NASA Images from the Gulf: $H*T is about to hit the fan!

here's another
[link to ge.ssec.wisc.edu]

Passed 350M gallons this morning, shit it crazy



Where do you get the 350 million gallons from?

Exxon Valdez was only 11 million.

5-10 years for it to recover. This will bankrupt the fishing industry there.



You are being generous, this will bankrupt America and Mexico. Third World status will seem like a dream!

If the methane triggers a massive explosion that lights the surface oil on fire, we will be witness to an ironic fulfilling of prophecy...who knew the eternal "Lake of Fire" was man-made and located in the Gulf of Mexico?

i can hardly wait until a hurricane hits the gulf

Looks kind of small


i am less worried about some fucking oil slick on the surface and more concerned about the release of methane hydrates, not to mention all the oil not making it to the surface and sitting in the undersea ecosystem. this is a deep well, in every sense.

5-10 years for it to recover. This will bankrupt the fishing industry there.

can you say eco-terrorism?


yes. yes, i can. but i don't think it applies in this situ.

and the oil is only half of the disaster, there's the methane...they said it's all coming from a cavern the size of mt. everest, and most of it is methane, and methane is explosive.

A meter thick? Nah.

At best a full inch. Do yourself a favor, get a large skillet out fill it halfway with water, then pour in a tablespoon of oil. Oil, being less dense than water spreads out. Clean, pure oils like cooking oil spreads out millimeters thick, 'dirty' crude type oils will spread out a few 2-3 centimeters (about an inch) thick.

A cubic meter, which is a cube 3.28 feet high, 3.28 feet wide and 3.28 feet deep contains roughly 264.2 gallon.

A square meter about 3 centimeters thick (1 inch) would be 1/3rd of that or roughly 88 gallons.

Even if it was just one centimeter thick it would contain 26.42 gallons.

If it was just a millimeter thick, it would contain .264 gallons or a quart and change.

For the record, a meter is over a yard (3 feet) thick.... That's very thick, this slick is no where's that thick... yet

Looks kind of small


i am less worried about some fucking oil slick on the surface and more concerned about the release of methane hydrates, not to mention all the oil not making it to the surface and sitting in the undersea ecosystem. this is a deep well, in every sense.

Hey....Methane hydrates can mostly only exist at the seabed floor. not floating on the surface.

and the oil is only half of the disaster, there's the methane...they said it's all coming from a cavern the size of mt. everest, and most of it is methane, and methane is explosive.

Gas explosive? Are you sure?..dumb ass...

Where is the oil on this pic?

[link to ge.ssec.wisc.edu]

and the oil is only half of the disaster, there's the methane...they said it's all coming from a cavern the size of mt. everest, and most of it is methane, and methane is explosive.

Gas explosive? Are you sure?..dumb ass...

Looks kind of small


i am less worried about some fucking oil slick on the surface and more concerned about the release of methane hydrates, not to mention all the oil not making it to the surface and sitting in the undersea ecosystem. this is a deep well, in every sense.

Hey....Methane hydrates can mostly only exist at the seabed floor. not floating on the surface.
they float from the bottom to the surface, that's a fact.

It really doesnt look all that bad. Sure, its not a good thing. But most of it will get absorbed into the ocean. There may be some cleanup on the beaches...

really not that big of a deal. Now, the "greenies" and "Treehuggers" will make it seem like the end of the world...becuase a few fish die....and they will write articles about how bad it is...

yet, 3-4 months and this will barely be a story anymore...bank on it.

It really doesnt look all that bad. Sure, its not a good thing. But most of it will get absorbed into the ocean. There may be some cleanup on the beaches...

really not that big of a deal. Now, the "greenies" and "Treehuggers" will make it seem like the end of the world...becuase a few fish die....and they will write articles about how bad it is...

yet, 3-4 months and this will barely be a story anymore...bank on it.

Looks kind of small


i am less worried about some fucking oil slick on the surface and more concerned about the release of methane hydrates, not to mention all the oil not making it to the surface and sitting in the undersea ecosystem. this is a deep well, in every sense.

Hey....Methane hydrates can mostly only exist at the seabed floor. not floating on the surface.
they float from the bottom to the surface, that's a fact.