I cant believe this BP shit..

I see how everyone is going after BP for this, but the people actually doing the drilling was not BP. It was a contracting company and thier shitty procedures that caused this. I know that BP has about 60% ownership of the well and that's why they have to take the rap. But I think more people should be mad at the company actually doing the work, not just paying for it to be done.

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And I am sure glad someone just mentioned the lost lives on this last page, I know there are thousands of gallons of oil spilling everywhere. But what about the 11 lives that were taken and the families that were effected. I know that all of them will be taken care of, but they still have lost a family member or friend.

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All we can do is let them figure it out and try to get it stopped, and for us to try to support the relief process and do what you can to help.

eace:

 

how do you get a wildlife rehab license?

actually I just looked it up and it looks like its possible through 2 years of wildlife rehabilitation volunteer work, and there is a wildlife rehabilitation center right near where I live.. I just need a tetanus shot *grr*

 

east coasters who want to help,
wait a few months and the oil will be north. you won't have to go far

 

Im going to the Red Cross for Disaster Relief training, I have my first interview today, and they were already talking about deploying me over the phone, hopefully ill be out there, or even anywhere I can help like Haiti

 

This feels like the final straw to me. This is the one. The one that will kill us all.

 

Everythings planned. Its a way to kill off a bunch of ocean creatures.

 

Why would people want to kill off a bunch of ocean creatures?

 

thanks you did a good job!!

 

in california, you just take these wildlife rehab classes, and then try to pass the state test for the license.
You dont have to have the volunteer time. Just the license, but it varies state to state. The volunteer is just an bonus and is added to help you get the job. : )

 

This mess is the biggest ecological catastrophy caused by humans since the existance of mankind.

Tapping for oil a mile deep without contingency plans for any possible mishaps?!?

I hope that I never hear that "drill baby drill" bullshit ever again.

 

now more attention seems to be on who's to blame rather than how to resolve the whole mess...

 

did you know that volcanoes even under the sea can release toxic chemicals like sulfuric acid, and kill fish too??

Anyways,, over all. the size of the earth makes gulf of mexico look kinda dwarfed..

 

I know its disgusting.. I dont even think there is a word that can describe how horrible this is..

 

Grandma?


Seriously though, it's fucking terrible. It's fucking astounding that these people were following 30 year old shallow water drilling regulations. And that they chose not to follow them!

And that the committee that the MMS which regulates these drilling rules collects money from drilling!

What really kills me is it takes an ecological disaster for us to be informed of how fucked up the system in place is. Isn't there anybody looking into this kind of thing before a disaster?

 

nano technology and fricking lasers,, It would be costly. But their idea is to RECOVER the oil, not burn it off and waste it.. pttf...

 

Massive Flow of Bullshit Continues to Gush from BP Headquarters

I wanted to post a different article I read about how people evacuated the rig that day for fear of it being blown out, but my google skills are failing me. I blame it on BP. yes yes... we're all at fault for being dependent on fuel. But truly, it was BPs fault. They were not operating safely from what i have read.

It's all too sad and I agree with the poster who said they have been avoiding the visuals... I have only been listening to the radio because the pictures of these poor creatures would hurt too much.

 

I've run the spectrum of reactions to all this myself... at one point I was in favor of all manner of repercussions against BP but the more I think about it, the less sense quick reprisals make.

Of all possible players in dealing with the actual crisis BP is in the best position to repair the still leaking hole in the Gulf. Once this has been successfully remedied, BP ought to turn every resource at its disposal to cleaning all areas impacted by the spill. This might include funding a civil cleanup corps that would be managed by a specific pertinent group lor businesses specializing in this type of cleanup. We hire temporary census takers... perhaps a recruiting though unemployment rolls- for people willing to do that kind of work. Pay them generously... after all, they are helping to restore areas a big oil CEO can appreciate from his yacht.

Once the environments are all stabilized BP should then invest time and resources in repairing the lives and economies impacted by this. Such investments might include tuition or training for displaced fishermen and tourism workers.... perhaps furnishing each new student or displaced worker with a generous enough spending fund as to limit if not erase the impact the disaster is having on the local economies... remembering that we are still pretty much in a recession that will likely teeter toward a precipitous double dip.... probably starting late summer but most certainly in place to greet 2011.... good time as any to retool your mind for a newer emerging economy.

Tax flow has slowed enough and there are cities, counties, parishes, and a few states whose lagging budgets will take the equivalent of a knock-out blow to their coffers when people stop spending because their futures suddenly don't look all that bright- making it difficult to impossible for some areas to handle police and fire departments, schools... not to mention their ability to be there for people in need... so BP should also reimburse unemployment insurance funds that get hard hit because of this.

I can fully understand the anger and do empathize with it a great deal. I can appreciate that accidents do happen... and whether this was an accident, or whether it's a product of negligence or lax regulation, fallout from a cushy affiliation with the very politically connected, or other nefarious sequence of enabling events ought to be looked into extensively and everything that precipitated it should be dealt with... and everything in its time. Do I think BP has been completely honest? Fuck no! They're worried about their image and future marketability and I seriously doubt many foresaw anything of the scale that we're dealing with.

Willful ignorance? perhaps... but I would like to wait and see how they deal with the real issues do determine exactly how serious BP is about making things right before I ponder the wisdom of dealing severe fiscal gut punches and effectively crippling their ability and willingness to fix the whole situation.

People seem too attuned to what someone says and not enough to what they do.

 

Who says BP wasn't operating safely though? BP has thousands upon thousands of wells around the world and most of those aren't exploding. Also this well was contracted out to subcontractor to drill. When it comes down to it this was probably just a case of terrible human error like Piper Alpha was, but it's location just made it so much worse than normal.

 

And ...

06/07/2010 // WPB, FL, USA // Nicole Howley // Nicole Howley
Wheeling, WV—A pocket of methane gas ignited, shooting flames up to 70 feet into the air as a drilling crew was trying to reach a natural gas well. Seven workers were injured when the gas ignited at an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle on Monday, June 7, 2010, as reported by the Post-Gazette.
Crews from 20 fire departments were dispatched to the scene, where they were met with a column of fire at least 70 feet high.
Seven workers were rushed to hospitals in the Wheeling area before they were transported to the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh, where they are listed in fair condition. Union Drilling reportedly employs five of the injured workers and two worked for BJ Services Co., of Houston Texas.
Officials are not sure what caused the pocket of gas to catch fire. A team of well fire experts has been called to the scene to determine the best way to extinguish the fire.
Union Drilling has reportedly drilled through the same mine before. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be investigating the fire. But OSHA investigators will not be able to conduct an investigation until the fire is put out.
Legal News Reporter: Nicole Howley-Legal news for West Virginia workplace accident lawyers...



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you know what fuck this shit... we're never cleaning that up... probably in a 100 years it'll dissolve into all the oceans, and make them just a little murkier, I think I will move back to Canada, just so I can be on the outside of this fucking mess......of Black Black oil on Obama's agenda