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Friday, May 28. 2010

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Live feeds from the ROV, 5000' down at the Deep Horizon well. Remarkable. Here.
Posted by Capt. Tom Francis at 11:10 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Awesome, Cap'n. Remember the Gulf War and how Saddam lit up all the Kuwaiti oil wells? They even brought in famed oilwell fighter Red Adair and he couldn't stop 'em.

They burned for years.

I have the same thought now I had back then:

1. Pour big cement rectangle a quarter the size of a city block weighing a zillion pounds.

2. Take four of those gigantic double-bladed helicopters that can lift mountains, pick up the slab and DROP the damn thing on top of the leak.

Any other questions?
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-05-28 12:51 (Reply)
Au contraire They burned for months and he did stop them. The word you need is Access.....
#2 dorf on 2010-05-28 13:23 (Reply)
Okay, they burned for eight months. Felt like "years" at the time, though. The war had been over for ages and the damn things were still burning, and for seemingly no reason. How long does it take to pour a gigantic cement block and drop it on the sucker? And now they're dumping golf balls into the oil leak? Apparently, these people never learned Handyman's Rule #1: When in doubt, use a bigger hammer.

And Tom, congratulations on being part of history.
#3 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-05-30 07:41 (Reply)
Ever try to swing a hammer in a viscous fluid, shoot a fish with a gun. The word is still Access..... I for one can't dive that deep.
#4 dorf again on 2010-05-30 20:47 (Reply)

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