Posted on 04/29/2010 12:14:39 PM PDT by BAW
The White House escalated its response Thursday to the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as administration officials said that the disaster could prompt a rethink of President Barack Obama's recently announced proposal to allow expanded offshore oil and gas drilling.
In an afternoon appearance in the Rose Garden, Mr. Obama promised to use "every single available resource" of government to help with the spill.
Federal officials said that the slick is spreading and could make landfall as early as Friday evening. The prospects for slowing the spread of the oil appear dim.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaking at a White House briefing, said that the slick "is crossing different regions" and that the federal government would set up a second command center in Mobile, Ala., in addition to an existing command center in Louisiana. The leaking well took 90 days to drill and it could take another 90 days for a relief valve, intended to stop the leak, to be put in, said Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes.
The spill, which could be one of the biggest in U.S. history, threatens to cause significant environmental damage and disruption to business along the Gulf Coast. It also could change the dynamics of an energy-policy debate in the U.S. Capitol.
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You don’t think a good swimming SCUBA diver could do such an act?
“I don’t think he blew up the rig and killed 11 people to recant on offshore drilling, but I will say he is “taking advantage” of the crisis for political gain. “
I would, ta (his word) his face, accuse him of doing just that. He has an agenda and nothing is going ta keep him from it. The death of the peons is nothing in the pursuit of the socialist goals.
He has NO heart, morals, sympathy, honor, rules, ..
Harsh memo to follow
Nothing if you don’t depend on the estuaries and coastal marshes for your livelihood or for storm protection.
I am just sick. Our seafood industry will tank, we most likely won’t be having seafood boils any time soon and the bayou culture will certainly suffer. Praying for miracles for Louisiana and America.
Yes, I’ve been thinking about the fishermen, shrimpers etc. It’s going to be rough for them and I wish them well.
It’s going to be rough for them and I wish them well.
Yep. Fishing/shrimping/crabbing is not only their livelihood it is their life. The live down in the bayous. Sad.
Then they are lying when they say that they have been working days trying to get robots to close it?
and then the levies broke again...
and then they set the slick on fire...
Awful!...
From what I understood there was a blow-out preventer on
this well,,,
A packer was being used that may have fouled it,,,
IIRC that area has high pressure that has caused problems,,,
Hopefully they can get it shut down...
I think that you may be referring to the remote shut-off device, not the safety valve.
you really think the US Navy is doing the ROV work? You think the US Navy put that wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf? Try these Guys
BP did not own the rig, Transocean does.
This is US Waters.
This well has the Blowout Preventer. It has not worked.
THIS is a homeland security issue? she needs to worry more about invading illegal aliens than an invading oil spill.
I’m right there with you praying. No matter the cause (we’ll figure that out I’m certain). Right now, containment is everything. This is devastating news, no matter who or where you are. Politics are not the issue, getting this stopped and minimizing the damage is everything. Everything.
When Homeland Security said something about the military being brought in, I thought of Navy SEALs. I’m certain we are mobilizing the best of every resource we have in our arsenal.
All the more reason to use clean, abundant, domestic Natural gas found on land. Produced safely and in an environmentally friendly way :) Yes I work for Chesapeake Energy.... :)
...administration officials said that the disaster could prompt a rethink of President Barack Obama's recently announced proposal to allow expanded offshore oil and gas drilling.
Who do we know who has serious global oil interests, and no compunction about “collateral damage” when it comes to geopolitics?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/18/obama-surrenders-gulf-oil-to-moscow/
I started checking this out in depth so I could refute a buddy’s quip that this was not an accident.
But the more I look into this, the more it looks (to my inexpert eyes) like a torpedo hit on the rig’s 1.16 million gallons of fuel oil rather than a blow-out. Why did it capsize and sink the way it did? That’s how I would expect a warship hit in the fuel bunker to go down- on fire, and slowly, as the fuel burned/leaked and was replaced by heavier sea water. I would expect a blow-out to destroy the drilling equipment, but leave the rig scorched and afloat.
Per Wikipedia, Raoul Castro may have one working mini-sub, and has ordered some DPRK Sang-O class diesel subs. Hugo Chavez has two quite modern and capable German-made diesel subs, and may have already taken delivery of his first Russian upgraded-Kilo class nuc (3 more on order.)
Please, please, somebody prove me wrong. Please tell me that Putin, Chavez and Raoul Castro aren’t forming a new oil-based Axis.
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