13ish minutes video by BP showing current and planned measures to plug the broken oil well.
This is the first thing I've seen that makes me think they can actually stop that oil shenanigan in the Gulf of Mexico. It's an amazing thing to me that 1) We have oil wells like this and 2) We can work to contain something like this at that depth. 5000+ feet down! And the pipe they're working on is HUGE. Look at the cap they're building at about 11:00 in the video. The whole thing is an engineering marvel.
Also, here is a live feed of the cameras down at the well. Interesting to see.
http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html#
I'm not freaking about the environmental aspects of this. We've seen oil spills before. Or ash from a volcano, tsunamis, earthquakes. It's a horrible thing when these events cause a loss of human life no matter the scale. It's also sad when peoples livelihoods are destroyed by these kinds of disasters. Businesses, tourist attractions, homes, etc. I hope our country lets capitalism do it's job here. Let people move their homes, or businesses. Let them clean, rebuild and start over.
If the govt. gives financial aid to those affected, let it be limited to the basic necessities rather than acting as ("free") 100% replacement insurance. And let the animals fend for themselves. They can do it. Unlike us, they have working survival instincts. I doubt you'll see bus loads of seals and pelicans lining up at shelters demanding food, or animal families sitting on their rocks for days with signs that say "SOS" while they languish...all the while checking for cellular reception.
This is the first thing I've seen that makes me think they can actually stop that oil shenanigan in the Gulf of Mexico. It's an amazing thing to me that 1) We have oil wells like this and 2) We can work to contain something like this at that depth. 5000+ feet down! And the pipe they're working on is HUGE. Look at the cap they're building at about 11:00 in the video. The whole thing is an engineering marvel.
Also, here is a live feed of the cameras down at the well. Interesting to see.
http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html#
I'm not freaking about the environmental aspects of this. We've seen oil spills before. Or ash from a volcano, tsunamis, earthquakes. It's a horrible thing when these events cause a loss of human life no matter the scale. It's also sad when peoples livelihoods are destroyed by these kinds of disasters. Businesses, tourist attractions, homes, etc. I hope our country lets capitalism do it's job here. Let people move their homes, or businesses. Let them clean, rebuild and start over.
If the govt. gives financial aid to those affected, let it be limited to the basic necessities rather than acting as ("free") 100% replacement insurance. And let the animals fend for themselves. They can do it. Unlike us, they have working survival instincts. I doubt you'll see bus loads of seals and pelicans lining up at shelters demanding food, or animal families sitting on their rocks for days with signs that say "SOS" while they languish...all the while checking for cellular reception.
