushingWater

OK, what is the saw blade going to accomplish? At least it's clear water in this area.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bp; deephorz; energy; oil; topkill

1 posted on 05/29/2010 8:29:30 AM PDT by RushingWater
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To: RushingWater
GMTA. I just posted a vanity asking the same thing. Saw the live feed earlier this morning, there was a LOT of BLACK 'stuff' gushing out of whatever pipe the cam was focused on...did the top kill procedure totally fail?
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2 posted on 05/29/2010 8:32:29 AM PDT by pillut48 ("Calling ILLEGAL aliens "immigrants" is like calling shoplifters 'customers'!"-UCFRoadWarrior ><>)
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To: pillut48

Oh, it’s a sawblade! I saw something moving but didn’t realize it was a saw blade—dang! That’s a big blade too! Are they planning to just cut through everything??


3 posted on 05/29/2010 8:33:37 AM PDT by pillut48 ("Calling ILLEGAL aliens "immigrants" is like calling shoplifters 'customers'!"-UCFRoadWarrior ><>)
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To: pillut48

Shove a Oprah sized tampon in the damn hole


4 posted on 05/29/2010 8:34:52 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: al baby

tHEY EITHER PLAN TO CAP THE bop OR INSTALL ANOTHER bop ON TOP.


5 posted on 05/29/2010 8:38:49 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: pillut48

Just dropped the saw. I can almost hear the the guy screaming “()**()&(*)&*(&*(&RF(*()@*&#&@#%#$^%@$%@$*&)(%$&” saw....


6 posted on 05/29/2010 8:38:51 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Greed and envy is used by our political class to exploit the rich and poor.)
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To: al baby
"Shove a Oprah sized tampon in the damn hole"

Only if Obrah hadn't used it first. The ocean life can only stand so much pollution.

7 posted on 05/29/2010 8:41:24 AM PDT by Enterprise (Katrina was rough. The BP blowout is Katrina on steroids. Deal with it libs.)
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To: stylin_geek

Or maybe not.


8 posted on 05/29/2010 8:44:38 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: stylin_geek
Just dropped the saw. I can almost hear the the guy screaming.

No kidding and its pretty time consuming to pick the saw up and get it in the right position again.
9 posted on 05/29/2010 8:46:16 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

The debris field around this well must be incredible.


10 posted on 05/29/2010 8:53:07 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Greed and envy is used by our political class to exploit the rich and poor.)
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To: stylin_geek

Hard to say. Fortunately the rig must have drifted some before it sank. If it had gone down directly on top of the drill head it would be buried under hundreds of tons of steel.


11 posted on 05/29/2010 8:56:51 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: stylin_geek

They gonna use that saw??


12 posted on 05/29/2010 8:57:20 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Flip Both Houses)
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To: Mike Darancette

They were using the saw, stopped the saw, dropped it, retrieved it, got it into position again and, from what I could see, a cloud of hydraulic fluid appeared when they tried to start the saw again.


13 posted on 05/29/2010 9:02:06 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Greed and envy is used by our political class to exploit the rich and poor.)
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To: stylin_geek

I think they’re headed for the surface. I saw them turn the cam on some guages.


14 posted on 05/29/2010 9:04:28 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek
Looks like they're at about 2600 feet right now, half way to the surface, and yeah, saw the dropping of the saw, the restarting and the cloud of fluid, and I'm sure am glad there's no audio link to the ROV operators.
15 posted on 05/29/2010 9:22:24 AM PDT by kingu (Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
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To: pillut48

Check out the depth gauge. ROV is headed home.


16 posted on 05/29/2010 9:28:03 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: RushingWater
They only thing those robot should have been doing for a month now is threading sucking lines down so tankers could be loaded refinery bond.

They could do that easy.

Gas would be under $2.

"Don't make me come down there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"""

17 posted on 05/29/2010 12:01:36 PM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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