tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post3759260459305479018..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Burn Off the Oil? Are we INSANE?Benjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-83152875599673585992010-06-17T21:47:53.769-05:002010-06-17T21:47:53.769-05:00They've BEEN burning off the oil - I smell it ...They've BEEN burning off the oil - I smell it in NOLA when they do. The first time was in April. My beau and I were visiting friends a block away, and we all made the mistake of going outside. The stench had us coughing and hacking. With quick goodbyes, our friends rushed inside and we rushed home. Now, the ridiculous berm which will destroy the oyster beds and could make a hurricane worse; Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63745426412471871132010-06-16T22:06:38.765-05:002010-06-16T22:06:38.765-05:00Yes, it was Costner with the centrifuge that separ...Yes, it was Costner with the centrifuge that separates oil from water. I have heard good and bad things about it.<br /><br />It's an obscene situation. I worked for three years along the Florida panhandle (with the EPA) and yesterday I got a call from a former colleague, in tears because the oil has breached the booms around the small island she/we worked on. I can't imagine it. Pamhttp://www.talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-68795524994010802232010-06-16T15:10:55.629-05:002010-06-16T15:10:55.629-05:00EE--Was that Kevin Costner?
Emily--nice to meet yo...EE--Was that Kevin Costner?<br />Emily--nice to meet you. I just read this: "While the new containment cap placed of the well has been collecting more than 630,000 gallons of oil daily, the system has its own limits. A single bolt of lightning Tuesday struck the drilling ship collecting oil from the cap, started a fire and forced oil collection to stop for hours."Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-31314343778417117772010-06-16T11:29:02.752-05:002010-06-16T11:29:02.752-05:00I found you via Steve Edwards, whom I found via Or...I found you via Steve Edwards, whom I found via Orion Magazine. I was tickled to read "misanthropic daydreams" among your interests. Very good stuff. I haven't poked around to answer this question myself, but do you know if the oil in the Gulf is thick and removed enough from the water that a lightning strike could set the whole thing ablaze? I'm wondering if that's what it Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09152242140864444434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-59287338612833313422010-06-16T08:37:00.423-05:002010-06-16T08:37:00.423-05:00Have they been smoking the wrong weed? Apparently ...Have they been smoking the wrong weed? Apparently an actor has made a machine to separate oil and water, which BP is going to use?! Rant on, someone has to stand up and be counted. And that silent majority probably agrees with you.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.com