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Oil Spill Update

May 02, 2010 22:13

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danceprincess20 May 3 2010, 03:58:13 UTC

They're also saying it could be worse on the East Coast of Florida (where I am) then on the West. The whole thing is just awful. Huffington Post had pictures of the dead fish and sea turtles washing up in LA. :(

crystallinegirl May 3 2010, 04:10:33 UTC

:(

God this is horrible. That first article - Gene Taylor needs to STFU.

akuma_river May 3 2010, 04:18:36 UTC

Yeah, I was kinda wtf at him saying that this can break apart naturally.

This is the BIGGEST North American underwater oil find ever. It was dug at the deepest depth ever. It is HUGE and it is not pumping out oil...this is like an undersea volcano spewing toxic magma and smoke. This oil is HOT from the bed of the sea and the water is COLD (38 F)...

We have no idea how much has spread out because it's coming from three different sources. Not to mention it is popping up all over the place and spreading sheet thing. It's not very thick at all in some spots. But that doesn't make this any more less of a catastrophe.

Toxic chemicals are being used to break up the oil and to drill the new hole and we have no idea what impact THEY will have on the environment not to mention the Oil.

It is better to panic and prepare for the absolute worst than it is to get caught with your pants down.

fenris_lorsrai May 3 2010, 16:10:07 UTC

With the temperature differential, it may simply be killing deep water species from temperature shock.

Also, if its that hot and enough of it heats up sublayers I'm curious if it'll cause a mass water turnover. Oceans are usually too big to heat up that quickly and turnover rapidly, but with that much heat, you might get the water column to invert.

Also, hopefully it's not in an area with methane hydrate crystals (frozen natural gas). Heat those up and you may have those melt and release that as well.

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aujourlejour May 3 2010, 04:16:41 UTC

holy tags

liret May 3 2010, 04:18:33 UTC

. . . I like the representative who's like "Oh, it's not so bad, actually. I know this with my learnings. Ignore the experts and dead animals."

homasse May 3 2010, 05:03:03 UTC

Dear Gene Taylor,

You are what my mother likes to call "loud and wrong."

Please remedy at least one of these, preferably both, by doing what we on the internet refer to as "STFU and STFD."

Thank you, and have a nice day!

Sincerely,
me

kitbug May 3 2010, 05:08:13 UTC

I have no idea who Gene Taylor is, but he needs to shut the fuck up. Alaska still hasn't fully recovered from the Exxon spill two decades ago. Two decades ago.