Ironically, the oil rig sank on...Earth Day.

[dixiegrrrrl]

And the Coast Guard, on April 23, the next day, said there were no oil leaks to worry about.

NEW ORLEANS -- No oil appeared to be leaking after a drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said today, though officials were trying to contain what spilled from the blast and prevent any threat to the coast's fragile ecosystem.
AP, April 23
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/04/exploded_sunken_gulf_rig_not_l.html


Over the next few days, the non-oil leaks were admitted, each day were described as getting bigger and now are described as " much much worse than the Exxon Valdez"
and
"could be the biggest environmental disaster in the world"

according to CNN this am.

Happy Earth Day indeed.

Thank you BP and Mr. President for Spill baby spill.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. What better symbology to rally around to regulate the things...

...into extinction.

Irony --> Shame --> Determination

[tekisui]

2. Kick and (swallowed) reccomnd.

This isn't a leak, it 's a flow. The flow, it will go and go until they figure out a way to stop it.

[global1]

3. Has It Ever Been Reported As To What Caused This Explosion & Subsequent ......

sinking? Have people been putting on their tinfoil hats on this one?

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Reportedly gas build up

and whatever mechanisms that were supposed to stop it or block it did not work in time.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Oh..HERE...found the explanation:

Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4361381

[global1]

7. That Shut Off Is To Prevent The Oil Leakage After The Disaster Not The Cause Of The Disaster...nt

[Downtown Hound]

6. Ironic? Hmmm...sounds more like a warning from some greater force to me. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. You and me both.

I am always aware of ..."coincidences".

[chill_wind]

9. It will be a day marked in memory

for a long time to come.