Author Topic: Anyone on the Gulf seeing oil? (Read 1718 times)

bender01 · « **on:** May 01, 2010, 05:41:51 AM »

This is insane to me. Our govt. didnt lift a finger for how many days? We took an oil companies word that is was a small explosion/leak! Oh man

bikerbart · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:54:46 AM »

Yeah,and what about those flag wavers yelling drill baby drill.

nokrome · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:07:41 AM »

it aint gonna be pretty

mick7504 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:14:46 AM »

Saw the news report and footage here in Oz tonight.
I hope like hell that they can get it sorted out pronto.
Mick

bucky katt · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2010, 11:33:22 AM »

makes me want to cry, thinking about the economic devastation to come. you cant imagine how many people there make their living off of the seafood in the gulf. oyster fisheries, gone for at least 15 years, shrimp prices are going to double at the very least. i am all for getting more domestic oil so we wont be so dependent on middle east oil, but will the cost be something we as a country can afford? i knew it would be bad when the fire and explosion first happened but now i understand that a second oil platfor has flipped over out there? i THINK thats what i heard on the news last night.

DammitDan · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2010, 11:51:28 AM »

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/oil_spill_approaches_louisiana.html

the technological J · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2010, 11:53:55 AM »

i hear yah bucky... i dont know why.... im not an overly green treehugging type but this really put a lump in my throat.... all the technology we have and still have crap like this happening

bucky katt · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2010, 11:58:05 AM »

i really am all for the extra drilling, i'm no bunny hugger, but there have got to be safeguards to prevent this kind of thing from happening. i dont know enough about oil drilling to be able to do anything but spout things i've read. this is going to worse than the economic impact of katrina and ike i bet.

fmctm1sw · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2010, 08:08:00 PM »

Just a matter of time for me:http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/01/1608736/oil-spill-wont-hit-florida-beaches.html

Don R · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2010, 08:52:23 PM »

Haliburton hard at work. disaster at sea, how many dead?

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:21:43 PM »

Quote from: Don R on May 01, 2010, 08:52:23 PM

Haliburton hard at work. disaster at sea, how many dead?

Beat me to it. I read today that Haliburton was responsible for shoddy work that may have caused this spill.

NickC · « **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:02:11 PM »

Majority of my family live hand to mouth on the seafood industry. This has the potential to devastate many of them

bender01 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2010, 11:19:33 PM »

Im a Chef and the Grouper snapper catch on the east coast from FL to VA was banned commercial and sport this last Jan! (overfishing) High prices for sure since the Gulf is the next source! I can only Imagine. I envision Texas to Naples Florida beaches as being affected! Has anyone ever had an oyster? If not get one today or suffer without one for a..long....time!!

I know evrey kind of schwimp they is but no Schwimp!
(Bubba Gump Voice)
This is the best I can rant. Im really sad and helpless feeling about this whole mess.

smpls70 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2010, 11:44:12 PM »

"..there will be blood...."

bucky katt · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:02:23 AM »

Quote from: bender01 on May 01, 2010, 11:19:33 PM

Im a Chef and the Grouper snapper catch on the east coast from FL to VA was banned commercial and sport this last Jan! (overfishing) High prices for sure since the Gulf is the next source! I can only Imagine. I envision Texas to Naples Florida beaches as being affected! Has anyone ever had an oyster? If not get one today or suffer without one for a..long....time!!

I know evrey kind of schwimp they is but no Schwimp!
(Bubba Gump Voice)
This is the best I can rant. Im really sad and helpless feeling about this whole mess.

you've put how I feel into words

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2010, 09:02:29 AM »

Conservatives want less oversight and regulation and when something fails it's the government's fault. Sorry this is free market capitalism at it's worst. Profit before all else. Just like the coal mining disaster. Get the government out of regulating big business and let the market work it's magic.

manjisann · « **Reply #16 on:** May 03, 2010, 06:44:58 PM »

I don't hug trees by any stretch of the imagination, but I do believe in being responsible. I'll just leave it with I'm saddened to think of the loss of animal life, the loss for those rig workers, and for the people who will be impacted by this.

Brandon

Nikkisixx · « **Reply #17 on:** May 03, 2010, 06:57:55 PM »

Spill baby spill. I am beside myself with the mess down there

my78k · « **Reply #18 on:** May 03, 2010, 08:18:29 PM »

Brandon, I'm not calling you out or anything but something you wrote struck me. You mentioned "for the people who will be affected by this". The really scarey part is that we will ALL be affected! 6 more days at best until they can begin to stem the leak?!?!? When it comes to an eco system there is no boundary!

Dennis

bender01 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2010, 09:44:47 PM »

The price of lettuce to me jumped today! by 2.50 a case! Hadnt varied 1$ for a year. I can only imagine the excuses but im sure it will be Price of gas or

??! The incentive to start charging ahead of time to make more $ before people notice!?? Lettuce is a staple and lots of people dont check prices! Ill ask tommorow. That is another way we will all be affected! On a positive note when Katrina hit a case of Bud sold for 5.99 here for 3 weeks at all grocery stores! That wont happen cause beer will be needed to do the mundane thankless cleanup. Oh man im envisioning 20$ cases of beer!

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2010, 09:57:56 PM »

BP is now trying to deflect blame to another company called Transocean. I wonder if this is an attempt to dump the cleanup cost onto a smaller company that does not have the resources so it's driven into bankruptcy and the cost gets dumped on the taxpayers? Hopefully I am wrong on this.

bender01 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 03, 2010, 10:50:49 PM »

No your probably right. That would be Good Buisness sense.

bucky katt · « **Reply #22 on:** May 04, 2010, 07:08:59 AM »

Quote from: manjisann on May 03, 2010, 06:44:58 PM

I don't hug trees by any stretch of the imagination, but I do believe in being responsible. I'll just leave it with I'm saddened to think of the loss of animal life, the loss for those rig workers, and for the people who will be impacted by this.

Brandon

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Author Topic: Anyone on the Gulf seeing oil? (Read 1718 times)