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Read your summary of recent events. If things are not right perhaps we shall not find out until after the tropical storm/hurrican if it reaches that intensity move through the zone of interest.
"Note - It is entirely that some of these observations are normal processes that occur in the area. To verify this we need to be able to have access to the high res video archives. Then we could compare the sea floor activity piror to Shut In and after Shut In. "
Agree in full. I go to the cams for general condition update, without expecting to see specific half hidden things taking place. Besides. If something goes really wrong, chances are the ROV cam will for some reason move to a different direction or go off line.
One thing that continues to elude me is the sudden turbid lower currents. What are causing them this far down. Perhaps a valid explaination shall come along.

I forgot a word there.
Note - It is entirely that some of these...
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Note - It is entirely possible that some of these...

Guess it was still readable though.

First we saw the back and forth horizontal currents that seemed to start occurring after the Shut In. Perhaps it was just rare and coincidental. But now we are seeing stronger vertical up and down, which should be very rare for that depth. I can see the smokers, plumes, sediment outflows and now Methane Ice Crystal anomalies as helping to develop some strange currents down there. Sure hope the BOP and stack does not start getting pelted with these methane ice balls. Might damage some equipment. Today we witnessed the new phenomenon of horizontally ejected methane ice rocket balls. Will have to add that one to the list.

Also starting to note the lack of life now. We mostly see the methane balls leaving their vapor trails. Perhaps the animals are fleeing the methane.

Okay. Here is the updated and corrected time line for the Macondo Seabed observations. All started early Wednesday. Added the ROV and time of observation so we can check them in the future if the ROV Video Archives are made available.

Possible Early Signs of Sea Floor Breaching at the Macondo Well Site

Wednesday morning 7/21/2010 (Oly1 4:50 AM PST) - (1 Week from Shut In) Long funnel plume found. Rising from sea floor and bending in water current. Possible source was 4 white smokers coming from floor.

Wednesday evening 7/21/2010 (Boa DeepC2 3:45 PM PST)(Oly2 3:47 PM PST) - Starting to notice up and down current movement. Has not been seen much prior to this. Kinda rare at this depth. Possible gray smokers seen on some . Difficult to notice due to very turbid water.

Wednesday evening 7/21/2010 (Oly1 4:00 PM PST) - Seeing more smokers, but not rising as much as first smokers. Acting as if heavier sediments are pluming upward and staying close to floor.

Wednesday evening 7/21/2010 (Oly2 11:30 PM PST) - See a small plume with a back top cap. Appears to be sediments and oil pluming up. Sediments fall and oil rises. Basically a sediment and oil physical separation process.

Thursday morning 7/22/2010 (Oly1 12:20 AM PST) - Observe two holes with heavy plumes or smoke rolling below them apparently toward the downward slope.

Thursday morning 7/22/2010 (Oly2 3:15 AM PST) - See what appear to be Dirty Methane Hydrate Ice Balls lifting from the sediments and traveling upward in distinct common vectors. They leave what appears to be a vapor trail and that gives them a rocket-like appearance . These are believed to be medium sized.

Thursday morning 7/22/2010 (Oly2 5:45 AM PST) - Begin to realize that smaller Methane Hydrate Ice Balls could be traveling more horizontal and following the water current. These also leave trails and can just disintegrate or dissolve.

Thursday afternoon 7/22/2010 (Oly2 3:30 PM PST) - Saw a small black smoker. There were also methane hydrate ice balls being ejected up and over the smoker. First time we saw them traveling up, laterally away and then back down to the sea bed.

Note - It is entirely possible that some of these observations are normal natural processes that occur in the area. To verify this we need to be able to have access to the high res video archives. Then we could compare the sea floor activity prior to Shut In and after Shut In.