Thursday, May 27, 2010

BP And The Oil Spill :"Top Kill Operation" Will It Work ???

Baton Rouge, Louisiana - BP is reporting early sucess in its unprecedented effort to plug a mile-deep blowout in the Gulf of Mexico - a "Top Kill" operation that will pump heavy fluids ioto it's gushing oil well. An executive said it could take more than another day before it's clear whether the procedure actually blocked the flow of oil.
The top kill maneuver began this afternoon (May 26), BP said The company decided to allow continued live video footage of the site of the leak as it forces the chemicals and mud into the well.
Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer , said early indications are that the top kill is working. "The job has been proceeding as planned," Suttles told reporters tonight in Robert,Louisiana.
BP CEO Tony Hayward conceded failure in efforts to stop from reaching Louisiana's fragile coast, where shore birds and marshes have been coated in thick crude. "I was on the beach yesterday," he said on NBC's "Today" show."I felt devasted and gutted about what I saw. I feel that we have let people down in the defense of the shore , and we are going to redouble our efforts in thatendeavor...even if a cupful of oil gets to the beach, it's a failure." Hayward had been criticized for saying recently that he thought the spill's effects would be very, very modest."
The so-called top killed involves pumping the materials down the crippled oil well at a rate of up to 2,100 gallons a minute, using a 30,000-horsepower engine on a ship floating above. If that works, it would be followed by cement, which would seal the well permanently. The top kill is BP's lastest effort to try to stanch the leak that has spouted 210,000 gallons of oil off the U.S. coast each day since April 20 explosion tore apart it's Deepwater Horizon rig. That's a conservative estimate, and many experts believe even more oil is actually leaking. Eleven (11) workers died from the explosion, and the rig sanked two (2) days later.
Suttles said it could take more than another day before it's clear whether the operation succeded. "We want to make sure we do the job right, and thoroughly,
he said.If the top kill fails, Suttles said BP would try its third method of containing the oil: placing a dome over the rebuilt blowout preventer, which failed during the explosion . The containment dome, which is on the sea bed, would be deployed whthin four (4) days, he said.

The company is scrambling to get some good news before President Barack Obamam flies to the Gulf Coast on Friday, on his second visit to survey the damage and cleanup. Obama is said to be frustrated by the fact that BP hasn't been able to tamp the oil spill after more than a month, and has been guoted as telling aides in recent days: "Plug the damn hole." We're doing everything we can to bring this to a closure, Suttles said.
If top kill works, it could allow environmental experts to finally get a full handle on the actual size of the oil slick off America's coast, and possibly help limit damage to wildlife and marine animals. It could also help BP begain to mend its image. A CBS news poll released Tuesday Tuesday found thet 70 percent of Americans disapprove of BP's handling of the spill. The company has lost about a quarter of it's market value, or $50 billion, since the disaster began, according to Reuters.
Stopping the oil leak is also a key to Obama's approval rating - and that of the whole Democratic Party - Ahead of this year's important midterm elections . CBS found that 45 percent of American disapprove of the administration's response to the disaster. Updates as they become available: Stay tune the saga continues .
My spin on this disaster : Equirering minds wants to know why is BP didn't try top kill over a month ago. Did they think the oil would just go away if they ignore it? Did they not think the familes of the 11 men would just forget in a coule of days that their love ones was not with them any more? BP have caused so much damage and hardships on so many people, not only the ones in my part of the world, this affects the world in general with their negligent behavior and concern for the environment as a whole. It will take a long time for the coast and surrounding area to recover , but it will never be made whole again, take a look at what Katrina did to New Orleans and in a few days later Rita hit New Orleans and finish the job... Listen up folks hurricane season is upon us and can you imagine what damage it will do? BP is worrying about the money they have lost, never thinking about what we have lost.
Kicking back and keeping it real....

70 comments:

  1. Hi PIC, I see you're working hard on an article so I won't hang around. This is an important article too. I hope the new solution works, but seriously, I doubt it.I wonder what BP will pull out of their sleeve next. See ya' later....PIC

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  2. Anonymous4:55:00 PM

    I think they are just trying to save their asses and has their fingers cross and hope it works. I doubt it to but we'll see.
    Glad you are feeling better...Later PIC

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  3. Anonymous9:39:00 PM

    Hi PIC

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  4. People are starting to say it might work. Oh, PIC that would be such a relief. Then the big mop-up operation will start.

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  5. BP should pay the biggest shot on the mop-up.It is a big company with a trillion dollars.

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  6. Anonymous9:43:00 PM

    How you feeling???
    Is Nana on her job? I know Brian is being frisky.
    Things here is going o.k. the girls got out of school today and boy was they glad, they have all sorts of stuff line up to do, my ass is going to be dragginng.

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  7. Did that big storm ever show up??Between the thunder storms and the tornados you must have some bright sunny days. And I bet it gets boiling hot. Does it stay humid all the time??

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  8. Anonymous9:47:00 PM

    They are worrying about money and most folks will never recover from this, it just breaks my heart. N.O. haven't recover from Katrina.Rita was right behind Katrina.
    I got this post from the City Council this morning.

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  9. Anonymous9:50:00 PM

    We have been lucky so far the big storms is passing us by. It's gets hot/humin but mostly the weather is nice. Last year it rained a lot, and the tornadoes so far as not come close to us, but we are prepared.
    I'm watching the Mentalist.

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  10. I feel okay, thankyou. Nana was in good shape today. We had the gas company install a new water heater and Nana kept bugging and nagging the plumbers.Brian was very frisky today.
    So the girls are happy to be out of school...HA! Now you'll be racking your brain to keep them occupied. Good luck with that.

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  11. Anonymous9:54:00 PM

    I have some trees in the backyard so my babies can play without getting a sunburn, they love the outdoors.

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  12. Anonymous9:58:00 PM

    I'm getting very smart with my babies I tell them to call their poppa(dad) to come and play with them.[giggles]
    I guess Nan and Sis will be back this weekend from Hot Springs, I know sis enjoyed soaking in the springs.

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  13. Anonymous10:00:00 PM

    I bet you smoile knowing the plumbers was trying to hurry and finish. I bet Nana gave them hell.

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  14. The mentalist is pretty good .I only saw the last half. We just got in. Brian just fell into bed. It was a long day for him.But he is getting stronger.
    He died twice in hospital and they revived him but he remembers nothing.He was on the other side for 5 minutes both times. If he could remember, he could tell us some interesting things.

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  15. A teen in buffalo committed suicide today by jumping off a bridge and was in the water for an hour.They managed to revive him after an hour.I think that is amazing.

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  16. Anonymous10:06:00 PM

    You will not stay here talking til 2:am...you may not be sleepy but you need to just relax...sweetie you just don't realize how tired you are until you stop.

    I told the girls they could sleep in until 8/9nd Jill looked at me and oh mama please, Sha will sleep longer but Jill see a little sunlight she up and ready to go.

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  17. They are saying this may be the worst hurricane season yet.

    But where I live(inland )they say this summer will be long,very hot and dry.We will have a water shortage.

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  18. Anonymous10:10:00 PM

    That is amazing they revived him.
    Brian is a strong man, he's been through so much and this last time he bounced back really fast.
    The guy really has great will-power.
    Brian has been through so many battles and won ...

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  19. It's good to have a safe place for the kids to play. You'll think of lots of fun for them. You're like a kid yourself when it comes to fun.

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  20. I bet your kids are up at six-thirty/seven o'clock all summer.

    If you let them stay up later, do they sleep in??

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  21. Anonymous10:17:00 PM

    Just think what it's going to do to the coast and surrounding areas.
    We are getting a lot of rain now and that means we will have a long hot summer. We have a lot of lakes here and the Red River runs between Shreveport and Bossier..Eldorado is sitting on the banks and beside the bridge that go into Bossier City, you can stand on the deck and see the 4 casinos/hotels accross the river.

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  22. Anonymous10:21:00 PM

    I let them stay up a little later, Sha will sleep til 7 but you can hear Jill comimg to wake us up.
    I have a enclosed patio off my bedroom and they likes to get their pads and sleep out there.

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  23. When I used to babysit for Kimberly and another little girl, who was my friend's daughter, I took them to a thrift shop and let them choose about five pounds of old jewellery. We took it home and sanitized it and they played jewellry store and pirates & buried treasure. I added a few old scarves and they became Arabian princesses. Kim mentioned to me not so long ago that she had many happy memories of her summer with me.I think that stuff is buried somewhere in my garden.

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  24. Anonymous10:24:00 PM

    I do have fun with them. They are so funny, they are the best thing that happen to me.

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  25. I bet they have fun sleeping on the enclosed patio. I would have loved that as a kid.
    I used to pitch my tent in the backyard and have a friend for a sleep-over.

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  26. Anonymous10:28:00 PM

    Thankyou for the idea, we have quite a few thrift/goodwill stores here and I bet the girls will love it. When the little boy come over they may make him walk the plank.
    He's a sweet little boy and Chris wife gave him a lot of their grandson's stuff and his mama cried.

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  27. Anonymous10:32:00 PM

    They would love sleeping outdoors, but people here are so mean and evil.

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  28. When you said the other night that maybe you should get a job, I meant to say to you that you have the most important job of your life right now. Raising those three kids (or 2 & 1/2)is a special trust. You may be raising the next president or the astro naut who goes to Mars. You have to do it right.

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  29. Anonymous10:35:00 PM

    If they slept outdoors I bet Dad would have a chiar out there with his pistol on his lap and I would have my rifle and sitting by the window[giggles].

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  30. Anonymous10:40:00 PM

    I was just teasing about a job.
    At my age with my little ones I'm very thankful that I can stay and care for them. I know a lot of mothers have to work, and I applaud them for it, and know they need help while they are at work. But I don't think much of a woman that hads money and hire a bunch of nannies to raised their kids, that's what's wrong with a lot of kids today.

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  31. Oh Wow, PIC. The fact that you need that kind of security at your own home is frightening. That is sad.How can they have any freedom ?? I bet you have put the fear of God in them about strangers and bad people. I know I would have.

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  32. I agree with you about well to do women who leave the raising of their kids to hired people. You don't know what nannies are teaching your kids or if they really care about them and show them affection. I do know a couple of women like that.

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  33. Anonymous10:49:00 PM

    Yes I have put the fear of God in them. That's one reason I wanted to be here it's almost like a gated neighborhood and we know most people on the other side of the street.
    It wasn't this bad until people started moving in from N.O. but it's quiet here.

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  34. I bet the little boy's mom was grateful. I don't think many people have shown her kindness in her life.
    She must be grateful just for not being beaten any more.I'm glad you make the little boy welcome in your home.

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  35. Anonymous10:56:00 PM

    Shreveport is very large and still growing , Ibet we have about 250,000/300,000 people, they just took census and I will know for sure soon...when we moved here it was the 3rd largest city in La.

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  36. Anonymous11:02:00 PM

    She has no family here, she's from Wyoming. He broke a glass and started crying and said please miss Nee don't whip me...I almost cried and told him I didn't whip kids I asked him did his mama whip him and he said no but his daddy did, I told him it was an accident and he hugged me.

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  37. Anonymous11:03:00 PM

    All kids need a positive force in their lives.

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  38. Shreveport sounds like a thriving city. If it's growing then it is prosperous.

    We have always loved Toronto. But it has expanded to four million people and many of them are immigrants. I am not a racist but since the big influx of Indian,Vietnamese, Chinese and black people, the crime rate has risen dramatically and we have to use some caution when wandering around there now.Twenty years ago we felt safe anywhere in that city.

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  39. Anonymous11:07:00 PM

    Jill looked at him and told him my mama don't whip us but if she catch you cussing she will wash your mouth out with soap and the soapdon't taste good.

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  40. The poor little guy. You may just turn his life around with a little kindness. Is the father still in jail??

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  41. Anonymous11:12:00 PM

    I know you are not a racist and neither am I...the last 5/7 years it's pretty bad, I don't think I would live along now, it's pretty safe in my neighborhood all the neighbors look out for each other and my house is between Sis and Chris.

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  42. It sounds like JIll has had her mouth washed out with soap.

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  43. Anonymous11:17:00 PM

    Yes he's doing hard time ,he's a three time loser , he may have to do the full 20 years, I hope so.It's for drugs and a whole lot of other shit.

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  44. I hope it's twenty years or the lady and her kid will be looking over their shoulders and will always be scared. If the kid is twenty five or so when the dad gets out he won't be so scared.

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  45. Anonymous11:22:00 PM

    Yes that little woman did when she was 5 she didn't want a kid playing with Gilly and she told her she would spank her musty ass .
    Gil got mad but I didn't care, he said she was just saying what I say and when Gilly was saying shit he told me if I wash his mouth out he was going to do the same to me.
    He says little people have big ears.

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  46. Anonymous11:25:00 PM

    He will be 9 in November. She's filed for divorce and I think she met someone,Mamie baby sits for her about twice a month.

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  47. Anonymous11:29:00 PM

    I read all your posts and I do think Cystral should've won I left notes on them and I think the scientists should put their efforts into something that will help mankind because the way we're going there will not be a planet to live on.

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  48. Anonymous11:31:00 PM

    Crystal should have won [giggles]

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  49. I remember Gilly used to say shit...HA! Most kids say shit at his age.
    You can't help it;when you stub your toe or drop some china you yell shit before you even think, and they pick up any word you shout with emphasis.

    Alan used to shout Godammit and then laugh.

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  50. Anonymous11:37:00 PM

    I bet they know what they are saying...
    I really don't pay Gil or dad any attention when it comes to raising my babies. I didn't turn out to bad...and sis would have spanked my musty butt if she could catch me.

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  51. Anonymous11:39:00 PM

    I remember you told me to watch Gilly he may just get another ladies boobie and about Alan like to rub the ladies legs and once he was nursing a ladies boobie.

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  52. You are right on both counts 1) crystal should have won hands down
    2)Inventing artificial engineered germs may be important some day but we need some solutions to problems happening right now.
    They are holding a climate change summit in Canada in a few weeks. Many heads of state including Mr Obama are going to try again.

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  53. Anonymous11:42:00 PM

    Heard on the news that the top kill may be working...Obama will be their tomorrow to see how they are doing. He was mad he said just plug the damn hole.

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  54. Anonymous11:45:00 PM

    Canada and other countries welcome Obama with open arms. Why can't we, I hope he gets a little tougher.

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  55. Alan used to like to rub Ladies'legs if they were wearing silky stockings.

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  56. Anonymous11:48:00 PM

    Our governor is planning on running for president in 2012 and that guy don't know his ass-hole from a hole in the ground...He reminds me of a stand-up comic.

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  57. Anonymous11:50:00 PM

    Thats so cute I wonder if my little man is going to be a ladies man, he likes for the ladies to hold him.

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  58. Top kill is starting to work according to our news. Keep your fingers crossed.Then they will pour concrete down the hole and that should be that.

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  59. Anonymous11:52:00 PM

    I bet you got a kick out of your babies and then came the twins and they are such a joy to you and Brian.

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  60. I've heard about your governor. I don't think he has much of a chance.

    Obama is pretty good but he can't hold such a powerful position without stepping on a few toes now and then. He can't please everyone all the time.

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  61. Anonymous11:56:00 PM

    My fingers are cross... it will be a long time before things get back to normal, it's still a mess in 8/9 wards they will never get N.O. cleaned up the place looks like it was just a month or two ago that Katrina hit N.O.

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  62. Anonymous12:01:00 AM

    I agree with you, if they don't want to help him he sould tell them to get the hell out the way.
    They don't respect him stand up on the floor and yell you lie. they wouldn't have told Bush that.
    It seems to me a lot of them is jealous but I hope he get mad and tell them to f*** off.

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  63. Anonymous12:05:00 AM

    I admire Obama he got guts.
    I wish he turned Biden loose then we really would see some fun , he can cuss and get down dirty with the rest of them.

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  64. It's almost one o'clock here Doll so I will call it a night. It was a pleasure chatting with you again. Take care of yourself and your kidlets.
    I just noticed I've put on a few pounds. My ass is covering more of my chair. My God I have to do something drastic.I don't work out as often now that it's so f*****g hot.I get too tired.

    Oh well I'll ask Brian if he likes it. That's all I care about.
    Have a really good one Sweetie and I'll see you down at the old Top kill hole, I'll be the one trying to stuff it full of bubble gum.....HA!....Luv...PIC

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  65. PS: Do you think Obama will get a second term? Most of your presidents do.

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  66. Maybe he will learn to be teflon and let critisism roll off him.

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  67. Anonymous12:11:00 AM

    I'm glad they are doing something about the oil...when you said lets challenge people I didn't know what to write, so that's why I went to the city council and I'm glad I did.

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  68. I also tried to write somethng to get NASA involved and I couldn't find the right words. I didn't like what I wrote so I scrapped it.

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  69. Anonymous12:18:00 AM

    People are saying he's a one time president, we don't have much to offer and he doing a good job ...they have forgotten the mess we was in when he took office, when Clinton left office we was in the black and Bush messed that up and now we owe everyone.

    Time flys when you are having fun and we will mee down by the pond..
    Brian will love your butt and everything else, I stop trying to lose these 10/15 pounds left over from Gilly.

    Goodnight sweetie and may all your dreams be wonderful..
    GOODNITE...HUGS&KISSES ....PIC
    Kiss the ROCK.

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