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'Top kill' planned to stop oil leak (Any fellow FReepers have other solutions?)
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| 5/21/10
Posted on 05/22/2010 6:08:16 PM PDT by Libloather
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Is enough being done to protect the public from chemical pollutants? Watch "Toxic America," a special two-night investigative report with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, on June 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.
A report. Thanks. That's gonna help a ton.
I just called and emailed BP. They've already inserted a hose into the pipe. How about a different hose with a balloon at the tip? Blow air into the deflated balloon and it should fill the pipe. If they can pull it off, insert a hose, with a balloon tip, which also has a hose in the center. That way, they can take care of the pressure and recover some of the oil.
To: Libloather
I suggest taking a copy of the health care bill and stuff it down the hole. That should be big enough to clog it up.
To: Always Right
I suggest taking a copy of the health care bill and stuff it down the hole. That should be big enough to clog it up. LOL!!! I needed that! -- For a minute I thought you were talking about shutting up Obama.
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:10:52 PM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Libloather
There is a secondary leak in a crack in the pipe near the BOP so sealing the end completely would increase flow back there
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:12:29 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(www.jdforsenate.com)
To: Always Right; Liz; AT7Saluki; writer33
I suggest taking a copy of the health care bill and stuff it down the hole. That should be big enough to clog it up.Never thought of that. I'm calling BP now...
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:12:35 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Tea totaler, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
To: omega4179
There is a secondary leak in a crack in the pipe near the BOP so sealing the end completely would increase flow back thereMultiple balloons?
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:13:54 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Tea totaler, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
To: Libloather
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:15:24 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Libloather
My favorite suggestion thus far has to be the one from DU; a couple of hose clamps and split water hose.
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:16:51 PM PDT
by
kenth
To: Libloather
It's a movie, Top Kill, starring Charles Bronson. :-)
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:17:31 PM PDT
by
writer33
(Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
To: Libloather
I think this is flexible hose it probably can’t handle the pressure of that well. but the top kill seems to be smaller high pressure hoses to carry mud down. I hope you can pump against a mile of seatwater.
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:18:13 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(www.jdforsenate.com)
To: Libloather
They should have left the box over it until they found another solution
To: omega4179
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I hope the weather holds ...
.
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:19:16 PM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Angels and Ministers of Grace, Defend Us ....)
To: Always Right
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:19:52 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: vigilante2
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Or just built a BIGGER box ...
.
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:20:18 PM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Angels and Ministers of Grace, Defend Us ....)
To: writer33
They could pump a lot of shredded DVD and VHS tapes of Steven Seagal movies.
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:21:53 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(www.jdforsenate.com)
To: omega4179
"Hey, Bob, we're ready to pump three million
Out For Justice movies down."
"Wow, that many, Rob."
"Yep, no one wanted them."
"Pump away!"
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:25:18 PM PDT
by
writer33
(Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
To: Libloather
We are about to experience, at minimum, a 30% loss of planetary marine life.
Just get used to it, and absorb the upward-cascading consequences.
Buy and store and much protein as you can.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:26:36 PM PDT
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: Libloather
If Red Adair were alive, he would know what to do!
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:26:45 PM PDT
by
getarope
(One Big Ass Mistake, America!)
To: Libloather
(Any fellow FReepers have other solutions?)
Call Chuck Norris.
He'll stop the leak by scaring it back into the depths of the Earth.
THEN, he'll install a tap with his teeth..
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:26:49 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: The Comedian
We are about to experience, at minimum, a 30% loss of planetary marine life. Ridiculous! We have had larger spills without such events. Why do you make this crap up?
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posted on
05/22/2010 6:35:12 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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