Someone tell the Admiral we're 10.0 light years past Web 2.0? Tar Balls, Admiral. Tar Balls, not Your Balls, Our Balls'n'Ova America's Testicular Fortitude Dispersed by BP in'da Gulf! Bend over any further with this Corp'Com'A'Rama, Admiral, and you will soon literally start quacking out'yer ass. All this Public Affairs Facebook Glory'Hole might be fine for Recruitment Videos, but in times of Man-Made Disaster, when our Nation's Shores are threatened by Foreign Interests, it mixes with your Coast Guard Maneuvers like Oil and Water. Keep this up and you'll soon start to sound just like the Goddamned Lying Corps of Engineers. BP junk fix exceeds tanker ship, yet they want mooore...arrggh! ~The maximum amount of oil that can be sent to a ship daily from a leaking pipe in the Gulf of Mexico via a tube is about 2,000 barrels, which is less than half of what BP officials say is leaking per day. Still no Word on Stomping This Bug.
Obama Moves To Cover BP's Ass? Seeks WH "Special Commission" to "investigate" Oil Disastersetc ~President Barack Obama will name a special White House commission to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill even as eight Senate Democrats on Monday asked Attorney General Eric Holder to begin a criminal investigation into the disaster. The commission, modeled after the ineffective ass-wipe panel established by President Ronald Reagan to investigate the space shuttle Challenger disaster, will look for ways to improve both oil industry practices and federal oversight to better protect workers and the environment, yami yamyammer'yada bow'wow according to a White House official. Oh Snap! When we really need Police Work, His'O'ner wants... Dan Quayle? or Richard Feynman? Of course No Criminal Investigations will happen while The Special Commission is in Session for Months with the Evidence. This is what happened Exactly with the ill-fated Challenger Disaster. But for Richard Feynman, Dan Quayle's people would have succeeded in burying beneath Time and Paperwork the evidence of their friends at Thiokol's engineering malfeasance. We should let everyone Get At The Facts of This Disaster, then later Obama can do his little committee thingy. Who is our Feynman Man?
The Forgotten Eleven of Deepwater Horizon ~NOLAFemmes Gulf of Mexico oil spill reinforces the industry's bad will for American Indians ~From Cyril Neville's Blog~ I'm writing this on behalf of the forgotten People of places like Bob's Town, Bayou Blue, Bayou Black, Island Jean Charles and and Shrimpers Row. I will be performing with the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars at the Gulf Coast concert in New Orleans Sunday, and in all the media surrounding this big event i have read very little about what will be done out of all this for the poor people who live in the areas I mentioned. In fact,these same people have never really recovered from the effects of storms going all the way back to hurricane Andrew. These are our fishermen, our shrimpers, whose means of making a living and providing for their families that will be affected by this man made disaster now lurking in the Gulf. I hope this letter will prompt others to find out more about the People who actually live in the Wetlands and their on going agony. ~Cyril Neville
Don’t Worry, The Oil Spill Response Team Will Clean All Those Pretty Oil Birds ~Wonkette ~If you are massive loser, you may not be aware of the hottest new Internet sensation, DEEPWATER HORIZON RESPONSE: THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON UNIFIED COMMAND, maintained by the DEEPWATER HORIZON INCIDENT JOINT INFORMATION CENTER (JIC), which is also on the Twitter (ha ha: “What is happening to oil, someone asks — 34 minutes ago via TweetDeck”). The JIC is the collaborative effort of the various failed federal agencies and corporations who want you to know that they care.
Please note Map Above is today and below is the 18th, how entire sections just Disappear from the forecasts? If this were a Rorschach Test I'd be failing miserably. Louisiana looks like it is under attack ~Karen Apricot
BP oil disaster in Truth and Fiction ~FDL We know alot but what we don’t seem to know is that, it is being allowed to become worse day by day while BP finds a way to catch that oil.Anyone should have been able to see from day one that no attempts are being made to stop the spill, by crushing the pipe or perminantly plugging the leak. All of the attempts and Ideas are on how to capture that oil, right down to them inserting a smaller pipe into the leaking pipe, and that it will be all most another week before they can get a pipe hooked to syphon the oil up. No one is asking why they built the Top Hat, that Mini Hat, and even the insertion pipe, but could not build a pipe pinch off tool.
UPDATE~BP FAILS AGAIN! CRASHES ROBOTS, BRAKES OPEN NEW PIPE~Officials say they successfully inserted a new pipe into the broken pipe spewing oil into the Gulf. That new pipe started sending oil to a ship on the surface, but, just moments later, two remotely-operated robots crashed into each other and knocked the pipes partially apart. The robots were taking photos of the operation. ~Update~Suddenly they report that the pipe thingy is working partially and aren't saying anything about the PR guys crashing the subs. OK Whatever We Don't Believe Them.
The Bird's Foot and the Beast ~This new image from SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite sensors was taken Saturday, May 15. The image is not contaminated by clouds and presents a clearer image of the oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Image by Hans Graber, Director of CSTARS at the University of Miami and Professor Nan Walker, Director of the Earth Scan Laboratory and staff, School of the Coast and Environment at LSU. ~Please also see: WAVCIS.
~We use the BP worst case since that is really the low ball... Times appx 4lbs/gallon (light crude oil) = 265,160,000 lbs So can we arrest these perps now? 86'em from da'Scheme Bling Bling fo'Sing Sing? Send'em up da'River? Angolarize'em? Maps: Governor's Office of Homeland Security
Real disaster might be lurking beneath the surface ~New research suggests that huge plumes of oil might be spread at all levels of the water column, showing how much scientists don't yet know about the complex Gulf oil spill. ~A Brown Pelican is cleaned Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Buras, La. The bird was rescued after being exposed to oil in an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform more than three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Success, failure and controversy -- BP's response to their Crime ~Erica Miller, left, Heather Nevill, center and Danene Birtell clean a Brown Pelican, Louisiana's State Bird, Saturday, May 15, at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Buras, La. The bird was rescued after being exposed an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform more than three weeks ago.
NY Times shows Stupid Is As Stupid Editors ~Like it or not, “Katrina” has become shorthand for a lot: the hurricane itself, the failed levees, the neglect that followed. Maybe The Times should just call it a “disaster,” without modifiers, and be as specific as possible when needed ~Editilla Ho'tellas~ Oh yeah? Why, can't the Times show us how far one has to bend over before they see the backside of the Truf? Like when they sold us on the Iraq War for Bush, and especially in how they play the spit ball for this BP Oil Disaster, the NY Times is the Run And Hide Paper of Broken Record. Yeah, they used our Man-made Disaster of 8/29/05 to enrich their readership, yet they still to this day will not admit to what actually factually caused the Flood of New Orleans? Are these horn-rimmed Yankees out of their fucking minds? ~Joseph Treaster, now a professor at the University of Miami, was a Times reporter who was in New Orleans when Katrina hit. He said that mistakes by people made things worse, but, “No hurricane, no damage.” Yeah well, I was there too you truth bender, and it was Yes Hurricane, No Damage! Compared to Yes Engineering Failure, Yes Catastrophic Devastation. What "mistakes" by what "people" made what "things" worse, Treaster? Well? Would you like to slide that innuendo and out the other? What the hell did this liar just say? A Non Sequitur, a Memeish Half-Truf. I was living in New Orleans when Katrina missed the city. Yes, it was a Rock'n'Rolling Storm, but without the Corps' Engineering Failures we would have cleaned that up in a couple of weeks, a month tops. But for the Exquisite Corps Failures, we would not be having this conversation. But for the Corps of Engineers, the NY Times would not have been able to capitalize on the disaster by spinning it wrong over and over and over. And now they would admit, nay swill in the practice of Journalistic Shorthand? Not on my ground, Bras. Not in the face of my New Orleans. IT'S THE LEVEES STUPID!
First attempt to stop oil spill with insertion tube has failed, according to Ken Salazar ~Hat Tweet~HealthyGulf It is time to take away their toys and place these bad boys into protective custody for some quiet time. America needs to take control of this problem. NYTs calls it a "small setback". Arrest them too! They suck BP Ad Revenue! Taking Perp Dough and Lying ain't hard, Hell Angolia! --it ain't even like Rocket Surgery.
Oil hits Fourchon Beach NOAA/BP Oil Spill Forecast for Monday, May 17th puts huge oil suddenly heading for Barataria Bay. Winds are forecast to be from the ESE to SE at 10-12 kts. into Monday. Ocean models show a west to southwest flow in the vicinity of the source - under these currents and winds the plume from the source will tend westward towards the Delta. However, Breton Sound and the Chandeleur Islands also have a potential for shoreline contacts throughout the forecast period. Very little oil was observed west of the Delta today on overflights. ~Please Note the difference in NOAA projections between today and what they have here coming into Barataria Bay just two days hence. Of course this blockish Rorschach projection doesn't account for ANYTHING going east of the 90th meridian north of the 30th, as if that stuff just disappears from day to day to pop up West of the MS River like magical turtle shit. We have for now ceased posting the Governor's Office of Homeland Security Maps because they have become Dated and contain Even Less Information than these childish coloring books from NOAA/BP. Really it's embarrassing and we just have no time for the Shame of realizing that our own local leaders do not trust us enough to give us the Full Metal Jacket. We Need Real Time Actionable Information. We will give you all we can find, but we won't subject our readers to gentle propaganda designed to minimize panic. ~Gulf of Mexico - Visible Loop~Please note the actual weather forming over this BP Honky Fuck'Up. BP Oil Disaster driven by complex ocean currents and eddies ~This NASA image shows a close up view of a massive oil slick (right) in the Gulf of Mexico as it continued moving close to shore, near Louisiana. Click to enlarge. BP Oil Disaster–It Just Gets Worser and Worser ~Grant Lawrence~Yep, we are getting the equivalent of one Exxon Valdez every four days.
Oily pelican and more tar balls found on Louisiana shore ~THIS MFKN TEARS IT ALL!!!! The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries found an oily pelican on the rocks Thursday at Sand Dollar Marina on Grand Isle. The brown pelican is Louisiana’s state bird and was removed from the endangered species list in November of 2009. ~Veterinarians working for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services prepare to bathe a brown pelican at Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana on Saturday. "They had to reconfigure, but they are back down again with the riser insertion tube trying to get it into the end of the riser pipe. They are hopeful that they will be able to make some progress on that today (Saturday)," Salazar told reporters during a visit to the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana. He did not elaborate on the problems involving the tube. Editilla jus'loves Pelicans more than almost anything...
WWOZ Presents Gulf Aid On Sunday, May 16, WWOZ will present Gulf Aid, a benefit concert to raise funds for efforts to stop the oil spill from destroying our wetlands, as well as for fishermen and their families. The concert runs from noon to 10 p.m.--rain or shine --at Mardi Gras World River City in New Orleans. WWOZ will broadcast live from the concert, so stay tuned to our live broadcast page for details. Tickets are $50, available exclusively viaElevate Tickets. VIP packages will be available. All funds will be managed and distributed by Gulf Aid, a 501(c3) nonprofit corporation created in partnership with WWOZ to ensure that all proceeds and donations are distributed to organizations to focus on two key elements of recovery - the wetlands/coastal environmental issues and the well-being of fishermen and the regional seafood industry. You can also send donations to: GULF AID P.O. Box 6917 Metairie, LA 70009 Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GulfAid On Facebook: search "Gulf Relief" Pennsylvania high school student holds fundraiser for Levees.org
Wounded Warrior Project ~NPR ~PURPOSE: To raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, To help severely injured service members aid and assist each other, and To provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members. ~CORE VALUES: FUN, INTEGRITY, LOYALTY, INNOVATION, SERVICE
Gulf Oil Spill Pictures: Oil, Tarballs Hit Beaches ~National Geographic ~Reddish blobs of oil float on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, as seen on May 5 off the Louisiana coast. Editilla jus'gotta axe, why don't we stop ignoring this world class disaster and get on the stick? Time for bold moves or bend over and take it like a Small Country. That's right, we need to take control of This Incident. We The People. What do you want? Death? What? Whoz'yer Daddy? ~The White House is asking Congress to approve $10 million for potential litigation costs arising from the BP Oil Disaster. Small Change got rained on...
BP / Gulf Oil Spill - Radar Image, May 13, 2010 ~SkyTruth ~NASA/MODIS images have been too cloudy to be much use for May 12 and 13 (see the most recent image we processed, for May 11). But a radar image taken by the Italian COSMO-SkyMed system clearly shows most of the slick in stark detail. The slick covers 4,922 square miles (12,748 km2) on the radar image, and is within about 25 miles of the Delta shoreline.
A Slow-Motion Disaster: Photos From The Louisiana Oil Spill ~Field & Stream DebCotton~Free Agents Brass Band at Glasstone lounge tonight Delachaise and Dryades Start time 8:00pm 2 for1 drink specials all nite ~TBC Brass Band playing tonight to raise money for Brandon Franklin memorial service 8-10 c/o Canal & Bourbon. Bring donations, flowers, etc.
2,352,000 Gallons of Oil/Day! ~National Public Radio asked Steven Wereley, an associate professor at Purdue University, to estimate the amount of oil leaking from a pipe on the Gulf floor viewed in video released by BP earlier this week. His computer program tracks particles on the tape and calculates how fast they are moving. Wereley's estimates that anywhere from 56,000 to 84,000 barrels are leaking each day. 56,000 barrels/day X 42 gal/barrel=2,352,000 gal/day! Light Crude Oil weighs appx 4lbs/gal, y'all finish this off.
This person on the phone doesn't see that their forecasts map not only do not change from day to day but do not seem to reflect even remotely where this oil actually already is after the flow estimate has been raised again to 2,352,000 Gal/Day. Map above-right is State's Saturday Forecast, Map below that is today. Here is the NOAA Map forecast for today. Bring them up side-by-side. Notice how crude they are and particularly how they don't change. Can we stop covering for BP and their cronies here? Can we Stop with the holding back of information here?
~Earth Observatory~An image from the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on Tuesday afternoon, May 11, shows that the damaged Deepwater Horizon oil well continued to leak significant amounts of oil in the Gulf of Mexico.~Additional Images
~The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has shut down fishing in 19 percent of the Gulf over which the federal government has jurisdiction, NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said. The expansion to 19 percent means 45,728 square miles are now closed to fishing.
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