They Found It

[lame54]

http://bobhiggins.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/scientists-discover-thick-layer-of-oil-stretching-for-miles-on-gulf-sea-floor/

Scientists Discover Thick Layer of Oil Stretching for Miles on Gulf Sea Floor

Posted in Environment, Guest Columns, Marian Wang, News, Politics by bobhiggins on September 13, 2010

AP/Dave Martin - A wave polluted with crude from the Gulf oil spill washes ashore in Orange Beach, Al



By Marian Wang ProPublica

Scientists conducting research in the Gulf have found a thick layer of oily sediment on the ocean floor stretching for miles.

“We have to fingerprint it and link it to the Deepwater Horizon,” Samantha Joye, a marine scientist at the University of Georgia, told NPR. “But the sheer coverage here is leading us all to come to the conclusion that it has to be sedimented oil from the oil spill, because it’s all over the place.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about oil being found on the sea floor. Last month, scientists from the University of South Florida had used UV lighting to detect what they believed to be oil spread across the sediment on the bottom of the Gulf.

[Swamp Rat]

1. I thought this was going to be about Bushler's brain

:kick:

[lame54]

2. they're still looking for that...

you know how many port-a-potty's there are in this country?

[Luminous Animal]

3. Never going to happen.

[lonestarnot]

4. Never going to find that piece of shit!

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

5. "Maybe it's under the table somewhere."

:D :hi:

[lonestarnot]

9. Poor ass cat ate it! He died.

[Jamastiene]

7. It's not April 1st though.

If it was about Bushler's brain, it would most definitely have to be an April Fool's Day joke. :P

[Swamp Rat]

8. I'm pretending it is.

The reality of the OP is too close to home, literally. :(

[Divine Discontent]

14. k&r OP and your gr8 post SR! ;)

[Marengo]

10. I was thinking Cheney's heart, but that would be a miracle

And I don't believe in miracles.

[spanone]

12. another swamp rat classic!!!!

[xchrom]

6. Recommend -

[metapunditedgy]

11. It's "business as usual" until BP execs are in jail.

On a related note, this month's Popular Mechanics has a breakdown of all the things BP did to intentionally shortcut safeguards, ranging from engineering decisions to laughable reports to the gov't.

Why are people not lining up to call for jail terms for the execs who created that "cowboy culture"?

[lonestarnot]

17. Add that gas corp in CA Pacific something er other.

[lonestarnot]

13. It was never really lost.

[lame54]

15. No, it was hidden

[donheld]

18. It was lost and will never be found by those who choose not to see it.

[lame54]

16. .