BP Spill in pensacola
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Most of its on concrete. But they had a tanker truck stuck in the sand.. smart.
Saw similar things in Perdido Key this past weekend. They had crews out in front of most every condo there cleaning up the little bits of oil/tar balls. What was sad to see was that the tide had come in and took away a good chunk of the shore with it (like a 2.5 to 3 foot drop from the water edge to the water). You could see where oil was sandwiched in between layers of sand. I hope that was just oil pushed up against it and that's where it stuck.
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Big boom them 2 little boats got. Wow.
Ride down 90 in MS and its the exact same thing. Looks identical to what I see everyday. Gulf Shores/Alabama too.
Also, the air traffic out here is insane on some days. I notice 3-5 times a damn this one particular C-130 anywhere from Biloxi to Gulfport, to Pass Christian, and even as far as Kiln, MS. I at first thought it may be just a normal flight from the base, but I'm beginning to assume its involved in the cleanup effort. Also seen a few CG C-130s flying real low. Along with that is also CG Choppers, news choppers, and some dark colored unmark'ds scanning the shorelines.
Also, the air traffic out here is insane on some days. I notice 3-5 times a damn this one particular C-130 anywhere from Biloxi to Gulfport, to Pass Christian, and even as far as Kiln, MS. I at first thought it may be just a normal flight from the base, but I'm beginning to assume its involved in the cleanup effort. Also seen a few CG C-130s flying real low. Along with that is also CG Choppers, news choppers, and some dark colored unmark'ds scanning the shorelines.
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i thought bp could have been doing a much better job until i had the task of taking a crew out for a 21 day hitch on a skimmer boat. i cant tell you how many ideas me and my buddies and i came up with that at the time seemed all to perfect only to get out there and see what its all about. this isnt nearly as easy as it seems. the media would like you to believe there is hundreds of square miles of nothing but oil. thats so not the case. we operated near the spill site and there where days we would ride around looking for oil. in only 2-3 foot seas the oil is very hard to see. sand is easy to clean. marsh is another story.
and about the guys just walkin around... tyvek esp yellow tyvek in south louisana summers is no joke. the heat index inside those suits routinely reach 130+. i buy and where this stuff all the time.
and about the guys just walkin around... tyvek esp yellow tyvek in south louisana summers is no joke. the heat index inside those suits routinely reach 130+. i buy and where this stuff all the time.
May be the dispersant plane. I think they are using a C-130 for that.
Boudreaux I know exactly what you're talking about, but there's nothing we can do to convince people otherwise. The national media is displaying it's ignorance by stomping it's feet and saying "FIX IT NOW", and staying oblivious how a well works, what takes place to drill a relief well, and the few things that currently can be done to clean the oil.
There is one entity, I will not say their name or location- but they are nearly slave drivers. For the longest while they had their crews doing 16hr shifts with little sleep and only fed them 2 times a day. Some crews would run out of water. Things are more organized and getting safer, but the conditions these workers saw for about 2 months was no joke. Fortunately the companies are running a lot smoother and the workers are getting the food, water, and rest that they need.
There is one entity, I will not say their name or location- but they are nearly slave drivers. For the longest while they had their crews doing 16hr shifts with little sleep and only fed them 2 times a day. Some crews would run out of water. Things are more organized and getting safer, but the conditions these workers saw for about 2 months was no joke. Fortunately the companies are running a lot smoother and the workers are getting the food, water, and rest that they need.
thats a perfect description
I thought dispersant was being sprayed directly into the plumes? If a C130 is in fact the dispersant plane, this would be it. I've seen it several more times since I made that post, making its rounds into the gulf.
I swear it's like a child in a temper tantrum. **** happens, it sucks, but let's not act like two year olds right now. Save that for after, if at all. People do not realize the mass improvisation taking place along with the amount of spending going on to fix this. Not to mention it's badly undermanned. But what do I know, I'm only around it 80-90hrs per week.
Amazing...workin 80 - 90 hours a week and still time to be on the interweb re-assuring people not to worry, the gulf is full of carcenogenic toxins that cause everything from hair loss to manical oral dysentery.... , the marsh and beaches are being ruined a mile at a time....but it ain't all that bad, after all they are burning a lot of it and ruining the atmosphere as well.
Can ya tell I'm pretty pissed at the greed and insanity that caused this disaster and I ain't real forgiving on the ones who caused it.
BeePee needs to hire more , pay more, do what ever the hell it takes to make this go away, NOW, if you are screamin for any less ck your pulse and eyesight, you must not be seeing the tradgedy around you or you are dead to other peoples suffering
Think you need to calm down a little. Saying people should go to jail because they aren't working fast enough about it? Really....
When you got such great people walking around picking up tar balls.. they sit in recliners on the beach more than pick anything up, but that's the only people that would come to work.
