the BP oil spill isnt unprecedented

Post #326,783 by boxley 5/24/10 11:33:57 AM Reply	the BP oil spill isnt unprecedented http://www.miamihera...recedence-in.html `Everybody keeps saying the spill in the Gulf is unprecedented,'' said geologist John Amos, president and founder of SkyTruth, a nonprofit that investigates environmental issues using satellite images. ``That is such bull----t. We had perfect precedence.'' THE IXTOC I When the Ixtoc I burst into flames on June, 3, 1979, Wes Tunnell and other researchers had to figure out how long it would take the current to carry the oil, in one form or another, 600 miles to south Texas. ``We projected that it would reach the Texas coast in about two months. It exactly did,'' he said. By August, ``it coated the Texas beaches in a ribbon of oil 30 to 50 feet in width from Rio Grande to Port Aransas.'' In some places, the coating of oily sludge was only an inch deep. In others, it was a nearly a foot-and-a-half layer, he said, turning off tourists.
Post #326,784 by Another Scott 5/24/10 11:49:51 AM Reply	Yeabut... As usual, the press means "in US waters" or some such. It's another example of the press's short-sightedness and insistence on hype. The Deepwater Horizon blowout is rapidly approaching Ixtoc I. There's a way to go before exceeding the Gulf War I spill, but who knows... http://en.wikipedia....ist_of_oil_spills Estimates on the volume spilled usually range around 11 million barrels (462 million gallons or 1.75 billion liters);[2] the slick reached a maximum size of 101 by 42 miles (4242 square miles or 6787 km²) and was 5 inches (13 cm) thick in some areas. Despite the uncertainty surrounding the size of the spill, figures place it 5 to 27 times[citation needed] the size (in gallons spilled) of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and more than twice the size of the 1979 Ixtoc I blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. :-( Cheers, Scott.
Post #326,785 by beepster 5/24/10 12:18:39 PM Reply	No they don't its part of an agenda...and they want all to think this spill is the worst ever. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #326,788 by drook 5/24/10 12:38:12 PM Reply	Oh bullshit Is it the agenda of the eco-freaks to paint oil companies as raping the environment? Or the agenda of Tea Partiers determined to hang something on Obama? Or the agenda of left-wingers to show the results of dismantling regulation done during the Bush administration? Or the agenda of alt energy supporters to point out the need for alternative sources? Or maybe ... and this is a long-shot here ... maybe it's just reporters doing what they always do on every major story, which is to throw as many superlatives at it as they can. When a reporter says "biggest ever" they really mean "the biggest one I can remember without having to go look anything up". Or "the biggest in the past five years, which is how long I've been paying attention to world news." Or "pretty doggone big, and if I'm not going to bother looking it up then neither are the people watching this newscast." In other words, for the average reporter "biggest ever" is a synonym for "big". No agenda required. -- Drew
Post #326,828 by Ashton 5/25/10 2:08:11 AM Reply	Awomen! brother.. I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC
Post #326,834 by beepster 5/25/10 7:41:05 AM Reply	Wouldn't that be "brister"? and you'd think, by now, these guys would recognize a drive by.... I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #326,838 by drook 5/25/10 9:29:11 AM Reply	When your "drive by" is exactly what other people are saying How are we supposed to know the difference? -- Drew
Post #326,846 by beepster 5/25/10 11:33:46 AM Reply	:-) And each one of your questions but the last is an unqualified yes. The last one must remain a qualified yes. I agree that for most, its to sensationalize a very bad event...for some its not...and for reasons that have been well debated here surrounding the difference between yesterday's news and today's journalism. It remains very dependent in todays environment, to yours and nother's point, of identifying where it is that you are seeing the stories and even now beyond the where into the when. Prime time, for example, on the 24hr "news" networks is actually not where you want to be for news. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #326,887 by Ashton 5/26/10 4:28:25 PM Reply	OK Mr. Drive-^h^h^h er, Pedal-by King Perhaps you need to trade in that Whizzer motorbike for a Crosley .?. ... if'n ya wants to get away unscathed. ;^> I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC
Post #326,899 by beepster 5/26/10 6:28:25 PM Reply	It wouldn't be as much fun... besides, if I go Crosley it would have to be a Hotshot. Vintage cycle choice would make me the Indian Chief. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #326,789 by Another Scott 5/24/10 12:41:13 PM Reply	Who is "they"?

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