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And now, from the "You have to be Shitting me!" Department - New Gulf Oil Spill

#1

Dave

Dave

FOXNews.com - Boat Crashes Into Oil Well, Creating New Spill in Gulf of Mexico

Not kidding.

Fox News is being told by the Homeland Security director for Jefferson Parish, La., that a new oil leak has sprung up in the Gulf of Mexico after a boat struck an oil well in the early morning hours on Tuesday.

A tugboat or other workboat collided with the well near Bayou St. Dennis, La., shearing off its valve structure and releasing pressurized natural gas and light oil, DHS official Deano Bonano told Fox News.


Cleanup workers are currently booming off the area and the scene at sea has been taken over by federal agents. The U.S. Coast Guard, Jefferson Parish police and fire officials, as well as Vessels of Opportunity boats have all been dispatched to the scene.


Federal officials do not know who owns the well, but a contractor who handles wild wells is also on the way, Bonano said.


Oil is spewing about 20 feet in the air from the severed 4-inch pipe, a contractor who flew over the leak told Fox News. The area has been evacuated and civilian boats are being told not to enter the scene, where "a fair bit of oil" is leaking out, the contractor said.


#2

phil

phil

that's fucking ridiculous.


#3

Dave

Dave

At least this one is on the surface and will be easily contained.




I hope.


#4

Krisken

Krisken

Oh, booms. Those work so well.


#5

Cajungal

Cajungal

You'll never believe what a friend of mine commented when she posted this story on facebook: "Obama's got some explaining to do." :facepalm:


#6

Krisken

Krisken

Wait, Obama drove the boat into the oil rig? That bastard!


#7

Cajungal

Cajungal

:laugh: That was my comment. Or: " Obama must have been driving the boat while twirling his evil liberal mustache." ...I don't always fit in with my buds and family. That's fine with me.


#8

Krisken

Krisken

lol, people can be so nutty sometimes! :)

Sometimes all you can do is point out the absurd and laugh, hoping the person who said it eventually sees how silly they are being.


#9

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Don't you mean "The socialist Kenyan Muslim Barack Hussein?" :p


#10

Cajungal

Cajungal

lol, people can be so nutty sometimes! :)

Sometimes all you can do is point out the absurd and laugh, hoping the person who said it eventually sees how silly they are being.
That's the dream. ;)


#11

SpecialKO

SpecialKO



O...M...G...


#12

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Wow. This, the B.P. thing plus the oil spill in northern China... They are really adding up arnt they.
There's one in China now too? I didn't catch news of that one yet... but then again, I wouldn't be surprised if the American Media let it go.


#13



JONJONAUG

It's funny how Fox News has been running stories for weeks now about how safe it is to drill in the Gulf.


#14

Fun Size

Fun Size

Actually, what's really odd is that we've got an oil spill right here...in freaking Michigan. For a just a moment I thought to myself, "Wow, it's almost like there's a conspiracy to make people realize how dangerous this oil dependency is, " but then I had to think about something else because Glenn Beck showed up and asked if he could use that.

Man it creeps me out when he does that.


#15

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I worked for a company that had pipelines in an area 42 miles by 10 miles, and they had a leak every week. Damned near every day.


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