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Posted by fasthatch (Member # 7277) on :

Part of the original article.................

(June 4) -- A man helplessly tries to stop a convoy of tanks with his body. Three firefighters raise an American flag in the rubble of the World Trade Center. A turtle-necked hippie places a carnation in the barrel of a rifle during a Vietnam War protest.

You can never predict when a single photograph will transcend that day's front page and become an icon of an era. You just know it when it does. And in the case of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, that picture arrived Thursday.

more pics

Posted by jareds98gt (Member # 7701) on :

makes me sick just looking at that shit!!

Posted by 88DroptopGT (Member # 2535) on :

11 dead and the worst oil spill in history. BP = Bad People. [Mad]

Posted by phil a (Member # 6951) on :

Poor animals, that first picture is a heart-breaker

Posted by Nastysvt (Member # 6431) on :

i guess they never had an emergency back up plan in case a main line broke. sad

Posted by 68stanger (Member # 7842) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Nastysvt:
i guess they never had an emergency back up plan in case a main line broke. sad

they gotta have some type of emergency shut off valve.

either way if they were allowed to drill closer to shore capping off a broken line wouldn't be as difficult, only robots can go that deep (1000+ ft vs off shore 100+ ft).

Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :

Sad picture. BP should have had an emergency backup plan, hopefully Obama doesn't stop offshore drilling and just regulates it better. No corrupt people getting free gifts for not doing their job.

Posted by Slowback67 (Member # 6348) on :

quote:

either way if they were allowed to drill closer to shore capping off a broken line wouldn't be as difficult, only robots can go that deep (1000+ ft vs off shore 100+ ft). [/QB]

^ +100,000,000,000!!!
This would have been alot easier if it wasn't so far out and so deep.... But not saying that's any excuse for the ball being dropped by BP and the Obama administration.
Just my .02

Posted by mikeP (Member # 4489) on :

wow very sad to look at. no wonder this world is falling apart, bp just wanted that fast buck instead of going the extra mile maintaining their equipment..sad situation

Posted by FireVert03 (Member # 9807) on :

Dam I hate to see them pictures....is all bad

Posted by 68dustin (Member # 5388) on :

all i can say is [Frown]

it's some sad shit...

Posted by FATJOHN916 (Member # 9228) on :

these pics reminded me i gotta change my oil

Posted by 94 N.C.F GT (Member # 8722) on :

[Frown]

Posted by 90GT510 (Member # 9199) on :

quote:
Originally posted by FATJOHN916:
these pics reminded me i gotta change my oil

Lol!!! But on a serious note, this thing is a terrible situation

Posted by Eddie510- (Member # 2354) on :

quote:
Originally posted by FATJOHN916:
these pics reminded me i gotta change my oil

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! omg that was out of no where!lolol Im crying!

Posted by threethirty1 (Member # 7814) on :

The whole country will soon feel the repercussions of this disaster.

That whole ecosystem is toast!!

We are talking 100+ years to recover from this apocalypse.

[Mad]

Posted by EPIK (Member # 7481) on :

Man, those pictures are had to look at, especially the 1st 1... [Frown]

Posted by onesicklx (Member # 285) on :

can somebody please explain why a foreign company is drilling for oil off the coast of the united states?

[ June 06, 2010, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: onesicklx ]

Posted by SheerSliver03 (Member # 6589) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 88DroptopGT:

11 dead and the worst oil spill in history. BP = Bad People.

you call BP Bad People but you buy their product everyday/week

Posted by wilit (Member # 3367) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 68stanger:

either way if they were allowed to drill closer to shore capping off a broken line wouldn't be as difficult, only robots can go that deep (1000+ ft vs off shore 100+ ft).

There are tons of wells close to shore. All those gray dots on the map are oil platforms. You have to go farther out to tap into reserves that still have oil in them.

[ June 07, 2010, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: wilit ]

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