Posted on 06/23/2010 9:29:13 AM PDT by Kartographer
Oil was again gushing uncontrollably from the BP spill site on Wednesday after the company was forced to remove the containment cap when a robotic submarine hit a vent. The news came as officials also reported two deaths in the response effort.
BP hoped to reinstall the cap later Wednesday after fixing the vent and checking for safety.
Earlier Wednesday, BP said that Bob Dudley was appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
One death was a boat captain who died of a gunshot wound, a Coast Guard spokesman sai.d Further details were not immediately available.”
"A GUNSHOT WOUND? WTH?"
“I got a nasty chill just reading that.
Horrible things are happening out there.”
Me too. We all need to pray that this evil and corrupt government is outed soon in dramatic fashion so we can save our gulf coast and country!
Really. Can it get any worse?
You are soooooo right.
That’s just what I was thinking. Such things are from God.
Really. Can it get any worse? Why did we ever elect GW? /sar
Maybe they weren’t seriously dead.
“One death was a boat captain who died of a gunshot wound, a Coast Guard spokesman said Further details were not immediately available.”
What?!
...after he counts life vests on the boat...
...and ensures the boat is seaworthy...
...and completes an environmental impact statement regarding the boat's fumes...
...and does a study on potential damage to aquatic life from the propellers...
...and consults academics to come up with theories as to what to do...
...and after all the oil runs out...
...then he'll fix it by Golly!
“U.S. Coast Guard Commander Chuck Diorio, a spokesman for the joint information center at the Mobile command post, said a boat captain who was working in the oil spill response died from a gunshot wound this morning.
“I’m very sorry to announce the death this morning of a captain in the vessel of opportunity program at Fort Morgan, Alabama,” said U.S. Coast Guard Commander Chuch Diorio. “Our hearts go out to his family and the Gulf Coast community. There are many facts that need to be determined surrounding this.”
http://www.al.com/mobilenews/news/mobile.ssf
hmmmmmm....there are many facts missing from this report if you ask me.
I’m quite sure it was an unexpected death.
don’t forget the mandatory cash donation
Unexpectedly dead though?
I am sure that is a very unnerving statement for the family members of Captains who haven't had time to call home in recent days.
You beat me by seconds!
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/boat_captain_working_oil_spill.html
William Allen Kruse, born 1955, was the captain of The Rookie, a charter fishing boat normally based in Orange Beach, said Deputy Baldwin County Coroner Rod Steade .
Steade said the deckhands were on the docks and heard a gunshot and went back on and found him dead on the “flying bridge.”
The boat was docked at the Gulf Shores Yacht Club & Marina at Fort Morgan, which is on the north side of Ala. 180 about 1.5 miles east of Fort Morgan.
Latest update on the radio says they removed the cap on purpose due to gas rising in one of the vents.
Wonder what happened in the second death? Can’t find any reports on that yet. Just the report of the gunshot victim.
Murder of a boat captain??!!
“further details were not immediately available”, is all I could find on Google News.
Positively Orwellian...
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