The True Disaster Emerging: Heavy Oil Reaches Louisiana Marshland

Does anyone else see the head of a snake in the middle of that oil spill? And a face to the far right?

Does anyone else see the head of a snake in the middle of that oil spill? And a face to the far right?

They don't wanna shut down that well becuz of all the money they will lose,but they now have no choice.

I live in New Iberia, LA...Vermillion Bay/Marsh Island is 20 miles away from me.


I feel for you coastal guys... seriously.

If this thing even does half of what it's capable of.. there's gonna be bargain-basement beachfront property.. pennies on the dollar anywhere near the Gulf... probably all up & down the Eastern Seaboard, as well.

At least.

I live in New Iberia, LA...Vermillion Bay/Marsh Island is 20 miles away from me.


I feel for you coastal guys... seriously.

If this thing even does half of what it's capable of.. there's gonna be bargain-basement beachfront property.. pennies on the dollar anywhere near the Gulf... probably all up & down the Eastern Seaboard, as well.

At least.

Does anyone else see the head of a snake in the middle of that oil spill? And a face to the far right?


I thought it fitting that in this image, it looks sorta like a Dragon's Head... facing our Coast.

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Fitting.

I'll also NOT BELIEVE that it's been stopped.. when & if they ever do...

I'm so tired of lies that it'll take me a LONG time to believe that they've stopped it..

I think what bothers me most is that the BOP was modified and they dont even know how and when.

And then when parts of it came up from below...they ignored it.

Does anyone else see the head of a snake in the middle of that oil spill? And a face to the far right?


I thought it fitting that in this image, it looks sorta like a Dragon's Head... facing our Coast.


Fitting.

Looks like a Sea Horse

Horse..pale rider...

I think what bothers me most is that the BOP was modified and
'They' know, RT.. we never will.

Just like we'll never know why the Rig's disconnect safety systems didn't release it from the well/blowout, & it hung there until it burned & sank or why the failsafe Gen's weren't failsafe, or.. or... or...

Too many simultaneous 'failures' of independent safety systems.. across a mile of Rig/Riser/Well assembly.. to many questions... how did Goldman know this was coming?.. Why was the supply boat crew changed immediately b4... why did the Feds surprise-inspect just 2 days before?... Why.. Why... Ad infinitum/Ad Nauseam.

This was, and STILL IS Intentional.

scrump, I cannot even begin to imagine the trauma the entire Gulf is going to face. This alone will make sure Obammy is never re-elected for a 2nd term,thank god but still the horror of this is too heartbreaking. I feel like this could really plunge the USA into 3rd world status.

BP touts containment efforts: heavy oil reaches Louisiana wetlands

By the CNN Wire Staff
May 19, 2010 6:08 p.m. EDT

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP said Wednesday that efforts to contain and clean up oil gushing from a ruptured pipe in the Gulf of Mexico have made a "measurable difference" even as Louisiana's governor announced that thick, heavy oil has begun polluting the state's wetlands and estuaries.

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Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer for exploration and production, said at a news conference that the company is "very pleased" with the performance of an insertion tube that was put in place over the weekend to suck crude oil from the well and funnel it to a surface vessel.

The flow rate from the tube has reached 3,000 barrels of crude (126,000 gallons) and 14 million cubic feet of gas a day, Suttles said, adding that crews hope to increase those numbers in coming days.

He said favorable weather conditions have also played a major role in cleanup efforts. About 14,000 barrels of oily water was skimmed Tuesday, and 50 percent of that mixture was oil, he said, adding that crews continue to deploy boom and conduct controlled burns.

But Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana says the efforts haven't stopped oil from reaching his state's coastline. Thicker, heavier oil than seen in previous days has blanketed some of the state's precious interior wetlands, he said, and he called for the Army Corps of Engineers to approve an emergency permit to dredge sand from barrier islands to create sand booms as another line of defense.

"These are not tar balls, this is not sheen, this is heavy oil that we are seeing in our wetlands," Jindal said.

Video from Pass a Loutre in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, showed oil with a syrupy consistency lapping against reeds in a small area of marshland after creeping past booms and barriers.

"Everything that that blanket of oil has covered today will die," parish President Billy Nungesser said.

"Imagine [this oil] on top of a turtle or on top of a frog," he said as he held a stalk of reed that coated his hands in oil.

CNN iReporter Eileen Romero, touring the state's Chandeleur Islands by boat on Tuesday, described a "foamy sheen on top of the water" left by the oil and dispersants, and she said she counted between 10 and 15 dead Portuguese man-of-wars trapped in debris.

"While we were out there, my nose and the back of my throat began to burn as I inhaled the putrid-smelling air," Romero said.

Jindal compared the fight to head off the approaching oil to "knowing your body has cancer. ... We've got to stop this cancer from spreading [and] we'd much rather fight it on these coastal barrier islands than inland."

"We need more than just boom or skimmers," Jinadal said. "We need multiple lines of defense."

iReport: Track the spill, or share your story

Meanwhile, BP said it is continuing to mobilize equipment and perform testing in preparation for the first effort to actually stop the flow of oil.

Suttles said the first attempt at a "top kill" procedure could come as early as Sunday.

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tough to look at man

tough


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scrump, I cannot even begin to imagine the trauma the entire Gulf is going to face. This alone will make sure Obammy is never re-elected for a 2nd term,thank god but still the horror of this is too heartbreaking. I feel like this could really plunge the USA into 3rd world status.

"3'rd world" with people like you, then good.

scrump, I cannot even begin to imagine the trauma the entire Gulf is going to face. This alone will make sure Obammy is never re-elected for a 2nd term,thank god but still the horror of this is too heartbreaking. I feel like this could really plunge the USA into 3rd world status.



I'm not an Obama fan, but this is not of his doing.


NO, this is not his doing,but he is not helping any either, is he?

scrump, I cannot even begin to imagine the trauma the entire Gulf is going to face. This alone will make sure Obammy is never re-elected for a 2nd term,thank god but still the horror of this is too heartbreaking. I feel like this could really plunge the USA into 3rd world status.



I'm not an Obama fan, but this is not of his doing.


NO, this is not his doing,but he is not helping any either, is he?


I just had the funniest image. I hope you all think it's funny. So Bush is doing his Press Con (no teleprompter of course). A reporter ask about the clean up.

"Well, God and Mamma Earth created that oil too, just like those birds and fishes and turtles and shrimps. I think that oil has a right to be helped and saved too."