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Title: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: 240 is Back on May 10, 2010, 02:38:09 PM

 Source: Pensacola News Journal

The amount of oil gushing from BP's Deepwater Horizon oil disaster is five times more than what the oil company and the U.S. Coast Guard are currently estimating, said a Florida State University oceanography professor on Saturday.

At an oil spill environmental forum at the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front, Ian MacDonald said the blowout is gushing 25,000 barrels a day.

The Coast Guard and BP estimate 5,000 barrels a day of crude is spewing into the Gulf.

MacDonald said his estimate is based on satellite images and government maps forecasting the slick's trajectory.

Read more: http://www.pnj.com/article/20100510/NEWS01/5100314 

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: GigantorX on May 10, 2010, 04:23:31 PM

The "mistake" probably was on purpose.

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: Dos Equis on May 10, 2010, 04:28:46 PM

You want to hear something crazy about oil?  The USS Arizona that is underwater at Pearl Harbor is still leaking oil.  You can stand on the memorial and see oil coming to the surface.  It sunk on 7 December 1941.

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: tu_holmes on May 10, 2010, 04:33:50 PM

I know it's cold and deep... but really... can they not get this thing under control?

Fuck... We can put a guy on the moon (no CT please), but I can't cap an oil pipe...WTF.

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: Hugo Chavez on May 10, 2010, 04:48:14 PM

WAIT, is this the story from last week that released it was several times greater than first reported or is this a new release saying it's 5 times greater than the last lie? :o

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: big L dawg on May 10, 2010, 04:51:34 PM

drill baby drill!

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: 240 is Back on May 10, 2010, 04:52:29 PM

i dunno hugo, those numbers are beyond my comprehension

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: Hugo Chavez on May 10, 2010, 05:02:37 PM

Quote from: 240 is Back on May 10, 2010, 04:52:29 PM

i dunno hugo, those numbers are beyond my comprehension

that's fucked up.  If this is new, that means they're saying it's several times greater than what they said last week which was several times greater than they first said :-\

Title: Re: Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officials
Post by: 240 is Back on May 10, 2010, 05:36:16 PM

it was on rawstory this AM.  link above