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Governors Declare Day of Prayer for Gulf Spill
"The governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and the Lt. Governor of Florida issued proclamations this week calling their citizens to pray for a solution that stops the leak and for the recovery of the coastline and the fish and wildlife industries devastated by the April 20 BP oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers."
More than tarballs
This is really sad
BP lets cap off
It wouldn't surprise me if some of this was being done on purpose to relieve pressure. It seems clear that we have tapped into something that truly cannot be stemmed at our current levels of technology. They need to let it vent as much at the source before oil and methane can escape through the sea floor in large quantities - perhaps even catastrophically.
Federal Judge rips fraud and deceit in Gulf moratorium case. Nobody cares.
It's astounding that no one other than people like Michelle Malkin even seem to care about the behavior of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who was ripped to shreds by a Federal Judge for misrepresenting the experts. Judge Martin Feldman said:
In the Executive Summary to the Report, [Salazar] recommends “a six-month moratorium on permits for new wells being drilled using floating rigs.” He also recommends “an immediate halt to drilling operations on the 33 permitted wells, not including relief wells currently being drilled by BP, that are currently being drilled using floating rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.”
Much to the government’s discomfort and this Court’s uneasiness, the Summary also states that “the recommendations contained in this report have been peer-reviewed by seven experts identified by the National Academy of Engineering.” As the plaintiffs, and the experts themselves, pointedly observe, this statement was misleading. The experts charge it was a “misrepresentation.” It was factually incorrect.
In other words, as Malkin says, he lied.
Why? Do these people not know that oil rigs can be transported to other places, like Brazil, and undoubtedly will be - making the temporary job losses permanent in the Gulf?
Methane a possible new danger in the Gulf of Mexico?
A couple of disclaimers here. First, I never read the Huffington Post, so no chuckles, please. Second, not sure how much of this is accurate. Having said that, if only half of this is really happening then we really are not praying enough. Since human technology seems powerless to deal with it, why not call upon the only One who can?
Live video link of the oil spill
Truly frightening stuff. Pray for a quick and effective resolution to this!
A truly frightening map
This has to be one of the most frightening maps you are likely to see. Pete Giencke is a data engineer at Google and he has put together this must-see map of the Gulf Coast oil spill.
Handy comparison of the 2,500 square mile spill is available in the map interface.
BTW, 2,500 square miles is half of Connecticut!
