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Cimarron29414 · 05-05-2010, 10:47 AM

Ace,

My point is this. It's been, what?, 14 days or so? They constructed some box with a funnel and a pipe on it to put over the hole and route the oil to a ship. Why didn't they have that built and sitting under a tarp in Mobile Alabama - ready to be shipped to the gulf on a moment's notice? Why did it take 7 days to even start to build such a safety measure? That's my problem with this whole thing - you have to figure shit like that out BEFORE you drill, not after the spill.

05-05-2010, 10:47 AM	#50 (permalink)
Cimarron29414 Still Free Location: comfortably perched at the top of the bell curve!	Ace, My point is this. It's been, what?, 14 days or so? They constructed some box with a funnel and a pipe on it to put over the hole and route the oil to a ship. Why didn't they have that built and sitting under a tarp in Mobile Alabama - ready to be shipped to the gulf on a moment's notice? Why did it take 7 days to even start to build such a safety measure? That's my problem with this whole thing - you have to figure shit like that out BEFORE you drill, not after the spill. __________________ Gives a man a halo, does mead. "Here lies The_Jazz: Killed by an ambitious, sparkly, pink butterfly."