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SkyDaddy7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 10:57 AM
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BREAKING! Oil Rig Explode Off The Coast Of Louisiana
 
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Here we go again! PLEASE do not be as bad!!! I hope everyone is ok.
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 11:13 AM
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1. 13 men in the water - one injured.
Edited on Thu Sep-02-10 11:21 AM by Divernan
Edited on Thu Sep-02-10 12:06 PM by Divernan
This update from Seattle Times:
GRAND ISLE, La. —

An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.

A commercial helicopter company reported the blast around 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats were en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.

The Coast Guard said initial reports indicated all 13 crew members from the rig were in the water. One was injured, but there were no deaths. The platform owned by Mariner Energy is in about 2,500 feet of water, the Coast Guard said, and was not currently producing.

About 206 million gallons of oil from an undersea well spilled into the Gulf after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.

On edit: here's the link:
www.seattletimes.com
I point out that being in the water in the Gulf exposes one to the Corexit and remaining oil from the earlier fiasco.
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 11:18 AM
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2. Let us hope this one is not as serious. We are taking too many risks
in this business.
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YankeeLeft7x Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 11:26 AM
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3. Not Surprised At All!
Oh, how I am not shocked at all. Welcome to the 21st Century as the whole "shithouse goes up in flames."
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 12:04 PM
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4. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, SkyDaddy.
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breadandwine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 12:47 PM
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5. Watch Obama trust the corporations and F*CK this up too.

He's being given a second chance to get it right. Watch him blow it.


Did he learn from his mistakes trusting BP?


So far there is no evidence he did.


He'll probably get a "briefing" from the corporation and call them "our partner" again.





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denimgirly Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 01:50 PM
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6. Sadly, i agree with you.
If one didnt know most would guess he was a Republican not a democrat
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FirstTimeVoterAt37 Donating Member (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 01:54 PM
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7. Not the right time
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Devil_Fish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 10:03 PM
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8. But I thought the BP Explosion was a one in a million thing, and that the rest of the rigs are safe.
What were they lieing? OMG
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