Ranting - please pass

[kazzy_cee]

Argh - I have two days in London starting tomorrow. Which means commuting, and trains and tube trains and meetings.... gah!!

Why are the things I have to go to lately always in North London. I live in the South London suburbs, so it takes forever... *sighs*

Oh - and while I'm ranting, can I point out the following (without wishing to belittle the

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[petzipellepingo]

It's just a sad, sad mess for the people who live around there and the rest of the US through our pocketbooks.

[kazzy_cee]

Most of the recovery will be covered by the insurance available - the rig was insured for 560 million dollars which should cover the recovery of it and a great deal of the clean up.

The environmental damage and costs are completely different of course!

[cordykitten]

Added to the rant - I've heard @ TV/Radio that there is an "emergency switch" (I forgot the name) that costs 500.000 €. In Norway (Europe) they have to use it to avoid an oil spillage like this one. In USA they don't.
I won't dare to estimate how much they'll have to pay now (BP).
The results suck for everybody.

[kazzy_cee]

Yes the emergency switches failed (and were he responsibility of another agency) and the ones that would have been more reliable aren't on these rigs.

[curiouswombat]

Commuting across London - bleurgh.

The rest of it - Amen sister!

[kazzy_cee]

Commuting sucks!

The whole oil stuff is just so sad.

[hesadevil]

Well said.

Bummer about the communting. Has no-one heard of virtual meetings?

[kazzy_cee]

I even have to take REAL paper with me to the meetings!!!!!

Thanks.

[lifefailsme]

ELEVEN PEOPLE DIED?!

WTH? That's not even been so much as mentioned on our news. Bloody hell!

[kazzy_cee]

I think it's terrible that the deaths have been ignored. It's like those people don't count. *sighs*